Prescription eyeglasses can bring you back to 20/20 vision. Hearing aids are helpful, but different: They can’t restore you to perfect hearing. Even the very best hearing aids can’t completely resolve ...

Most of us take hearing for granted, but not everyone enjoys that privilege. Conversations start to feel like guessing games, laughter seems far away, and the soft background sounds that make life ...

Putting aside their exorbitant cost, the trouble with prescription hearing aids is the prescription. Find a doctor. Get an appointment. Sit in a waiting room. Suffer through an hour of testing before ...

For decades, the only way to get a hearing aid was to visit a doctor and have one prescribed for you—probably in a strip mall office advertised on the marquee only with “HEARING AIDS” in block letters ...

Certain environments can be especially challenging, even with hearing aids. Here’s how to hear better at concerts, parties, and in other tricky settings. By Catherine Roberts Prescription eyeglasses ...