Hearing Aid Program

The Hearing Improvement Center hearing aid program at UMass Memorial Medical Center is located at the Hahnemann campus. We offer comprehensive hearing aid services for patients of all ages. We work with Oticon, Phonak, Starkey, and ReSound hearing aid manufacturers. We provide comprehensive hearing aid services at the Hearing Improvement Center which include:

• Hearing aid consultation
• Hearing aid fitting
• Hearing aid re-programming
• Hearing aid checks and cleaning
• Hearing aid troubleshooting and repair
• Verification measurements including real ear measurements, simulated real ear measurements, sound field speech and functional gain testing
• Earmold impressions, fitting, re-tubing, and modification for hearing aid patients
• Complete diagnostic hearing evaluations for hearing aid patients
• Hearing aid accessories and hearing assistive technology
• Custom swim mold, musician’s earplugs, and custom hearing protection impressions and fittings

Hearing aid tutorials

Select an individual video to watch on YouTube:

• How to change the dome on an Oticon hearing aid
• How to charge your Phonak Marvel hearing aids
• How to change the wax guards on your Oticon hearing aids
• How to change the domes for Phonak hearing aids
• How to change the wax guard for your Phonak hearing aid using the Cerushield disk
• How to charge your Oticon rechargeable hearing aids