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Listening to your favorite jams can lift your mood, increase your productivity and add entertainment to your next lengthy road trip. Music is a constant presence in our lives, with one 2023 report by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry finding that people spend an average of 20.7 hours listening to music each week<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One major concern amongst the 15% of U.S. adults living with hearing loss<\/a> is that their condition will prevent them from enjoying the music they love<\/a>. That\u2019s where hearing aids with music programs can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Do Hearing Aids Work?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Hearing aids are small, technologically advanced devices that help those with hearing loss communicate with the world around them. All hearing aids have three basic components\u2013a microphone that collects sound in your environment, an amplifier that raises its volume and a speaker that sends it directly into the ear canal. Modern hearing aids also employ a technology that processes sound according to the wearer\u2019s specific frequency needs. This process may include things like amplifying higher frequencies, like children\u2019s voices or birds chirping in Ridgeview Park, or suppressing irrelevant noise to improve clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Do Hearing Aids Affect the Music Listening Experience?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hearing aids are primarily designed to improve speech-in-noise understanding<\/a>. Because music lives on a larger frequency range than speaking, hearing aids have not always been equipped to process it accurately\u2014leading to distortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to concerns from hearing aid wearers regarding distorted music, many manufacturers created programs designed to suppress the features contributing to distortion. These features may include<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n