Today’s hearing aids are sophisticated medical devices that, in order to be used successfully, must be fit by highly qualified hearing professionals. Each person’s hearing needs are unique and require comprehensive evaluation to prescribe the proper amplification. In addition, a person’s daily lifestyle and preference play a part. Upon proper fitting of an instrument a process of aural rehabilitation is necessary to achieve optimal success. This is only available from a qualified hearing professional. There is no online program for this. At A Atlantic Hearing Aid Center it is our mission to provide the best possible care to all our patients. We do not offer internet sales of hearing aids. We consider it unethical to sell a patient a hearing instrument without proper consultation and rehabilitation. It is our belief that it is in the patients’ best interest to use the internet as a tool for information purposes only. Many hearing aid manufacturers agree with us and have reservations about the sale of their products over the internet.

Recently, Starkey Laboratories, America’s leading manufacturer of hearing technology made released this statement:

Starkey Consumer Alert:

Starkey does not sell its hearing aid products directly to Internet retailers. Starkey does not endorse the practice of selling hearing aids to consumers via the Internet. We do not believe that Internet retailers can provide our consumers with the same high quality professional services as our carefully chosen worldwide network of authorized hearing professionals. There are retailers who sell Starkey products via the Internet who are not authorized by us to do so.