Whether it’s expense, background noise, battery life, or discomfort, there are a lot of complaints with the typical hearing aid.

(BPT) - It’s no secret that today’s hearing aids are light years ahead of the hearing aids made just a decade ago. In fact, in size, shape, and technological advances, the changes in hearing aids have been nothing short of amazing. For example, new micro-processor technology has allowed hearing aids to be so tiny, they can sit on a fingertip; and at the same time, provide a remarkably natural-sounding hearing experience. So, people who need a little hearing help can get it “invisibly” and comfortably.

(BPT) - Hearing aids – those two words alone may conjure up images of unattractive, beige devices that your father or grandmother once wore before finally throwing them in a drawer, never to be seen again. And who could blame them? In the past, hearing aids were big, bulky and fragile – incapable of getting wet or dirty. But hearing aids have come a very long way. Here are five things you may not know about today’s digital hearing aids:

(BPT) - - Let's face it. The Great Recession put a kink in many Americans' retirement plans. Combine that financial blow with the general uncertainty regarding Medicare and the future cost of private health insurance.

Feb. 23, 2005 - For the second consecutive year, the town will help to support a safe graduation night for the community's young people.

(BPT) - Summer is approaching and many parents will be sending their children off to camp. If your child wears hearing aids and is set to attend a summer camp for kids of all abilities, here are five things you can do to help your child get the most from his or her summer camp experience:

How I came to Zounds literally started with an accident, 35 years ago.  

A loud crashing sound from Oracle Road alarmed swimming students and lifeguards at the Catalina Recreation Center the morning of Wednesday, July 7.

July 6, 2005 - Before stepping down as president of the Catalina Foothills School District Foundation, Terry Fortunado will sign a check for $350,000. The check is the foundation's gift to the district's governing board, the largest amount in the district's history.

(BPT) - Does this sound familiar? You tell your spouse all about the aggravating thing that happened at work today. He or she seems to be nodding in agreement, until you ask what you should do about the situation. Your spouse’s response? “Um – could you repeat that?”

(BPT) - - Getting older doesn’t necessarily mean looking and feeling older. Age 50 is the new 30, according to celebrities who crossed that threshold in recent years. And while the body can start to show signs of aging, it doesn’t necessarily mean one has to suffer.

Starting this month, The Explorer will be providing space monthly about different areas of healthcare available in the Northwest/Oro Valley area. Our focus is to help educate you about the different levels of care within each area. To kick off this series, we are covering the different availabilities and areas of hearing health.

(NAPSI)—Hearing loss is one of the leading public health concerns, impacting an estimated 17 percent of American adults. Despite this fact, most insurance policies cover only a portion of hearing impairment costs, and government-sponsored health programs like Medicare offer little to no coverage at all.

Cell phone grocery shopping is rapidly becoming the rage with male seniors. Retired guys seem to have given up on programming their VCR's and turned to the more user friendly cell phones for marital enrichment.

March 2, 2005 - A new pharmaceutical research facility soon may be locating near the University of Arizona, and Oro Valley hopes it will aid its own goal of becoming a center for biotechnical development, not compete with it.

(BPT) - When it comes to startling health statistics, here are several you may not have heard: 36 million American have a hearing loss, yet only one out of every four people who could benefit from a hearing aid actually wears one, according to the National Institutes of Health’s National Information Center on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Millions of Americans “miss or misunderstand” much of everyday conversation.

Judy Huch, owner of Oro Valley and Tanque Verde Audiology, continues to strive to provide quality and personable service to her customers.

(BPT) - As our nation’s heroes continue to return home from the fronts of two major wars, it is a great time to recognize the tremendous toll service to our country can have on the brave men and women who selflessly choose to protect our freedoms throughout the world.

An audience of perhaps 80 people came to Mountain View High School on Wednesday, listening to the gritty details of budgeting in the Marana Unified School District.

(NAPSI)What did you say? Can you repeat that, please? Hearing loss makes communication a challenge, which unfortunately may put relationshipsin particular, a marriagein peril. Feelings of anger, frustration and resentment are often experienced by those suffering from hearing loss, as well as by spouses who are constantly barraged with having to repeat themselves or talk louder.