Audiology and Speech Solutions offers a wide selection of hearing aids in Rye, NY.
Hearing aids are an advanced solution for hearing loss. Current hearing aids are less noticeable and have better sound quality than ever before. They’re significantly different and improved compared to the hearing aids your parents wore! If you’re struggling to have conversations with family and friends, it may be time to give hearing aids a chance to improve your quality of life.
We are able to work with several of the major hearing aid manufacturers, which enables us to have flexibility in finding the device that best fits your hearing loss, lifestyle, and budget.
If you are curious but weary of trying hearing aids, don’t worry. We offer hearing aid trials so you can be confident our choice is the right one for you!
Types of Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are not designed equally – each device offers a unique set of features and technology for a specific hearing loss. What works for a person with mild hearing loss will not work for a person with severe hearing loss. Audiologists play an essential role in hearing aid selection and fitting to ensure that a patient is getting the best hearing aid or device based on their unique hearing requirement.
Behind-the-ear hearing aids (BTE)
These hearing aids are great for clients with the most severe hearing loss. They offer a wide fitting range, allowing access to sounds for those who need a lot of power from a device. There are some BTE models that now offer rechargeable models as well as blue tooth streaming.
Receiver-in-the-canal hearing aids (RIC)
RIC hearing aids are appropriate for clients with mild to severe hearing loss. They are discreet and offer additional options like rechargeability and Bluetooth connectivity.
In-the-ear hearing aids (ITE)
ITE hearing aids come in all shapes and sizes and are custom fit to your ear. These hearing aids are appropriate for mild to severe hearing loss.
Hearing Aid Brands Available
Phonak
Phonak is known to be one of the industry leaders when it comes to hearing technology and innovation. With a myriad of device options, Phonak has the right hearing aid for you, regardless of the type/degree of hearing loss, your lifestyle, your personal preferences, age, or budget.
Oticon
People First is a promise: everything at Oticon begins with the people we are doing it for. This manufacturer focuses on not simply trying to help you hear more but to live more.
Resound
Your hearing experience should address your unique needs. Resound has proven to be reliable, innovative & capable of providing great sound quality design excellence.
Unitron
Unitron focuses on providing stellar sound performance technology through their hearing solutions and innovations designed for life. Unitron hearing aids combine performance tracking and continuous care to create and leverage data-driven insights that help get the most from each user’s experience.
Widex
Widex continues to provide hearing care innovation that has led to such advances as the world’s first digital in-the-ear hearing aid. Widex also offers its very own revolutionary wireless technology and proprietary therapy for tinnitus with its Zen program.
Signia
Signia hearing aids deliver the sound that nature intended by delivering uncompromised audibility and preserving the familiar sound of your own natural voice. Signia also has several unique options for patients who suffer from tinnitus, such as Static noise tinnitus therapy signals, Ocean wave tinnitus therapy signals, and the world’s first Tinnitus Notch Therapy.
Best Hearing Aid Brands
Choosing the “best” hearing aid brand isn’t really about picking a winner — the right choice depends on your degree of hearing loss, lifestyle, and budget. That said, the manufacturers below represent the leading hearing aid technology available today, and we work directly with all of them at Audiology & Speech Solutions.
Here’s a quick comparison, followed by more detail on each brand.
| Brand | Known For | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Phonak | Industry-leading connectivity and a wide device range | Most types and degrees of hearing loss |
| Oticon | Brain-focused sound processing (“BrainHearing”) | Patients who prioritize natural, effortless listening |
| ReSound | Strong Bluetooth streaming and app control | Tech-forward users who want smartphone integration |
| Unitron | Data-driven performance tracking | Patients who want continuous, measurable care |
| Widex | Natural sound quality and proprietary tinnitus therapy | Patients with tinnitus alongside hearing loss |
| Signia | Preserving the wearer’s own natural voice | Patients sensitive to how their own voice sounds |
| Starkey | Built-in health tracking and fall detection | Patients who want hearing aids that double as wellness devices |
Innovative Hearing Solutions: Perspective From Our Hearing Aid Partners
We invited our hearing aid partners to share their perspectives on patient needs, hearing in noise, quality-of-life features, and the innovations shaping today’s hearing solutions. Here are their answers:
Oticon
Who is your ideal patient/candidate?
Our ideal patient is anyone experiencing hearing challenges who wants greater clarity, confidence, and connection in everyday life. Whether you’re navigating busy environments or enjoying quiet moments with family and friends, Oticon is designed for those who want to stay engaged and realize their full potential through better hearing.
How do you help patients hear better in noise?
Oticon hearing aids use advanced, AI-powered technology designed to support the brain’s natural sound processing. Because the brain needs the full sound picture to work naturally, our approach helps you access the sounds around you, not just speech. This makes it easier to follow conversations while staying aware of your surroundings, even in noisy environments.
What quality-of-life feature do patients love most?
Patients love how seamlessly Oticon hearing aids fit into their lives, including:
- Clear, premium-quality sound that helps them stay engaged in conversations and everyday experiences.
- Industry-leading connectivity that makes it easy to stream calls, music, TV audio, and more directly to their hearing aids.
- Reliable technology available in both rechargeable and non-rechargeable options, delivering dependable performance for everyday use
Together, these features help people stay connected with loved ones and enjoy their favorite activities, and engage more fully in everyday life.
Why should a patient choose your brand over another?
At Oticon, we develop hearing aids based on what the brain needs. Backed by decades of research and guided by our BrainHearing™ philosophy, we design solutions that support the brain’s natural ability to make sense of sound. By giving patients access to the full sound environment, our technology helps them communicate with greater confidence, maintain meaningful connections, and participate more fully in everyday life.
It’s an approach that shapes every innovation we create and reflects our commitment to helping people thrive, not just hear better.
ReSound
Who is your ideal patient/candidate?
ReSound Sensia™ is ideal for people with mild to profound hearing loss who want to stay active and connected yet struggle to follow conversations in restaurants, family gatherings, work meetings, or other noisy settings. It is especially well suited for those who value a discreet, comfortable hearing solution with modern connectivity and all-day battery life.
How do you help patients hear better in noise?
ReSound Sensia uses Intelligent All-Around to continuously sense the listening environment and automatically adjust when needed. Its four synchronized microphones help patients focus on the person in front of them simply by facing that speaker, while AI-powered DNN denoising helps keep speech clear and makes background noise less distracting. The result is clearer conversations with less listening effort.
What quality-of-life feature do patients love most?
Patients appreciate the confidence of hearing more effortlessly throughout their day. ReSound Sensia automatically adapts as environments change, reducing the need to manually adjust settings. They also enjoy easy personalization through the ReSound Smart 3D™ app, along with Bluetooth® LE Audio and Auracast™ connectivity for streaming and access to broadcast audio in compatible public places.
Why should a patient choose your brand over another?
ReSound Sensia is designed to prioritize the voice a patient wants to hear – not simply the loudest sound in the room. Its combination of accurate real-time sound-sensing and feature engagement, four-microphone beamforming and AI-powered noise reduction is tested, preferred, and proven best for hearing in noise. Patients can also choose from discreet, durable styles and benefit from modern connectivity and personalized support through the ReSound Smart 3D app.
Starkey
Who is your ideal patient/candidate?
A motivated, relatively active adult with mild to severe hearing loss who is still highly engaged in life and wants hearing aids to perform well in difficult, real-world environments, rather than just making things louder. Our hearing aids are designed for individuals who struggle with background noise, are socially and professionally active, value premium technology, connectivity and accessibility, industry-leading reliability and durability, have meaningful expectations for sound quality, value discretion and comfort, and are committed to wearing their hearing aids.
How do you help patients hear better in noise?
Understanding speech in noisy environments remains one of the most common challenges for hearing aid users. Starkey’s advanced Speech in Noise system is designed to address this head-on by adapting on a channel-by-channel basis to ensure that only channels affected by noise are reduced — while maintaining the signals of interest. At the heart of this system is Starkey’s DNN-powered Speech Probability Predictor (SPP), which quickly and accurately distinguishes between speech of interest and competing speech noise, such as multi-talker babble. Comparing to the previous technology, the DNN SPP improves speech detection accuracy by 30%, enabling more precise sound management. Starkey’s Sound Manager delivers a more natural and effortless listening experience. Whether in a crowded restaurant or a busy meeting, hearing aid users can focus on the conversation without being overwhelmed.
What quality-of-life feature do patients love most?
Over the past decade, we have built a hearing aid that isn’t just a hearing aid, but a lifestyle device. Starkey has been using AI in hearing aids since 2018. We released the world’s first hearing aid to incorporate sensor technology. This ushered in a new era of “smart hearing aids”, empowering hearing aid users with health tracking and fall detection within the hearing aids. Since then, we’ve added DNN-powered microphone directionality, always-on DNN, and a personalized AI Assistant within our My Starkey App. Our Edge Mode feature is one of the most popular features in the industry and automatically makes tailored sound adjustments to the listener’s environment and listening intent. In addition, patients choose Starkey because of our reliability and durability. Our rechargeable hearing aids are waterproof (up to 1m of water), and we offer the longest battery life in the industry.
Why should a patient choose your brand over another?
Starkey is a family-owned, U.S.-based company founded in 1967. Our owner and founder, Bill Austin, still works with patients every day. Our Chief Technology Officer, Achin Bhowmik, is a licensed hearing aid provider. Our top people work directly with the end users of our technology. We don’t just build products. Our goal is to improve people’s lives and reconnect them with their world. We have always been a patient-first company, and our goal is to continue driving research, innovation, and competition that results in state-of-the-art technology and maximum patient satisfaction.
Unitron
Who is your ideal patient/candidate?
Unitron is for people who want better hearing to fit naturally into their lives—not the other way around.
Whether you’re navigating busy restaurants, catching up with family, streaming a favorite podcast, or simply enjoying the sounds of everyday life, Unitron offers hearing solutions designed around real-world experiences. With a range of styles, technology levels, and personalized options, your hearing care professional can help find the solution that fits your hearing needs, lifestyle, and preferences.
Most importantly, Unitron believes hearing technology should feel easy from the start. Our hearing aids are designed to work seamlessly in the background, helping you feel confident, connected, and ready to enjoy the moments that matter.
How do you help patients hear better in noise?
Bring on the noise.
Restaurants, celebrations, family dinners—some of life’s best moments can also be the hardest places to hear. Unitron technology is designed to help you stay part of the conversation.
Our latest Moxi™ S-RX hearing aids feature SoundSonic360™, AI-powered technology that separates speech from background noise in real time. It identifies and prioritizes voices from around you while reducing distracting background sounds, helping conversations remain clearer even when multiple people are speaking from different directions.
The result? Less focus on trying to hear and more focus on enjoying where you are, who you’re with, and what they have to say.
What quality-of-life feature do patients love most?
Sometimes, it’s the little things that make hearing aids easier to love.
One standout is the Remote Plus app, which puts more control over your hearing experience right in your pocket. You can adjust volume, change programs, personalize how things sound in different situations, and access helpful support from your smartphone. You can even locate compatible hearing aids using Find My Devices if they’re misplaced.
But the bigger benefit is personalization. Your hearing needs can change depending on whether you’re relaxing at home, having dinner with friends, or somewhere noisy. Unitron gives you simple tools to personalize your experience in the moments that matter—without making hearing technology feel complicated.
Why should a patient choose your brand over another?
At Unitron, we design hearing solutions around a simple idea: hearing better should feel easy. From comfortable, stylish hearing aids and intelligent sound technology to our Remote Plus app, connectivity, accessories, and personalized hearing care tools, everything is designed to work together and fit naturally into your life.
We want the technology to work quietly in the background so you can focus on what’s happening in front of you: conversations, laughter, music, relationships, and all the moments that make life vibrant.
Because an amazing hearing experience isn’t just about what you hear. It’s about how confidently you can get back to living.
Unitron makes life vibrant with amazing hearing solutions designed to make the experience easy. Because everyone deserves to Love the experience™.
WSA – Wonderful Sound for All
Who is your ideal patient/candidate?
Everyone! As Audiologists, whether the patient has borderline hearing loss or severe hearing loss, our mission is to help others communicate with their loved ones again. Patients who report feeling isolated from conversations, whether it’s one-on-one or in groups, especially in noise, are great candidates for amplification. As a result, their quality of life improves, which matters most.
How do you help patients hear better in noise?
At WS Audiology (WSA), we offer two premium hearing aid brands, Widex and Signia, each with a unique approach to delivering better hearing in challenging listening environments.
Both brands use advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help wearers focus on speech while reducing unwanted background noise. Rather than simply making sounds louder, our technology is trained to identify and prioritize the sounds that matter most, helping patients follow conversations more comfortably in restaurants, family gatherings, meetings, and other noisy situations.
We also recognize that hearing naturally is about more than speech understanding. That’s why our hearing aids are designed to preserve your voice quality and listening comfort, creating a more natural hearing experience throughout the day.
Our commitment to innovation is backed by extensive research demonstrating improved hearing performance in noise and high levels of patient satisfaction. By combining cutting-edge AI with sound philosophies tailored to different listening preferences, Widex and Signia provide solutions that help people stay connected and engaged in the moments that matter most.
At WSA, our goal is simple: to help patients hear confidently, communicate effortlessly, and enjoy life more fully, even in challenging listening environments.
What quality-of-life feature do patients love most?
While today’s hearing aids offer remarkable advancements in sound quality and speech understanding, many patients are especially excited about the convenience and connectivity features built into modern devices.
Widex and Signia hearing aids can connect directly to smartphones, tablets, and computers, letting users stream phone calls, music, videos, and virtual meetings right into their ears. This seamless connectivity helps patients stay connected to the people and activities they enjoy most.
Patients also appreciate greater control over their hearing experience through user-friendly smartphone apps. With just a few taps, they can adjust volume, focus on speech in noisy environments, personalize settings for different listening situations, and even receive AI-powered recommendations to optimize sound in real time.
These features provide more than convenience. They give patients confidence, independence, and the ability to actively participate in conversations, entertainment, and daily life with less effort.
By combining advanced hearing technology with intuitive connectivity and personalization tools, Widex and Signia help patients hear better, stay connected, and enjoy a more effortless listening experience every day.
Why should a patient choose your brand over another?
At WS Audiology (WSA), we understand that hearing is personal. Research shows that people have different sound preferences, and two well-fitted hearing aids can be experienced very differently by the same individual. That’s why we offer two premium hearing aid brands, Widex and Signia, each with a distinct sound philosophy designed to meet different listening preferences.
Some listeners prefer a richer, fuller, more natural sound experience, while others prefer enhanced contrast and greater speech focus. Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, WSA empowers hearing care professionals to match patients with the listening experience that feels most comfortable and natural to them.
Through innovative tools such as SoundPreference.net, patients can explore different sound designs using real-life listening scenarios, helping guide a more personalized hearing solution. Research also shows that individual sound preference can significantly influence overall satisfaction with hearing aids.
We recently launched our Signia Multi-adaptive Xperience, MaX, powered by four deep neural networks that work together as a system intelligence. Instead of using AI to only reduce noise, Signia MaX analyzes the full sound environment-speech, background, and the patient’s own voice- adapting to every moment in real time. 97% of wearers hear better in noisy group conversations than key competitors when using Signia MaX! In November, we’ll launch our Widex Allure AI RIC!
At WSA, our goal is not just to fit hearing aids but to help each person find the hearing experience that’s right for them.
Hearing Aid Pricing
Hearing aids can be a big investment. Most practices “bundle” their hearing aid prices. This means you pay one lump sum for the devices and all included services. It can be tricky to determine exactly what you’re paying for when this model is used. With the unbundled model, you’re able to see exactly what you’re paying for – and only get exactly what you need.
Unbundled Hearing Aids
Unbundling is an individualized service plan that makes sure you get exactly what you need – and you don’t pay for anything extra! At Audiology and Speech Solutions, each service plan comes with a set number of services to suit your specific needs. If you need additional visits or service in the future, no worries. Our pricing and fees are completely transparent, no hidden costs here.
What kinds of services might I need?
Each service plan includes three basic appointments – a baseline hearing test, a hearing aid consultation, and hearing aid fitting. In these three appointments, we will make sure you get the right hearing aids for you – and that they are appropriately fit to your hearing loss and lifestyle.
What about follow-up appointments?
Yearly hearing tests and hearing aid follow-ups are recommended. Beyond this, a different number of follow-ups are included with each plan, depending on how much support you need. Are things a little harder than you thought? Add on more appointments, no problem!
What happens if I experience technical issues with my hearing aids?
All devices, regardless of service plan, come with 2-3 year warranties in case of emergencies. Devices also come with loss and damage coverage that can be used if a device is lost or broken beyond repair.
Audiologists and Hearing Aids in Rye, NY
Audiology and Speech Solutions offers a wide variety of hearing aids from leading brands and manufacturers. We’re looking forward to jumpstarting your journey to better hearing!
Contact us today to schedule a consultation!