Pink Hearing Aids?

The ENT gave us the medical clearance for hearing aids, so we headed back to the audiologist to get busy learning all about our options. Abigail's hearing loss falls in the moderate-severe range so we believe that she will benefit greatly from aids. We had little to no input on what hearing aids Abigail would be receiving. At first, I was slightly annoyed--Why shouldn't we choose the aids or at least be asked our opinion. However, this feeling quickly faded when I realized that I know absolutely nothing about hearing aids, or even how our ears work. Once our audiologist started explaining all the benefits of the hearing aids that she would receive, I was confident in her ability to choose the best aid devices for our daughter. The features were all so technical that I truly was relieved that she had done all the research for us and picked the perfect aids.


Abigail would receive the Oticon Vigo Pro, a hearing aid perfect for infants. It has several nice features for little ones to grow with. It has the ability to have an optional wireless FM boot, it has no external on/off switch to prevent little hands from turning off their aids by themselves, it has smart technology to amplify the sounds you want to hear while dampening background noise.

The only choice we had left to make was the color! I thought long and hard about this because our insurance only pays for our hearing aids once every four years unless there is a medically necessary reason for upgrading (I plan on talking about insurance in a future post). The Vigo Pro comes in 10 different colors including skin colors. I originally thought that I would pick skin color aids so that they wouldn't be as noticeable, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted them to be a sign of pride for her. I want her to love them, to want to wear them, to consider them a cute accessory that she can't wait to put on! That's when it hit me, I decided on soft pink ice--a pearlized baby pink. I hope that she will love them and that they will be a perfect addition for her!