Widex MOMENT hearing aids include patented PureSound technology to help “overcome artificial noise that results when direct and amplified sound arrive at the eardrum out of sync”. Based on this, I insisted that he try Widex MOMENT – despite his initial reluctance.” “Scott needed his new hearing instruments to improve sound quality both professionally, as a musician, and personally in his everyday life.
This allows me to choose which company will deliver the best results based on each patient’s unique hearing needs,” stated Dr. “I’ve been practicing audiology for 25 years and work only with the industry’s top-of-the-line manufacturers. Julie Glick suggested he try Widex MOMENT hearing aids, too. But after learning about his lifestyle and his desired features, audiologist Dr. When he visited Musicians Hearing Solutions in Beverly Hills for the first time, he intended to get the latest and greatest version of his seven-year-old hearing aids. He wanted discreet, in-the-canal hearing aids, but he also wanted a fuller, more natural hearing experience. Having moved to Los Angeles to pursue his music career, Simons sometimes found it difficult communicating to hearing care professionals exactly what he was missing and what he wanted from his hearing aids. I just go back to the dealer and tell them, ‘I want a Honda Fit in black and don’t sell me anything else.’” “I’ve driven three versions of a Honda Fit in my life. I really don’t want to shop around,” he says. “I’m someone who sticks with whatever works. Years ago, Simons found a brand of hearing aids he was comfortable with, even though the relationship didn’t last. You’re not yourself if you can’t fully engage with everything going on around you.” The Moment of Truth-and Change You’re reacting to people in real time, having real conversations. “But when I eventually started wearing two hearing aids-and ultimately landed on the hearing aids I wear today-it was like my personality could really come out.
When he headed to West Virginia University, where Simons earned his degree in music theory and composition and participated in just about every band or ensemble the school offered, he could only bring himself to wearing one hearing aid, even though he knew his hearing loss was in both ears. “Only older people have hearing aids,” he thought at the time. It’s exhausting.” -Scott SimonsĪnd he admits to another fear: a stigma associated with wearing hearing aids. You start to withdraw from social interaction for fear of embarrassment. “With hearing loss, there’s this emotional baggage that builds up over a lifetime of people making jokes or asking if I can hear them.
But by the time he went to college, one of the two had to change. Growing up, he knew two things: he was going to be a musician, and he didn’t want hearing aids. At the time, he says now, he didn’t feel like the hearing loss was affecting him much. When he was a child, teachers wondered if Scott either couldn’t hear or was ignoring them. Both his mother and maternal grandfather went through the same progression. Simons suffers from gradual, genetic hearing loss. “Sometimes they’re shy or afraid to speak up, but we keep pushing through.” “They’re in Hollywood-many for the first time-and our job is to get them through the intimidation of the moment and help them be creative,” Simons explains. That includes helping overcome any nerves they may experience. But he also plays a critical role on the popular competition show America’s Got Talent.Īs a member of the production team, in addition to arranging and producing, Simons collaborates with contestants to put on a great performance.
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HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK - Singer, songwriter, and musician Scott Simons is best known as the voice behind the theme song for the hit children’s television series Paw Patrol.
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