Joe Angelina

Joe Angelina is an active 59 year old personal trainer. Over the last 10 years, Joe noticed a gradual decline in his ability to hear conversations in noisy environments. He was missing some spoken words when listening to the TV. He also wasn’t hearing everything his three year old granddaughter or his clients at the gym said.

Joe Angelina, binaural Element 16 Moxi wearer

Joe decided to have his hearing tested to confirm he had a hearing loss. He learned about a new hearing device called Moxi™ that uses canal receiver technology (CRT). With Moxi, the speaker sits in the ear canal and is attached to a thin, discreet tube. The Behind-The-Ear device fits snugly behind the ear, while the speaker in the ear increases the amplification of speech, while reducing annoying background noise.

Joe was fit with Element™ 16 Moxi hearing instruments with four listening programs designed for quiet, noise, telephone, and cinema environments. Since wearing his Moxi hearing devices, he realizes he was missing many everyday sounds that he can now hear, such as the refrigerator running and the turn signal in his car.

“I can hear conversations so much better now too,” Joe explains, “especially in noisy environments and higher-pitched sounds like my granddaughter’s voice. It’s really quite remarkable the improvement.”

Joe can also hear conversations on the telephone more easily with Element 16 Moxi’s program optimized for telephone use.

“I can just pick up the phone and begin talking when my hearing aids are in phone mode. I have never experienced feedback when listening or talking on the telephone which is also very nice.”

Joe is happy with how comfortable and discreet the Moxi hearing devices are:

“They really feel good; I don’t even know I have them on. I was amazed at how small hearing devices have become. I was thinking I would try the small Completely-In-the-Canal (CIC) hearing aids, but after I tried these and realized how comfortable and discreet they were, I really liked them.”

Joe’s audiogram illustrating his moderate sensorineural hearing loss bilaterally.

“In fact, if I didn’t tell people that I am wearing hearing aids, no one would even know.”

Joe wears his Moxi hearing devices in many different listening situations. He wears them in noisy restaurants, at the gym and to movie theatres. He appreciates how his Element Moxi devices help “block outside noise” so he can focus on the conversation. His family has also noticed that he is not asking them to repeat themselves as much. The television volume has also been reduced from 30 to 14 and his car radio from 16 to 8.

Joe recommends Element Moxi hearing devices.

“They are really fantastic. The difference they have made in my ability to hear is phenomenal. They have opened up a whole new world for me.”