Frequently Asked Questions
COMMON HEARING LOSS & HEARING AID QUESTIONS
· Having to ask others to repeat themselves often.
· Difficulty following conversations with background noise or in a group situation.
· Finding children’s and women’s voices difficult to hear.
· Having the TV or radio turned up louder than normal.
Our hearing loss self-assessment can guide you through an initial assessment and help determine if you should contact a hearing healthcare professional for further assistance.
Hearing aids don’t result in completely normal hearing. Even though they make sounds louder, the louder sounds are still sent to damage hair cells in the cochlea. Fitting a hearing aid to a sensorineural hearing loss with damaged hair cells is like fitting eye glasses on someone with damage to the retina. Fitting a conductive hearing loss, where hair cells are intact, is more like fitting glasses. While damaged hair cells cannot be replaced, hearing aids greatly improve your ability to hear and can dramatically enhance your quality of life.
No. Many people with tinnitus experience relief from wearing hearing aids. If you do experience any change in your tinnitus you should contact your hearing healthcare professional at Limestone Audiology & Tinnitus Clinic.
Referred to as feedback, whistling can be a result of your hearing aids being inserted incorrectly or your volume being too high, or maybe your ear is occluded with earwax. If earwax removal and adjustments to the fitting and volume do not correct the feedback, talk to your hearing healthcare professional, who will determine if your hearing aids require further adjustments.
Hearing healthcare professionals usually recommend wearing two hearing aids for people who have hearing loss in both ears. This is called a binaural fitting. Two hearing aids help to improve hearing in noise, localize sound, and improve clarity and sound quality. Studies have shown that people are more satisfied with their hearing aids when they wear one in each ear.
Getting used to wearing hearing instruments takes time. You may have spent a considerable amount of time – most likely many years – with impaired hearing ability, and unaware of such, naturally, you have come to consider what you hear as “normal”. That, however, is not the case.
Once you start to wear your hearing instruments, you will find making conversation less tiring, using the phone more convenient, and watching TV with loved ones enjoyable again. While many immediate benefits are usually noticed, it can take several weeks or even months to fully adjust to wearing hearing instruments. Getting used to the physical sensation of wearing your hearing instruments, on the other hand, happens much faster. Or haven’t you ever forgotten to take off your glasses before going to bed?
Yes,
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