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- 1.Is a hearing aid an amplifier? (What is a hearing aid?)
- 2.Will I hear sound immediately after wearing a hearing aid?
- 3.Is it useless to wear a hearing aid for age-related deafness?
- 4.Will wearing a hearing aid make you deafer?
- 5.What are the types of hearing aids?
- 6.When should a hearing aid be worn?
- 7.Who is a good candidate for a hearing aid?
- 8.What are the benefits of wearing a hearing aid?
- 9.Can hearing aids be purchased and worn casually?
- 10.Is it better to have a hearing aid with more power?
- 11.Is a hearing aid better the more expensive it is?
- 12.Can I get a hearing aid when I can't hear anything?
- 13.Will wearing a hearing aid lead to dependence and worse hearing?
- 14.Is a hearing aid only for the elderly?
- 15.What should the elderly pay attention to when wearing a hearing aid?
- 16.The sound is very light when wearing a hearing aid?
- 17.The sound of the hearing aid is intermittent? Possible causes and solutions:
- 18.Discomfort in the ear when wearing a hearing aid?
This understanding is incorrect.
A hearing aid is an electronic device used to compensate for hearing loss. It can use the residual hearing to compensate for the hearing of deaf ears. With the advancement of society and the improvement of scientific research, hearing aids produced by regular manufacturers have been digitized. In addition to improving hearing problems, they have the functions of noise reduction, voice adaptation to the environment, multi-channel technology, and intelligent memory.
①It is recommended to take a hearing test first.
If you find that your elderly family member’s hearing is declining, you should promptly take a hearing test to determine the extent of the hearing loss and then select a hearing aid suitable for the hearing loss.
②Adapt to the hearing aid (it takes time to rediscover sound).
The first time you wear a hearing aid, you need to start by adapting to various sounds (including useless noise) in a quiet environment. For example: wear it for 1-2 hours a day in the first week, 3-4 hours a day in the next week, and then go downstairs to the community to practice listening and discrimination. The adaptation period from quiet to irritable lasts for 1 to 3 months.
③You will hear better after adaptation.
The use of hearing aids should be adapted step by step. You should have reasonable expectations and persist in self-wearing training for a period of time. You will gradually find that hearing aids can help users hear better!
Early detection and early wearing of hearing aids if you hearing loss
Hearing loss is generally divided into three types:
① Neural hearing loss, lesions in the cochlea or auditory center
② Conduct hearing loss, lesions in the outer ear or middle ear
③ Mixed hearing loss, the above two points exist at the same time
The elderly are prone to poor, which is generally related to neural hearing loss. For example, with age, vascular hardening, living environment, mental factors, and some elderly diseases.
The longer hearing loss lasts, the worse the reaction. If the family does not pay attention to the decline of the elderly’s hearing for a long time, the longer it drags on the worse the brain’s auditory center’s reaction to sound. It is recommended that the elderly with hearing problems should have a physical examination as soon as possible. Early fitting hearing aids has a good effect and is also conducive to improving the elderly’s social and life quality.
Choose the right one, listen comfortably, and it won’t hurt your hearing.
The misconception that wearing a hearing aid will make you deafer is often due to a lack of understanding about hearing aids or a lack of understanding about the user’s hearing loss. Hearing aids belong to Class II medical devices. It is recommended to verify the hearing loss first, and then choose a digital hearing aid on a regular platform. Digital hearing aids can intelligently reduce noise according to the environment. Proper and correct use of hearing aids can also protect hearing and maintain speech recognition ability.
Hearing aids can be divided into several types, such as box-type, glasses-type,-the-ear, in-the-ear, and in-the-canal hearing aids. Among them, in-the-ear hearing aids are currently the most widely. Completely in-the-canal hearing aids: This is the smallest type of hearing aid available, placed deep inside the ear canal, completely unnoticed by others, and known as the “invisible hearing aid.” Because of its concealment, it is not easily detected and is favored by middle-aged and young people
Whether it is an adult or an infant, when the average hearing loss ≥ 40dB and the hearing can not be improved by medical treatment such as drugs and surgery, and is diagnosed by a doctor as an irreversible hearing loss, a hearing aid should be selected
Almost anyone with a hearing loss who wants to improve his or her ability to communicate can a candidate for a hearing aid. Generally, people with a moderate hearing loss will benefit most from using hearing aids.
The purpose of choosing a hearing aid is not only to maximize the improvement of language comprehension, but more importantly, to improve the quality of life and social skills of patients.
The development of speech and perception in children mainly depends on the auditory signals they receive. Infants and young children with hearing loss will inevitably have speech disorders if they are not intervened in time. The saying “nine deaf and mute” is a testament to this. Therefore, it is important to detect and fit early to stimulate speech development and reduce the possibility of them becoming socially isolated;
Middle-aged and young patients are the backbone of society. Hearing loss will reduce their opportunities for education, employment, and work, and affect job promotion. Therefore, wearing a hearing aid is particularly important;
And for elderly patients, through scientific fitting of hearing aids, improve hearing, improve the quality of life, avoid loneliness, dementia, and psychological diseases.
(Can hearing aids be bought online?) Hearing aids must be fitted by professionals based a comprehensive analysis of the condition and hearing, strictly adhering to the indications, rather than being treated as a commodity that can be bought and worn at will. Otherwise, wearing ill-fitting hearing aid can result in poor performance, discomfort, damage to the remaining hearing, leading patients to be unwilling to wear them and lose the best treatment time. In addition after wearing a hearing aid, continuous communication with professionals is necessary for adjustments to achieve the desired fitting and therapeutic effect.
A hearing aid with more power is not necessarily better. The greater output, the louder the sound, but for groups with less severe hearing loss, it can affect clarity or distort the sound due to clipping. The principle is simple, just wearing glasses. What kind of myopia degree requires glasses of the corresponding degree. If the degree of the lens is too high, the wearer will experience dizziness. The is true for hearing aids. If the power of the hearing aid is too high, it will instead affect the listening effect of the wearer. It will have a direct impact on and clarity. In addition, if it is not properly adjusted, it will further damage the residual hearing of the wearer. Therefore, it is recommended to select a hearing aid thatates for the current hearing loss, rather than blindly pursuing reserved space. Selecting a hearing aid with a large power that matches your hearing loss will actually backfire
No. A hearing aid is not better the more expensive it is. Only the one that suits you best is the best. We should choose the circuit and power of the hearing aid according to the type and degree of hearing loss of the patient and the actual needs of the patient, so that the performance of the hearing aid selected can achieve better hearing compensation, so that the patient can achieve good hearing aid effect.
No. Many elderly people think that they can still hear sounds and do not need to wear hearing aids for the time being. They think that as long as they wear hearing aids, they can immediately hear sounds. Hearing aids are just a kind of miniature amplifier, which can only work on the basis of residual hearing. The worse the hearing loss, the worse the hearing aid effect. In addition, the longer the hearing loss lasts, the worse the elderly’s cognitive function will become, and they will become more and more closed and lonely, and their behavior and thinking will also appear slow, which will greatly reduce the quality of life in their old age. Current research has confirmed that hearing loss is closely related to dementia in the elderly.
No. On the contrary, due to long-term hearing loss, there be “auditory deprivation”, which will lead to a gradual decline in the ability to understand language in the ears with hearing loss, while hearing AIDS not only will damage the original hearing but also can delay the decline in hearing and maintain the original speech recognition ability.
No, anyone with hearing loss who meets the indications for hearing aid fitting can be fitted, of age. Especially for children with pre-lingual deafness, they should wear it all the time except during sleep, bathing, and working outdoors in rainy weather to ensure hearing and speech learning.
Due to the gradual decline of physiological functions, the elderly with hearing loss are the most numerous and require the highest proportion of hearing aids. There are two issues to consider when fitting hearing aids for the elderly:
- First is the issue of auditory discrimination ability.
Senile deafness is the result of physiological function decline, so it is often accompanied by the decline of auditory central function. The changes in the auditory center lead to a significant decrease in auditory discrimination ability, so many elderly deaf people always complain that “they can hear but not hear clearly.” Therefore, hearing aids used by the elderly should have a high degree of clarity. In terms of electroacoustics, the high-frequency components should be relatively rich; in terms of commodity selection, the quality should be excellent, and it is not enough to only seek cheapness. In addition, due to the problem of poor auditory discrimination ability, the elderly who fit hearing aids should have a more realistic expectation value-hearing aids can help the elderly improve their current embarrassing auditory situation, but they cannot restore their original hearing level.
- The second is the issue of the ability to operate hearing aids.
Some elderly people have a decline in motor coordination, especially in the sensitivity of finger movements, which brings difficulties to their operation and adjustment of hearing aids. Therefore, simple operation methods and larger, easy-to-adjust hearing aids are very important for elderly hearing aid users. Only from the perspective of operation, custom-made and behind-the-ear hearing aids are preferred. However, in a comprehensive view, behind-the-ear hearing aids should be the first choice because they are easy to operate, have good clarity, and are also easier to design to suit the different hearing conditions of the user.
Possible reasons and solutions:
①The sound hole or sound outlet is blocked——Clear away debris or send it for repair;
②The volume is set too low or the hearing aid is not powerful enough——Turn up the volume, and also re-examine the hearing, choose a more powerful hearing aid;
③The battery is out of power (below 1.1v)——Replace the battery, clean or replace the earwax guard;
④Wearing method is incorrect——Take it off and wear it again;
⑤Too much earwax——Go to the hospital to deal with the earwax;
①Battery power is insufficient – replace the battery;
②Poor contact of the hearing aid battery clip – scrape off the surface oxide of the battery clip with a small knife, it is recommended to clean the hearing aid regularly every 3-6 months at the service center;
③For behind-the-ear machines, the damper in the sound guide tube of the earmold is blocked by dampness or dust – replace the sound guide tube;
④Switch contact is poor – send it to the factory for repair;
⑤The wire was damaged when installing the custom-made hearing aid – send it to the factory for repair and re-installation.
Possible causes and solutions:
①Serious deafness – High sealing for hearing aids, need to adapt for 2-3 weeks;
②Incorrect ear impression – Inaccurate model, re-take the ear impression, and the shell.
