If you’re like most people, you are wondering exactly how much difference hearing aids will make. Will your hearing be perfect? Will you be able to hear just like you used to? While hearing aids can make a tremendous difference in your hearing, there are a few things you’ll want to keep in mind.
1. Hearing aids do not instantly restore normal hearing.
We’ve all had people in our lives or heard stories of people who put on a pair of much-needed glasses for the first time. It’s like a whole new world opens up for them the instant they look through the lenses.
Hearing aids, though, are not like glasses. Supplementing a hearing loss is a much more complicated process than that of supplementing poor eyesight. And while the hearing aids can under the right circumstances get close to restoring your normal hearing, they won’t quite be able take the place of perfectly-functioning ears.
2. Hearing aids may require an adjustment period that can take up to 90 days.
Supplementing your hearing with hearing aids is a process. The first part is selecting out the hearing aids that are the best fit for your lifestyle and hearing needs. This is why we encourage you to take advantage of our free hearing aid consultations: talking with a licensed professional and trying some different hearing aids makes that process go so much more smoothly.
But once you have the hearing aid selected, there will likely be an adjustment period. You and your hearing aid need time to get adjusted to each other, and to the settings on the hearing aid. So if they aren’t quite what you had hoped at first, just give it time. Talking with a licensed professional may help as well: the problem may simply be that you need to adjust the hearing aid settings.
3. When you first start using hearing aids, many sounds may not sound quite normal, including your own voice.
This is one limitation we wish we could remove immediately, but unfortunately hearing aids are hearing aids, not an additional set of ears. Hearing aids can help you hear much better, but there are some things God designed our bodies to do that technology can’t quite replicate.
This is why, when you start using hearing aids, some things may sound a bit odd right at first. However, you will soon adjust to the new “normal” and won’t notice it at all.
4. You will need to learn to adjust the settings on your hearing aids.
This is one of the most important factors of successfully using hearing aids. Hearing aids are tiny computers and are designed to help you hear optimally in a number of difference circumstances. In order to get the most out of them, you’ll need to know how to adjust those settings to your varying situations.
This is where talking with a licensed professional can really help. Hearing aid professionals know what their products can do, and will be glad to help you learn to optimize them for best performance.
Will hearing aids help me hear perfectly?
August 20, 2017 by hearing • FAQ • 0 Comments
1. Hearing aids do not instantly restore normal hearing.
We’ve all had people in our lives or heard stories of people who put on a pair of much-needed glasses for the first time. It’s like a whole new world opens up for them the instant they look through the lenses.
Hearing aids, though, are not like glasses. Supplementing a hearing loss is a much more complicated process than that of supplementing poor eyesight. And while the hearing aids can under the right circumstances get close to restoring your normal hearing, they won’t quite be able take the place of perfectly-functioning ears.
2. Hearing aids may require an adjustment period that can take up to 90 days.
Supplementing your hearing with hearing aids is a process. The first part is selecting out the hearing aids that are the best fit for your lifestyle and hearing needs. This is why we encourage you to take advantage of our free hearing aid consultations: talking with a licensed professional and trying some different hearing aids makes that process go so much more smoothly.
But once you have the hearing aid selected, there will likely be an adjustment period. You and your hearing aid need time to get adjusted to each other, and to the settings on the hearing aid. So if they aren’t quite what you had hoped at first, just give it time. Talking with a licensed professional may help as well: the problem may simply be that you need to adjust the hearing aid settings.
3. When you first start using hearing aids, many sounds may not sound quite normal, including your own voice.
This is one limitation we wish we could remove immediately, but unfortunately hearing aids are hearing aids, not an additional set of ears. Hearing aids can help you hear much better, but there are some things God designed our bodies to do that technology can’t quite replicate.
This is why, when you start using hearing aids, some things may sound a bit odd right at first. However, you will soon adjust to the new “normal” and won’t notice it at all.
4. You will need to learn to adjust the settings on your hearing aids.
This is one of the most important factors of successfully using hearing aids. Hearing aids are tiny computers and are designed to help you hear optimally in a number of difference circumstances. In order to get the most out of them, you’ll need to know how to adjust those settings to your varying situations.
This is where talking with a licensed professional can really help. Hearing aid professionals know what their products can do, and will be glad to help you learn to optimize them for best performance.