Hearing Screening is a Step Towards Better Hearing
Why screening required by professionals?
It
is advisable that hard of hearing person need to consult with hear care
professionals with very first sign of it. They will ask you questions about
your lifestyle, daily activities, the kind of listening situations most
important to you, and your expectations and wishes for what you want the from
your hearing aids. For example, if you lead an active lifestyle and attend a
variety of social events, you may require more versatile hearing aids that can
meet your listening demands in a variety of noisy or challenging acoustic
situations. Whereas if you spend most of your time at home and in quiet
situations, perhaps less advanced technology will be sufficient.
With
all factors discussed, your Hear care professionals will make recommendations
for the best Hearing aid for your needs, and
you will choose the one you want. Depending on the hearing aids chosen, you
have may have to wait to get it fitted by professionals as its important part
to have hearing aids. If you chose customized hearing aids that need to fit the
contours of your ears, these require time to be custom-made by the manufacturer
and delivered to your Hear care professional. Otherwise, you can also fit your
chosen hearing aids immediately.
The hearing aid first fit process!
Hear
care professional will make sure that the hearing aids fit comfortably on or in
your ears. Hear care professional will program the hearing aids to its required
settings according to your hearing loss via computer software. This process
only takes a few minutes and you might hear some calibration beeps and noises.
Once complete, the Hear care professionals will turn the hearing aids on—this
will be the first time you hear through them!
How hearing aids work?
Hearing
aids contain same basic parts to carry sounds from the environment to your ear by
making sound louder. In the market, now most of the hearing aids are digital
and people do like its enhanced feature.
Microphones
in Digital hearing aid
collect sounds from the environment. This devices having a computer chip with
an amplifier which converts incoming sound into digital code. Device analyse
and adjust sound based on your degree of hearing loss, listening requirements,
lifestyle & level of the sounds around you. Amplified signals are then
converted back into sound waves then deliver to your ears through speakers.
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