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Female Focus Adjusting to a better life with hearing instruments
In March's Female Focus article (available online at
www.female-focus.com if you missed it) we looked at the many modern day choices of hearing aids.
But choosing a hearing device is just the beginning of the journey to better hearing. How quickly you adjust to wearing hearing aids depends on how often you wear them. Initially you will notice an increase in the noise levels around you. This background noise has always been there but with your hearing loss you might not have noticed these sounds. As with anything that is new, it will take time and patience to adapt to this new way of hearing. Hearing is only part of how we exchange thoughts ideas and feelings. Reading lips, facial expressions and gestures can help. The following steps make
communicating easier when you are adjusting to a new hearing system:
Look at the person who is speaking and sit face to face in a quiet room. Minimise distractions: for example, washing dishes at the sink and trying to have a conversation is difficult even for those with normal hearing. Try different locations than rooms with poor acoustics. When you use your instruments for the first time, you will notice that the hearing process feels different. This is because your brain has to relearn how to hear sounds - especially the complex range of frequencies in speech.
The following are observations that first-time hearing aid wearers have made: - It takes time to adjust to wearing hearing aids. - Your own voice may sound different at first.
- Hearing situations with background noise should improve, but probably not as much as in quiet places.
This period of adjustment is completely normal but before long you will begin to hear sounds that you have been missing as well as some you didn't realise were gone - such as the hum of household appliances. Research suggests that speech comprehension increases over time and also the more the instruments are worn.
If you have a concern about your hearing call Richard G Sykes, RHAD FSHAA, of Premier Hearing Services on 659 644 106. Richard offers a free hearing test and has clinics in Denia, Javea, Alfaz del Pi, Benijofar and Bolnuevo. You can email Richard on
PremierHearing@hotmail.co.uk and his website is:
www.premierhearingaids.es. The latest digital hearing aids are available and Richard is able to offer 50% off UK prices. Call now – you have nothing to lose and your hearing to gain!
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