If you or your child need to start wearing hearing aids, know upfront that there will be an adjustment period. Hearing aids can be an important health concern for many — and they can take a while to get used to wearing. Here is some advice to ease that transition to wearing hearing aids:
How To Wear Hearing Aids
When you first get your hearing aids, you should ideally be shown how to wear them properly. This is not too hard to get used to, but it is something that you need to be taught before you can know how to do it properly, and your audiologist or hearing specialist will be able to help you with that. That will include learning how to not confuse left and right, how to use the controls, and so on, all of which are important parts of the process of learning about your hearing aids. Make sure you listen to them, pay attention and ask any questions you might need to ask in order to get to the bottom of this at the very start, and start off your hearing aid-wearing life in a much better way.
One Or Two Hearing Aids?
One of the questions that you may have when you see your audiologist is whether you need to use one or two hearing aids, and this is something that will actually prove very important along the way. There are some benefits of two hearing aids which are worth considering, such as the fact that it means your brain doesn’t take as long to get used to the new experience of hearing sounds in this new way. However, some people just don’t need two hearing aids, so it is something you will need to discuss with your hearing specialist first and foremost. Whichever is right for you, just make sure that you pursue that path, as that is what you need to do for yourself.
Starting Out Quiet
One of the things that most people need to do when they first wear hearing aids is to start out using them in a quiet place and with the volume fairly low. Otherwise, it can be a little overwhelming at first, and you might find it a challenge to be able to use them as you would hope. Sit in a quiet room when you first try them, and you will find it a lot easier to get used to them over time.
Although it is a momentous occasion for many people when you get a hearing aid, you will be able to adapt to it soon enough with these ideas behind you.
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