How to choose a hearing aid when hearing is not good

Our country has stepped into an aging society. According to the data analysis, more than 30% of the elderly in our country have hearing impairment and speech communication impairment. The elderly deafness has become a social problem. It is urgent to improve the quality of life of the elderly through modern hearing aids. But there are many old people with deafness and their families have this doubt. They think that the old people are old, deafness is a normal phenomenon, and some old people are very exclusive of hearing aids. They are afraid that using hearing aids for a long time will damage their hearing and depend on hearing aids.

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In fact, there is nothing wrong with the old people relying on hearing aids. A lot of people are old and have trouble with their eyes. They will use presbyopic glasses. If their legs and feet are not easy, they will use crutches. But it’s strange that many people just don’t like using hearing aids and feel that they will rely on them. In fact, hearing aids, like presbyopic glasses and crutches, are auxiliary tools for the life of the elderly. Wearing hearing aids can slow down the process of hearing degradation, help to improve the hearing status of the elderly, avoid further hearing damage, and improve the psychological status of the elderly. If the old people use hearing aids “can not be separated” or “can not be removed”, it means that hearing aids play their due role, greatly improving the user’s hearing situation, which is a good thing.

Hearing aid is a kind of amplifying device to help the deaf listen to the sound. It is mainly composed of micro pickup, amplifier, earphone, ear model and power supply. There are two kinds of hearing aids, air guided hearing aid and bone guided hearing aid. There are < a href = "http://www.sqhearing.com/tlkp/533.html" target = "blank" > box type < / a >, ear back type, ear canal type and inner ear type on the appearance of air conduction hearing aid, which are selected according to the requirements of patients and the situation of deafness. Generally, it needs to be checked and matched by a hearing aid tester after a detailed audiological examination and evaluation by an otologist. Hearing aids can be used for those who have an average hearing loss of 35dB ~ 80dB at language frequency (500Hz ~ 2000Hz); the effect of hearing loss of about 60dB is the best. At present, most hearing aids are air guided hearing aids. If the loss degree of both ears is basically the same, it is better to wear hearing aids on both ears. Binaural listening plays an integrated role in brain speech recognition, and can produce stereo effect, which is convenient for sound source location. Listening in noise environment can reduce the signal-to-noise ratio and improve the effect of hearing aid.

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Hearing is not good, how to choose a hearing aid?

Generally speaking, hearing aids are suitable for the elderly with normal deafness, but they have no therapeutic effect on the diseases causing deafness. But the disease that causes deafness, some have bigger influence on health, some even threaten life. Therefore, the deaf elderly must first go to the hospital for a detailed examination, including the otology examination and hearing test, and can only be trial matched after the doctor’s diagnosis. After wearing hearing aids, the deaf can hear clear voice, and the tone is more pleasant. It is appropriate to have no pain in the ear. At the same time, pay attention to the appropriate size of earplugs, preferably with a volume regulator.

When the deaf first wear hearing aids, they often feel harsh. This is because the hearing aids amplify the listening sound and the noise of the environment. The deaf should be patient for a period of time, and they will gradually get used to it.

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Wearing hearing aids for the elderly to avoid three misunderstandings

At present, the treatment of geriatric deafness should be early: early detection, early treatment and early intervention. It is an effective way to wear hearing aids, but some misunderstandings should be eliminated in the application of hearing aids

1. You can wear a hearing aid if you buy it yourself. Some patients don’t go through a professional hearing test and buy a hearing aid at will. It’s not only the hearing aid effect is not good, but also may further damage the residual hearing of patients. Hearing aids, like myopia glasses, need to be matched. First of all, there should be a patient’s audiogram. The match maker should adjust according to the audiogram, experience and needs of the match, and adjust according to the comfort of the patient. Finally, the best fit state can be achieved. People who use hearing aids for the first time have to go through the process of debugging and adaptation, because hearing aids amplify the sound they need to hear, and at the same time amplify the noise in the surrounding environment. At first, they will feel the noise they hear, and then they will get used to it later.

2. Hearing aids will be more and more deaf. If they are properly adjusted, they will not be more and more deaf. As the elderly grow older, the function of various organs will gradually decline, so will the ears. Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes and other senile diseases will also cause a certain degree of hearing loss, which has nothing to do with wearing hearing aids, and will also decrease without wearing them. After wearing the hearing aid, the auditory nerve will be continuously stimulated, which will help to slow down the speed of hearing loss. For the patients with tinnitus at the same time, the tinnitus will be reduced or disappear after the hearing is improved.

3. After many people wear hearing aids for a period of time, they will feel that when they don’t wear them, their hearing is not as good as it used to be. They think that hearing aids have damaged their ears. In fact, this situation is because the brain has adapted to the sound feeling after wearing the hearing aid, and suddenly takes off the hearing aid, which is difficult to adapt at once. If you do not wear the hearing aid for a period of time, it will restore the original feeling, just like the “dark adaptation” of the eyes (suddenly entering the darker place from the bright place, you will not see clearly, and then you will slowly adapt to see clearly). At this time, check the hearing, the general hearing did not decline, some people because of the sound stimulation of hearing aids, part of the frequency of hearing has a certain degree of improvement.

Jinghao hearing aid reminder: hearing aid wearing requires professional “matching”, so it is very important to choose a professional hearing aid matching center and a hearing aid tester! If you have any hearing problems, you can call Jinghao for consultation, or come to the matching center for experience. Hearing aid free consultation Tel.: + 86-18566295705