The skill of selecting hearing aids for the elderly

With the increasing of age, many old people will have hearing loss. At this time, some old people will choose to wear hearing aids to correct their hearing, while some old people think that hearing loss will occur after wearing hearing aids for a long time. Experts said that if patients choose the right hearing aids, they will not have the above situation. Hearing aids are the same as glasses. They need to choose hearing aids that are consistent with their own deafness.

Proper selection of hearing aids can not only protect residual hearing, but also restrain tinnitus. About 50% of the people who have scientific hearing aids can reduce tinnitus symptoms, and 20% of them even feel that tinnitus completely disappears. Scientific selection and matching of hearing aids should include hearing examination, hearing aid selection, computer debugging of hearing aids, etc., which must be carried out by a professional fitting examiner and at a professional fitting point.

So how can we choose appropriate hearing aids according to our own situation? The elderly can choose hearing aids according to the following three points.

The degree and type of hearing loss

Each type of hearing aid has its own adaptation scale, for example, the hearing loss scale of the ear back hearing aid is relatively wide, which is necessary for the severe, deep or high frequency sudden drop hearing loss. Some patients with conductive deafness have experienced repeated poor operation and damaged tympanum layout, so we can think about using bone guided hearing aids.

Finger sensitivity, vision

It should be noted that in addition to hearing loss, the elderly also have poor vision, and their fingers are not sensitive. It will be difficult to play with very delicate hearing aids and batteries with very small equipment. The volume of the back of ear type is simpler than that of the inner ear type, but if the hearing aid is equipped with a remote control, there is no difference between the two. From the perspective of convenient extraction, the inner ear type hearing aid is slightly more convenient than the back of ear type, and the half ear cavity type, ear canal type eardrum (or inner ear type hearing aid) is much simpler than the full ear cavity type.

Canal size

Ear back hearing aid can be equipped with audio input, FM interface and other equipment, which allows to complete directional microphone characteristics, while internal hearing aid does not simply complete these functions. When wearing hearing aids, we should pay attention to the comfort of the ears, echo and noise. First of all, wearing hearing aids should be comfortable and painless. If you have pain, you should contact your match maker. Don’t spend time getting used to the pain. Secondly, there should be no echo, vibration or empty sound. Once such a situation occurs, it indicates that the patient’s hearing aid needs to be adjusted. Third, to prevent noise. The noise can be very loud, but it is unlikely to cause discomfort. If the patient feels that the noise is too loud to drive to the desired volume, he / she needs to immediately go to the middle of the hearing aid franchise to have a test and adjustment from the beginning.

Core tip: each type of hearing aid has its adaptive scale. For example, the scale of hearing loss of the back hearing aid is relatively wide. It is necessary to deal with severe, deep or high frequency sudden drop hearing loss. Some patients with conductive deafness have experienced repeated poor operation and damaged tympanum layout, so we can think about using bone guided hearing aids.

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