What should I do if I am not satisfied with the hearing aid?

What should I do if I am not satisfied with the hearing aid?

For hearing aids, people often have the misconception that hearing and speech communication can return to normal levels with a hearing aid. In fact, improving listening and verbal communication is a long-term rehabilitation process, and wearing a hearing aid is only an important part of this process.

For better listening and speech communication, you need to pay attention to the following processes.

Receive the guidance of the audiologist

In the process of rehabilitation, you must first have a detailed understanding of all aspects of your hearing loss, including the type and extent of hearing loss, the impact of hearing loss on communication, intervention strategies and rehabilitation recommendations. These questions will be answered by your audiologist and understanding your hearing loss will help you make the right decision for recovery. Before you start debugging, you must first understand the problem that you are most eager to solve, so that the audiologist can make more detailed debugging according to your needs. After you choose to buy a hearing aid, the audiologist will also guide you on how to use the hearing aid, daily maintenance and more. When the audiologist is consulting and debugging for you, it is very meaningful to have family members or other people who are usually in close communication. This can help your communication partner better understand the problems caused by hearing loss and cooperate with your recovery.

Establishing reasonable expectations and correct goals. It is important to set reasonable expectations and correct goals. If your expectation is that hearing recovery is “normal,” even if it is unrealistic for the most advanced hearing aids, reasonable expectations should be worn. Hearing aids have a certain improvement in hearing and speech communication. Unrealistic expectations often lead to negative emotions such as depression and disappointment, which affect subsequent rehabilitation.

The right goal can help you and the audiologist choose the most appropriate rehabilitation option for you.

For example, your goal is to improve communication difficulties when making calls. The audiologist will recommend hearing aids with wireless connectivity. If your goal is to improve speech communication difficulties, the audiologist will recommend more detailed speech processing. Hearing aids. Providing information such as occupations and communication habits will help the audiologist to choose a more appropriate hearing aid for you. Actively cooperate with the audiologist to assess your personal needs, goals and expectations in order to better select and debug hearing aids for you. Some audiologists will ask you to fill out a questionnaire to determine your needs and expectations. These questionnaires often ask about the impact of hearing loss on all aspects of your life, helping to choose a reasonable hearing aid and developing a follow-up rehabilitation plan.

Accept and cooperate with hearing aids for follow-up

After fitting the hearing aid, you will need to accept and follow up for follow-up. The audiologist may again make an appointment to the hearing center for follow-up visits, including verification, commissioning and follow-up communication training for hearing aid effects. Verification of hearing aid effects can be done in a number of ways. The audiologist will conduct an objective test to verify that the hearing aid is working at its best and that it is capable of achieving the most appropriate compensation. In addition to objective testing, the audiologist may also ask you to fill out a questionnaire to assess your subjective feelings in various listening environments and how satisfied you are with the hearing aids. This information will help the audiologist adjust the rehabilitation plan in a timely manner.

Patiently adapting to hearing aids

When you first started wearing a hearing aid, the footsteps that you suddenly heard again, the noise of the refrigerator, the sound of running water, and the distant laughter that you haven’t heard for years may be a bit uncomfortable. Because the brain has not received these types of stimuli during your hearing impairment, it may take a while for you to adapt to the new sounds you hear. But when you re-adapt, you will find that the sound becomes more and more intimate and communication becomes easier, especially in noisy environments.

Adaptation time varies from person to person, some people adjust immediately, while others take weeks or months. When you encounter problems in the process of adaptation, remember to contact your audiologist at any time, they will patiently answer your questions and debug for you. Hearing aids are only tools for providing hearing compensation. Simply purchasing a hearing aid does not guarantee better communication. Actively participate in rehabilitation coaching and maintain good communication with your audiologist to help you listen and communicate better.