For seniors, hearing aids are not a common commodity that they can judge and choose for themselves. Many people are concerned about "what brand of hearing aids do you sell? , "Where are they made?" "How much does a hearing aid cost?" "How much is the cheapest?" "Is there a hearing aid shop near our home?"
Based on this line of thinking, many elderly people in the actual selection of hearing aids, will encounter such and such problems, resulting in frustration, and ultimately give up because they can not achieve the desired effect of hearing aids to wear, hearing aids bought and abandoned.
So, how can the elderly not take a detour, successful purchase of hearing aids?
There is no such thing as the best hearing aid! The most expensive hearing aids are not necessarily the best! But you can always choose a hearing aid that suits you best. The hearing aid that works for someone else may not necessarily work for you and your daily needs. The same hearing aid that works well for someone else may not work as well for you.
Professional medical fitting is more important than the brand of hearing aid! Accurately determining the hearing characteristics and needs of a particular patient, and adjusting the appropriate hearing aid to the best fit for that patient, is the prerequisite for successful hearing aid fitting. Professionals need to solve various personalized problems of wearing hearing aids to ensure that patients wear comfort and clarity of hearing.
The hearing characteristics of neurological deafness and auditory deterioration in the elderly dictate that low-tech hearing aids will create problems that cannot be solved in subsequent use. In the choice of hearing aids is to take into account the daily needs of the elderly in the future life, not to pursue the low price, otherwise it will produce after the purchase of hearing aids, due to the limitations of the function of the hearing aids, can not achieve a satisfactory wearing effect.
Reasonable expectations of patients and their families, and adherence to scientific wear are crucial. Some patients may experience some discomfort during the initial wearing period. On the one hand, the dispenser needs to minimize this problem, and on the other hand, it is more important for the patient to wear the hearing aids every day and listen attentively to his/her family members, so that they can actively supervise and cooperate with him/her, and then he/she can get through the adaptation period after one or two months of hard work. Can not easily give up in the initial wearing! "Where is your hearing aid? Put it on." This is one of my patients, Mr. Lao's boss in the hearing aid with, before talking to him every day to start, it has proved to be a very simple and effective way for patients to adapt to the hearing aid.