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Many of us
delay seeking help for our hearing loss because of
misconceptions about our ability to be helped. This is
unfortunate because, in our practice, we have had
patients say, “I wish I had come to you sooner, but I
thought there was nothing that could be done for my
hearing.”
While there may be nothing that could be done
medically or surgically for nerve loss or nerve
deafness, hearing aids can help. In fact, nearly 95% of
all people with a sensorineural (nerve) loss can be
helped with hearing aids.
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Other popular misconceptions:
Everyone mumbles when they talk to me.
Yes, there may be a few people who mumble, but if you think everyone mumbles, a hearing evaluation is in order.
My hearing is normal for my age.
Other physical ailments may be normal for your age, but shouldn’t you receive help for the problem?
I only have a hearing loss for high pitches .
High frequencies are the most important for speech understanding. This is especially true when background noise is present because noise (low frequency sound) masks out speech in the region of normal hearing.
I only need one hearing aid.
The human ears were designed to bring balanced sound from both sides and to localize the direction of sound. Being able to hear from both sides in a balanced manner allows for improved clarity and speech discrimination. Hearing from both sides allows us to hear approximately four times farther than with one ear and allows for easier speech discrimination in noise which, in turn, leads to less stress.
Hearing aids make everything too loud.
Today’s digital
hearing aids amplify only the frequencies you need with
the appropriate amount of loudness. Today’s digital hearing aids such as the Phonak Exelia automatically converts sounds to your individual needs. Louds sounds are automatically reduced without reducing the speech level. Soft sounds are automatically raised to your audible level. These high tech hearing aids can be reprogrammed as your hearing changes.
Even the most difficult hearing losses can now be helped. Even if you have unsuccessfully tried hearing aids in the past, today’s technology can help you.
Contact us today for
your free hearing evaluation.
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