Yes, hearing aids require regular maintenance.
- Keep them away from heat,moisture and dust
- Replace batteries or charge them at regular intervals
- Keep them free from earwax
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We highly recommended for ALL hearing aid users:
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Signs and symptoms of hearing loss may include:
- Muffling of speech and other sounds
- Difficulty in understanding words, especially against background noise or in a crowded environment
- Â Trouble hearing consonants
- Frequently asking others to speak more slowly, clearly and loudly
- Â Needing to turn up the volume of the television or radio
- Withdrawal from conversations
- Avoiding social gatherings
- Ringing in the ears
- Aging
- Injury
- Excessive noise exposure
- Viral infections (such as measles or mumps)
- Shingles
- Ototoxic drugs (medications that damage hearing)
- Meningitis
- Diabetes
- Stroke
- High fever or elevated body temperature
- Ménière’s disease (a disorder of the inner ear that can affect hearing and balance)
- Acoustic tumors
- Heredity
- Obesity
- Smoking
- Hypertension
The benefits of of hearing aid for a single sided hearing loss are as follows:
- Clearer and easier conversations with precise speech audibility and accurate speech detection in difficult listening situations
- Better understanding of speech in noise
- Wind, noise, whistling and feedback management for optimal speech accuracy
- Simultaneous processing of multiple sounds for a comprehensive listening experience that makes speech crisp and clear while keeping ambient noise natural
- Improved phone conversations with ear-to-ear streaming
