HOW YOUR HEARING AIDS SHOULD SOUND
Most people don't know what to expect from hearing aids. Misconceptions and second hand experience with bulky, whistling, old fashioned analog devices continue to influence the way people think about all hearing aids.
Hearing aids have changed dramatically from a generation ago - from outward appearance to internal technology - making them vastly more appealing and effective.
Getting acclimated to wearing your new hearing aids is different for each person. But once you are, you should notice a big difference in how the world sounds.
Here is how the present day hearing aids can change your life:
- Your ability to hear and understand other should be improved
- Other people's voices shouldn't sound distorted, harsh, tinny, sharp, booming or muffled
- The sound of your own voice should be "normal" and not sound like you are in a barrel
- The intensity and quality of familiar sounds should be sharp, bright, clear and not dull or irritating
- In a crowded room with many people talking at once, sound should be loud but not deafening
- Wearing hearing aids in both ears should help you identify the location of a sound or voice
- Hearing & communicating in quiet environments (home, work, doctor's office) should be improved
- Your ability to hear and understand speech in environments with background noise (restaurants or dinner parties for instance) should be improved
- Your hearing aids should help you understand speech in larger environments where there is reverberation (lecture halls, worship spaces, movie theatres)
- Loud sounds (sirens, traffic, construction sounds) should not be uncomfortable but you should hear them clearly
