Do you think that the moment you put on a hearing aid, you’ll get 100% of your hearing back?
Do you think there must be something wrong with your hearing aids If you don’t sound well with hearing aids?
In fact, there is a hearing aids adaptation period. When you wear the hearing aid for the first time, it is often difficult to fit well with it. You need some time to rebuild your auditory memory and gradually get used to wearing hearing aids. This process is called the adaptive period. The adaptive period can range from a few weeks to a few months.
During the adaptive period, you have to accomplish small “goals” to get through it.
1. Get used to the feeling of wearing hearing aids
On one hand, you have to master the wearing way of hearing aids.Correct wearing is the guarantee of the effect of hearing aids. At the same time, be careful not to make hearing aidss fall on the ground when picking off .
On the other hand, it will inevitably produce a feeling of discomfort when the ear canal is suddenly increased a hearing aid, or ear plug .
Coping strategy：
1. Please choose to sit on the sofa when you wear or pick off the hearing aids as far as possible, to avoid the hearing aids fall on the hard ground.
2. Slowly increase the amount of time you wear hearing aids. During the first few days, the time of wearing hearing aids is not more than 1-3 hours. Pick off the hearing aids when you feel tired .Extend the wearing time each day until you adapt to hearing aids.
2.Get used to the sound of hearing aids
Hearing aids sound more natural as the technology developed, but they still sound a little different from the real sound. Because of hearing loss for a long time, the sound you hear may be “wrong”, such as the sound is small, or some frequency is missing. You will also feel not used to some recover sound after wearing hearing aids.
Coping strategy：
1. Don’t turn the volume of your hearing aid up too high at first. 2. Do not frequently adjust hearing aids. Because adaptation takes time.Generally speaking, the time between two adjustment time should not be shorter than a week.
3.“Practice” language comprehension
For some users with hearing loss for a long time and didn’t wear hearing aids before, they can hear but may can’t understand the sound, which requires some progressive listening training.
Coping strategies:
Keep talking to your family, keep reading audiobooks, feel and learn the pronunciation of words, recapture the meaning. In addition to practicing on your own, you can also attend some adult rehabilitation classes and practice with an audiologist or professional. That’s how you can maximize the potential of hearing aids.
Is there any way to shorten this adaptation period? The adaptation period varies greatly from person to person. Some users will adapt well within a few weeks, while others will take several months. The most important thing is to wear them as soon as hearing loss is detected. In this way, both the process of adaptation and practice will be easier. Don’t wait for the damage to get to the point where it requires a lot of extra effort.
Post time: Feb-28-2023
