Hearing Loss - The Solution
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There are many possible causes of hearing loss - anything from a damaged eardrum or a simple wax blockage, to deterioration of hearing commonly caused by the natural ageing process or through exposure to excessive noise.
Nature designed our hearing to work in stereo. As a result , if you experience hearing loss, we recommend two hearing aids will be far more effective than one. We accomodate this through our special offer which provides two digital hearing aids for the price of one.
Figures indicate that one out of seven individuals does not have full hearing and one out of ten hears so poorly that a hearing instrument would help.
The degree of hearing loss varies from person to person
Between the two extremes of hearing well and hearing nothing, there are many degrees of impairment. The terms used to describe the degree of hearing loss are mild, moderate, severe and profound. Most hearing losses are mild to moderate.
What does the degree of hearing loss mean?
- Mild hearing loss: unable to hear soft sounds, difficulty understanding speech clearly in noisy environments.
- Moderate hearing loss: unable to hear soft and moderately loud sounds, considerable difficulty understanding speech, particularly with background noise.
- Severe hearing loss: some loud sounds are audible but communication without a hearing instrument is impossible.
- Profound hearing loss: some extremely loud sounds are audible but communication without a hearing instrument is impossible.
Digital hearing aids
Digital hearing aids process sound digitally using a tiny computer inside the aid. This makes it possible to process and customise sounds very precisely to suit your hearing loss and you can then listen to sound comfortably, whatever the pattern of your hearing loss. Many digital aids can be programmed with different settings for different sound environments that you can select at the touch of a button. Some adjust themselves automatically.
Can digital hearing aids help in noisy places?
One of the biggest problems for people with hearing aids is following what someone is saying in noisy places. Many digital hearing aids are designed to reduce steady kinds of background noise such as the rumble of traffic or the whirr of a fan. This makes listening more comfortable and can help you pick out one voice when many people are talking.
To help with this problem, many digital hearing aids use directional microphones to help you hear sounds best when they are directly in front of you so that you can focus on what you want to listen to. Most digital hearing aids have very effective feedback management systems to eliminate the past problem of whistling or howling.
