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Audiology Clinics

by Samuel Henderson

The loss of any sense of perception can significantly affect one's life. When the sense of hearing is lost, life can change in many ways because the individual will be unable to converse effectively with other people. Audiology or hearing clinics provide services to individuals with hearing loss. They provide hearing assessments, dispense instruments that assist in hearing, and provide support for patients to cope with declining sense of hearing.

Hearing assessment

One of the key services offered by audiology clinics is the assessment of hearing or hearing loss. Audiologists are healthcare professionals who have specialized in providing care to patients with hearing loss. Patient assessment in these centres includes in-depth consultations where the audiologist and the patient discuss the patient's occupation, lifestyle, the decline of hearing, and any past issues with hearing or experience with hearing aids. It may take several appointments for the audiologist to gather enough information to compose hearing assessment results which allow him/her to make recommendations or provide options for the patient.

The degree of hearing loss is usually the major factor considered in determining the appropriate solution. Most patients with hearing loss need to get a hearing aid, which is chosen depending on the patient's factors.

Hearing aids

Hearing aids are gadgets or instruments used to correct hearing loss. During the selection of an appropriate hearing aid, the audiologist provides options depending on the patient's hearing loss, and the patient's preferences are considered in making the choice. Patients with mild hearing loss usually need the smaller models of hearing aids while those with severe hearing loss often require larger models. Some patients usually lose hearing at certain frequencies, necessitating the use of advanced aids that accommodate different frequencies.

In the selection of a hearing aid, it is also important to consider one's lifestyle. For example, if the patient spends a lot of time on the phone with employees, family, or even friends, then he or she would require a device that can work well with a phone. In addition, individuals who spend time in different environments with different background noise degrees, more advanced hearing aids are most appropriate.

Adjusting to using hearing aids

It may take as short as a day to adjust to the use of a hearing aid, and it may take as long as several months. It is important for patients to be prepared to wear hearing aids persistently in order to get used to the devices in a short period of time. Adjusting to the gadgets is usually faster if patients push themselves a little harder on each subsequent day. If any issues are experienced with the programming or use of the device, the audiologist should be contacted as soon as possible. The patient should make as many follow-up visits to the audiology clinic as necessary in order to ensure proper orientation, fitting, and verification of settings.