Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Hearing aids and how to get one

Hearing aids and how to get one



Externally worn hearing aids

The most commonly used type of aid is the behind-the-ear hearing aid, where all the electronic components are contained in a skin-colored plastic case that sits behind the ear.



For people with very severe deafness, the electronic components needed to amplify sounds can become too bulky to fit into small hearing aids and a separate body-worn hearing aid with larger switches would be most suitable. However, with the advances in hearing aid technology this type of hearing aid is now much less common.

People with a conductive hearing loss may benefit from a device which is held in place behind the ear with a headband or 'Alice band'. This is known as a bone conduction hearing aid.


Analogue or digital hearing aids?

There has been a lot written in the media recently about digital hearing aids. The ‘digital’ part of the hearing aid implies that these types of aids are more sensitive and better at restoring hearing than the older type of aids, and this is often, but not always, the case.

Digital hearing aids process sound in a fundamentally different way to analogue aids, by dividing up the sound into 'packets' and then processing them. This means that it is possible for digital aids to be more selective in filtering out irritating background noise, but no hearing aid, digital or analogue is capable of only amplifying the sounds that you want to hear.

Implantable hearing devices

Cochlear implant

People who have such a severe deafness that they hardly derive any benefit from conventional hearing aids (i.e. those people with a profound sensorineural hearing loss) may benefit from a cochlear implant.

Bone-anchored hearing aid




Who can benefit from a hearing aid?

In theory, any person who has hearing loss irrespective of age or sex will benefit. However, you must have some residual hearing, however little, in order to benefit from a hearing aid. If no sound whatsoever is being heard, a cochlear implant may be indicated.

How can you obtain a hearing aid?

Hearing Aid will be provided by your Audiologist. Remember, Digital Hearing Aids are programmed based device and it needs to be adjusted according to your needs. So, the person from you are purchasing your hearing aid, should be the one, who is qualified to do so, who can give you services also later. Most of the Hearing Aid comes with Package in form of free service for first two or three years.


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  5. It is a well-known fact that hearing aids can bring back the sounds of life to a person who has been suffering from hearing loss. Over the past ten years, my mother began to experience hearing loss issues, and as you can imagine the situation had deteriorated over that time.