How Long Should It Take to Get Accustomed To Hearing Aids? Part 3

The newest digital chips have made adjusting hearing performance, especially in noise, a very seamless process for most. I have been told by so many of my patients that within a day or two they have forgotten they are hearing with a hearing aid. The reason is, of course, the control of sound for each patient’s hearing loss and the proper adaption of compression which most manufactures have gotten very good at. Most manufacturers are so good now that the loud growth tests we used to run on each patient very seldom needs to be done anymore.

Anyone can be assured that they will be very surprised by the sound quality and clarity provided by today’s technology.

One very important note: You may find a particular manufacturer works better for you than another one. The reason is that some manufactures use a very fast attack time for their compression and others use a slow attack time. They have their own reasons for doing this. My experience of comparing aided and unaided test scores, along with follow up questions about overall satisfaction, indicated that most (but not all) seemed to do better with a faster attack time.

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