Why do I need to talk to my Doctor if I have a Hearing Loss? Part 2

Analog hearing aids make speech louder but compared to the digital technology were very limited, especially controlling other sounds when you’re trying to listen to one person. Digital hearing aids can be smaller and offer programmability for the user to improve hearing without being bulky or obtrusive. Some hearing aid designs include a telecoil, which is an additional magnetic coil that makes phone conversations easier to hear and understand. Induction loop hearing aid systems are generally found in places where public events are held and movie theaters. The facility will generally have the system connected to the public address system, or will work with headphones which are provided to the hearing impaired or by simply turning your T-coil on.

Hearing health care providers are trained hearing professionals who generally go through many years of hearing specific education in order to be licensed. The provider will use testing equipment to determine the exact level of hearing loss in each ear and provide the patient with an audiogram. The audiogram is used by the provider to program each aid to work specifically with the patient’s exact level of hearing loss.

There are many different levels of hearing loss that can be experience by many different types of people. Some hearing loss patients are afflicted with a congenital defect that causes hearing loss from birth. Many more hearing loss patients begin to experience hearing loss as they age, due to noise exposure or simple age. As we age, the small hair cells in the cochlea begin to deteriorate slowly over time. Like other body functions and organs things just don’t seem to work as well.
Just as some people don’t need glasses some won’t need help with their hearing.

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