Myths about Hearing Loss and Hearing Aid

Everyone has many doubts or myths about hearing loss and hearing aid.

There are some myths:-

Myth 1>  Hiding hearing disorder is better than wearing a hearing aid.

Fact: It is a myth because hiding hearing loss is not better than wearing a hearing aid. If you hide your hearing loss and you don’t wear a hearing aid than your hearing loss is improved day by day and you can not hear any conversation or any kind of sound. You will feel embarrassed everywhere or you will have difficulties in your life.

Myth 2>  People with mild hearing loss don’t need a hearing aid.

Fact:  Hearing aid is important for different types of hearing loss. It helps to improve your hearing ability in any environment. Mild hearing loss is a starting phase of hearing loss. People with temporary hearing loss can not communicate properly with others and who will face problems in anything.

Myth 3>  Hearing aid looks awkward.

Fact:  No, it is not true because it is available in different styles of hearing aids which look like a fashionable device. Many hearing aids are invisible in size and very small in size. If you wear these hearing aids then others can not see clearly your tiny hearing device.

Myth 4>  Hearing aid produces high pitch sound.

Fact:  It produces desired level of sound which is suitable for you. This device provides a clear sound at the different level of sound frequencies. Its circuit works automatically. It means if you go to noisy environment from soft environment then your hearing aid is changed setting automatic according to your environment. So, it is useful in all environment.

Myth 5> Buying a hearing aid through online is the best process.

Fact: Now a day, we are facing many problems to buy anything through online. Many People are the victim of an online scam. If you buy a hearing aid by online then it may be a bad hearing aid.It does not work properly. Your money or your time both can be a waste. So, when you buy a hearing aid then you should buy from shop or hearing aid care center. They provide the best hearing aid which is suitable for you.

What do you mean by Digital Hearing Aids and Tinnitus?

Digital hearing aid is a type of hearing aids. It is used digital signal or sound wave you can say that its work on binary form either one or zero. Digital hearing aids use digital processing as well as controlling. Digital hearing aids are costly but great flexibility in both programming and sound processing also in comparison with analog hearing aids some feature of digital hearing aids are included like

1. Speech increase.

2. Noise Decrements.

3. Feedback displacement.

digital hearing aid is a device used for boost the sound used by those people who have a hearing impairment.Digital Hearing aids have a microphone that sounds wave converts them into digital form. In this, there is a microprocessor chip that amplifies and process the digital signal.

There are different type of hearing aids -

1. Behind the ear (BTE) aids

2. Mini BTE aids

3. In the EAR(ITE)

4. In the canal (ITC)aids

Etc

As determined by name that sudden hearing loss mean Hearing Loss occurs suddenly or develops within few hours and affect the inner ear.The effect of sudden hearing loss is from mild to severe and intentionally become a permanent condition. Sudden hearing loss may be occurring together with tinnitus. I suggest that you should consult with the doctor of hearing aid care center as soon as possible if you suspected sudden hearing Loss. This is also known as Tinnitus(Sudden Hearing Loss)

Medications and Other Treatment Therapy for Tinnitus

Treatment for symptom depends on the underlying explanation for the matter. Within the majority of cases, it's caused by injury to the hearing organ. In these cases, there's commonly no would like for treatment aside from support that the sounds don't seem to be being caused by another treatable unwellness.

Some of the foremost useful embody anti-anxiety or medicament medication and typically maskers-small devices like Hearing aids that facilitate to dam out the sound of the symptom with "white noise." "Sound therapy" uses external noises to assist modification a patient's perception of, or reaction to, Tinnitus. These external sounds might mask the symptom, or facilitate distract from it. For folks that are fazed by symptom only making an attempt to sleep, the sound of an addict, radio, or noise. Hearing machine is sometimes all that's needed to alleviate the matter. Wearable sound generators that match into the ear use a soft sound like random tones, music, or a "shhh shhh" sound, to assist mask the symptom.

How to Survive a Public Restroom When You Have Hearing Loss

Hearing loss is also called as Hearing Defect which is a problem to hear that can occur in one or both ears. The hearing problems can affect the ability to learn spoken the language in children and it can cause work-related difficulties in adults. The Hearing loss can be temporary or permanent.

If you have hearing loss then you will face many problems in public places. If you go to the airport bathrooms then you can see there are self-flushing toilets, new high-speed Hand dryers running perpetually, and Xlerator which all work at 85 decibels or more. Both are high pitched hearing and volumes are excruciating. The hearing aids automatically attenuate when the volume is high. This noise level is very harmful to everyone. The hearing aid devices amplify every powerful flush and hand dryer blast due to their high-pitched sound.

 How to survive:-

· Therefore, you try to get in and out of a public restroom as quickly as possible and if you haven’t yet found a way to wash your hands and plug your ears at the same time, so you may just turn off your hearing aids after entering in the public restroom.

· Another way is, you should carry a small spray bottle with alcohol in your purse so you won’t have to use the sink and your hearing aid machine will not affect by the noise of hand dryer.

· When you are in a restaurant you need to take the hearing aids out because the dish clanging and loud chatter are so overwhelming (sometimes even with them out!), so going into the bathroom issue is already addressed. You can found that if you place your hands well below the air dryer and not up close, the sound is not as loud.

· Another issue – if you knock on a bathroom door to make sure no one is inside you can’t hear a response even without the hearing aids. So, firstly you have to ask the question and after that, you may turn off your hearing aid machine.

Therefore, if you have hearing loss issue then you should follow these ways.

Don’t get embarrassed to use Hearing Aid Machine

Hearing aids did not cause any problem with my social life or my career. I did not face any such problems at all, and I've been wearing them for a long time. As a matter of fact, once I became an entertainer and started working as a theater actor, I was probably the first performer to talk about hearing problems on stage. Without the hearing aids, my voice becomes very loud, and I cannot control the quality of my voice. I grew up using hearing aids and even had speech therapy. So I understand the importance of choosing the right hearing aid machine.

When I felt embarrassed:-

1) I stopped talking to my family, friends etc. because I was struggling to hear.

2) I felt restricted or limited by my hearing problems.

3)  And also, I was having trouble hearing the movies in the theater, and watching TV or songs at levels that were too loud for others.

4) I didn’t feel good about myself when I talked to anyone and I couldn’t hear their voice.

When I was facing hearing loss issue then I decided that I should go to the professional of hearing aid care for check up. The professional provided me a hearing aid device which is used to determine a person's hearing sensitivity at different frequencies. It produces the better quality of sound.  I use a hearing aid on regular basis after the checkup. When I work out, I wear two in-the-ear hearing aids for comfort, and then I wear the behind-the-ears for my day-to-day non-physical activities, when I need maximum hearing and to communicate with people and do interviews. This is very helpful for speech reading.

The hearing aid device is used by aiding persons with or compensating for impaired hearing. If you face hearing loss issues then you should go to the best hearing aid care center nearby you. The trained hearing healthcare professionals will determine your hearing problems in a proper and professional way. The audiologist will evaluate the particular cause of the hearing defect and advise patients of their treatment and rehabilitative choices and they will help patients achieve the most effective hearing outcomes and hearing-related quality of life.

So, I would like to conclude by saying that wearing a hearing aid machine is not an embarrassment in fact; it has improved my hearing capability. You can extend the lifetime of your hearing aid devices due to some preventative maintenance and good care.