What hearing aids can do
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Digital hearing aids are designed to separate important sounds like speech from background noise. Your hearing aid should bring you the following benefits:
- Improving your understanding of speech in general
- Better understanding of speech in noisy environments
- Hearing of soft voices again
- Hearing aids should fit and be comfortable
- Changing the battery should be easy
Consider that however technically advanced a hearing aid is, it can never fully restore normal hearing:
- Hearing with hearing aids is different, it sounds different. Take in account that a different hearing is better than hearing less, and soon enough, you will adapt to this new sound.
- You can hear sounds again which you may not have heard for some time. Your brain needs to learn to get used to hear these sounds again and to distinguish between important sounds (e.g. alarm sounds) and less important background sounds.
- Your own voice may sound strange at first. But you will get used to it when wearing your hearing aids regularly.
- Like with a new pair of glasses, it may take some time to get acquainted to the feeling of wearing hearing aids. Some people get used to them within days, others take a few weeks. Allow yourself enough time.
- To get the maximum benefit of hearing aids, your commitment is necessary; the more you wear your hearing aids, the sooner you will adjust.
