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Hearing aids are as individual as you are and more personalised than you think.
In addition to a hearing aid's style and prescription, an audiologist must consider a range of options for the hearing aid fit and management by the patient.
A good audiologist also considers the hearing aid's integration within any existing technology used, such as the patient's mobile phone or television.
A Better Ear founder Penelope Woods said that when working with hearing aids and hearing tests each day, one of the most common questions she is asked is, "Which hearing aids should I buy?".
"No one can accurately recommend a hearing aid of any kind without understanding the details of your case history, lifestyle, ear composition, and your current hearing levels," she said.
"Any clinician who starts by strongly recommending a particular hearing aid without first doing this groundwork should be regarded with caution."
Penelope considers certain factors before proceeding with hearing aid rehabilitation at her Cleveland practice:
- How social are you and how do you spend your time?
- What kind of a hearing loss do you have?
- In what kind of situations are you finding you're trying harder to hear?
- How dexterous are you with your hands and arms?
- What is your level of comfort and interest in technology?
- Are you concerned about how hearing aids look when wearing them?
One of Penelope's patients is a young father named Matt who'd had hearing loss since he was a boy.
"One of the first stories he told me was how he immediately threw away his first pair of hearing aids. Fast forward 20 plus years and Matt had learned to cope in most spheres of his life with hearing loss."
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However, this was beginning to cause strain as his wife was required to repeat herself causing misunderstandings from difficulty communicating.
Penelope was able to identify the stigma Matt felt was associated with visible hearing aids and that he was adjusting to the costs that come with a growing family.
"I needed to find something that balanced these two needs but on top of that, I also needed to counsel him on what to expect as a first-time hearing aid wearer."
Penelope recommended a Unitron T Insera 600 IIC (invisible in the canal) which provided Matt with the discreetness he was after.
Your hearing rehabilitation pathway is as unique as you are and as a result, the range of products are varied.
Receiving a full range of options is one of the benefits of seeing a specialist who truly puts the needs of individual rehabilitation first.
