HEARING IS OUR CONCERN:
Of all our senses, hearing is one of the easiest to
take for granted. But when you or someone you love
experiences difficulty hearing, it can affect daily
life just as dramatically as diminishing sight.
Millions of people in North America have impaired
hearing to some degree. If you think you may be one
of these, help is within easy reach.
Because most hearing impairment comes about
gradually, it's easy to overlook symptoms or simply
attribute them to the aging process. But early
recognition improves your chances for assisting the
problem.
Hearing loss is an invisible disability
that can go unnoticed for a period of time. Hearing
loss can isolate the hard-of-hearing persons and cut
them off from their families and friends. It can
lead to much frustration, embarrassment and stress,
and does affect the quality of a person's life.
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Choosing A Comfortable Fit Is
Important Too.
Various tests are performed to
determine the type and degree of your hearing loss.
If a hearing aid is required, there are different
models and styles from which to choose from
behind-the-ear, in-the-ear, in-the-canal and
body-worn hearing instruments. The different types
include: analogue (conventional), programmable,
programmable digital, and completely digital with
single memory or multi-memory.
Hearing loss generally falls into three categories.
Damage to the nerves in the inner ear results in the
more common sensorineural loss which cannot
be remedied by surgery or medication, but it is
successfully alleviated by a hearing aid(s).
Conductive loss is usually caused by injury to
or problems with the ossicular chain (bones),
eardrum, or membranes of the ear. This damage may be
assisted or corrected by surgery or medication, and
often in conjunction with hearing aids. Mixed
hearing loss is a combination of both.
Hearing aid(s) can significantly add
to the quality of your life. Advanced technology is
making hearing aid(s) much more comfortable
acoustically and physically. They are more compact
and more effective than ever before - good news to
anyone with hearing loss!
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