Common Hearing Center Questions and Answers

It is normal to have questions about something new, such a devices to help you hear. If you have a hearing center that you work with, you should always feel free to ask them questions you might have about your new devices. If you feel like the sound you receive from your aid is not natural, then you will want to talk to your hearing center about this. If this is your problem, then you can call your clinic. They will likely tell you it is due to your brain and auditory nerve needing to adjust to being able to hear. It is something that should get better the more you wear the aids and your ears and brain get used to them. You might find that you have sore ears after beginning to wear your new devices. Your clinic will likely tell you that this is normal at first, but should go away after a short time. If it does not go away, then you might need an adjustment, which can be done at your hearing center. The maintenance of your aids might also be a concern to you. It is important to follow the instructions given when you purchased your aids. It is also important to go to your hearing center every year so that they can clean them. The build-up that can collect on them will cause you to be unable to hear as well, so your clinic will likely tell you keep this in check. Anytime you have concerns over your new devices, then you should feel free to go to your hearing center. It is important that you have a clinic from the beginning that supplies professional customer service. If you do not contact them when you have a concern then you could end up shortening the life of your devices. There is likely a warranty on the devices you purchased, but that warranty might not cover your own negligence. Getting new devices to give you the ability to hear was an important step for you. Now it is important to maintain them. Your clinic should be happy to answer any questions that you have, and they should always be willing to help you maintain them the way they need to be maintained. If you stopped wearing your aids because you did not know the answer to some of the above questions, then you were only hurting yourself. The answers to many problems are often so simple. All it takes sometimes is setting aside your pride and fear to ask.