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Aids & Listening Instruments
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Hearing aids can be an important part of managing your hearing difficulties. Macroaudiology states that your ability to get the best experience from your hearing aids will be determined by how well you understand the whole process. This contrasts with traditional audiology which tends to rely on hearing aids as being the mainstay of management of hearing problems.
According to the underlying principles macroaudiology:
The job of hearing aids is to adjust the audibility of sound. As a result of deafness, weak sounds, which you should be able to hear quietly, may be inaudible. Moderate strength sounds, which you should be able to hear comfortably, may be uncomfortably quiet. Strong sounds, on the other hand, you may be able to hear with normal loudness. Hearing aids work to improve the audibility of weak and moderate sounds, without increasing the loudness of strong sounds. Macroaudiology states that this adjustment of audibility must result in things sounding more natural to you with the hearing aids than without.
One of the factors which determine how much benefit people derive from their hearing aids is the ability of the inner ear to transduce sound into nerve impulses. For many people, despite their deafness, the ear retains good ability to do this. Some people, however, because of the pathology of their deafness, will not obtain as much help from their hearing aids. In these cases, it may be necessary to consider additional technology to help them meet their goals.
When you obtain hearing aids from Dr Bishop, the process proceeds from an in-depth evaluation of your hearing. He is not aligned with any hearing aid company, but does have some companies he prefers to work with, based on his experience of their after-sales service, product features and hearing aid longevity.
Ongoing support for your hearing aids is built in to the cost of supply; this is for the life-time of the hearing aid. It includes follow-up visits, retuning and re-instruction, but excludes any incurred costs, such as replacement parts and off-site repairs once the hearing aid's warranty period has expired. It also excludes any costs of further audiological assessment if there is reason to feel that your hearing might have changed.
Hearing aids can be an important part of managing your hearing difficulties. Macroaudiology states that your ability to get the best experience from your hearing aids will be determined by how well you understand the whole process. This contrasts with traditional audiology which tends to rely on hearing aids as being the mainstay of management of hearing problems.
According to the underlying principles macroaudiology:
- Hearing aids are most suitable for those people who feel the need to improve their hearing.
- Must meet the criteria of comfort and forgettability.
- The technology level of hearing aids should match your hearing needs.
- Where possible, you should be able to make use of both ears. For most people, this will mean using two hearing aids.
The job of hearing aids is to adjust the audibility of sound. As a result of deafness, weak sounds, which you should be able to hear quietly, may be inaudible. Moderate strength sounds, which you should be able to hear comfortably, may be uncomfortably quiet. Strong sounds, on the other hand, you may be able to hear with normal loudness. Hearing aids work to improve the audibility of weak and moderate sounds, without increasing the loudness of strong sounds. Macroaudiology states that this adjustment of audibility must result in things sounding more natural to you with the hearing aids than without.
One of the factors which determine how much benefit people derive from their hearing aids is the ability of the inner ear to transduce sound into nerve impulses. For many people, despite their deafness, the ear retains good ability to do this. Some people, however, because of the pathology of their deafness, will not obtain as much help from their hearing aids. In these cases, it may be necessary to consider additional technology to help them meet their goals.
When you obtain hearing aids from Dr Bishop, the process proceeds from an in-depth evaluation of your hearing. He is not aligned with any hearing aid company, but does have some companies he prefers to work with, based on his experience of their after-sales service, product features and hearing aid longevity.
Ongoing support for your hearing aids is built in to the cost of supply; this is for the life-time of the hearing aid. It includes follow-up visits, retuning and re-instruction, but excludes any incurred costs, such as replacement parts and off-site repairs once the hearing aid's warranty period has expired. It also excludes any costs of further audiological assessment if there is reason to feel that your hearing might have changed.