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Frequently Asked Questions

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• How long does it take to get used to digital hearing aids?
• This is a pretty big investment for me - What happens if my hearing changes?
• What is speech mapping?
• How do I know I have a hearing loss?
• What is High Frequency hearing loss?
• What is Tinnitus?
• Helping those with Tinnitus?

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How long does it take to get used to digital hearing aids?

• That's very individual. Your brain has to learn to identify the sounds you may not have noticed for a long time. You also have to learn how to focus on certain sounds or filter them out. And that can take anywher from two weeks to two months.

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This is a pretty big investment for me - What happens if my hearing changes?

• Due to digital technology, Digital hearing aids possess an incredible flexibility. So if your hearing requirements change, your hearing professional can re-program your digital hearing aid to match your new parameters.

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What is speech mapping?

• Adjusts your hearing aid to differentiate sounds better. This allows for Real Ear Mesurements, which defines how much 'speech' is reaching your eardrum.

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How do I know I have a hearing loss?

• Quite often having a hearing loss doesn't mean you have a problem hearing sounds like speech and music, but rather that speech is not clear.In a sentence it is the soft consonant sounds like st... that are more difficult to hear, whereas the louder vowel sounds like o and e... come through much more clearly. A hearing loss aggravates these difficulties. Words become unclear and easily confused, specially in noisy situations.

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What is High Frequency hearing loss?

• Most hearing losses are due to the simple process of aging, affecting our ability to hear certain high- and low-pitched sounds. But if your hearing has been affected by over exposure to noise, loud sounds, or certain medications, it's hearing the high pitched (high frequency) tones that's the real chllenge. High frequency tones add to the quality and brilliance of sounds, and most importantly, they contribute substantially to the understanding of speech. Without them, you can miss the meaning of certain words and misunderstand what is being said. And the noisier it is, the more difficult it becomes.

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What is Tinnitus?

• Ringing in the ear.

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Helping those with Tinnitus?

• Many people who suffer from tinnitus also have high frequency hearing loss. So more and more hearing care professionals recommend trying hearing aids, both to combat the effects of tinnitus and improve the wearer's ability to communicate. Even if hearing aids don't remove the high-pitcth ringing or noise that tinnitus patients experience, they bring more of the everyday sounds into the picture. And this can have the soothing effect of drowning out the tinnitus.

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