వినికిడి చికిత్స అనేది ఎలక్ట్రానిక్ పరికరం, ఇది వినికిడి లోపం ఉన్నవారికి సరైన యాంప్లిఫికేషన్ ద్వారా మెరుగైన ధ్వని అవగాహన కోసం లక్ష్యంగా వచ్చే ఇన్‌కమింగ్ శబ్దాలను స్వీకరించగలదు మరియు పెంచుతుంది.

వారు ఎలా పని చేస్తారు:

1. మైక్రోఫోన్ మీ చుట్టూ ధ్వనిని ఎంచుకుంటుంది.
2. యాంప్లిఫైయర్ ధ్వనిని బిగ్గరగా చేస్తుంది.
3. రిసీవర్ ఈ విస్తరించిన శబ్దాలను మీ చెవిలోకి పంపుతుంది.

Not everyone with hearing loss can benefit from hearing aids. But only 1 in 5 people who could have improvement to wear them. Most of the time, they’re for people who have damage to their inner ear or the nerve that links the ear with the brain. The damage can come from:

1. వ్యాధి
2. వృద్ధాప్యం
3. పెద్ద శబ్దాలు
4. మందులు

What can I expect from my hearing aids?

Unlike eyeglasses, hearing aids do not correct your hearing back to normal. Instead, hearing aids function to amplify sounds in a particular range of pitches – the range where the hearing loss exists. Included in those sounds can be speech or environment sounds such as bells ringing, birds singing, conversations from nearby tables at a restaurant or busy traffic noise.

While the hearing aid technology today is excellent, the devices are still an “aid” and cannot separate the desired speech signal from the background noise as well as our brain and two normal functioning ears can. Therefore, it is important to employ communication strategies when using hearing aids in difficult listening environments.

Do I need one or two hearing aids?

If hearing loss exists in both ears, there is greater benefit in using a device in each ear – similar to wearing eyeglasses with two lenses. There are always exceptions to the general rule and that will be discussed with your audiologist. Benefits from hearing aids in each ear include:

1. Improved ability to understand speech in background noise
2. Less amplification in each hearing aid reducing the possibility of feedback (hearing aid whistling)
3. Less auditory effort so you are less fatigued at the end of the day
4. Improved ability to locate the source of sound