Advance Hearing

There is a common discipline followed by all men and women who successfully make the transition to hearing aid(s). It is called practice.

It is an investment that usually begins to pay dividends within 45 days. Once you have logged the sufficient number of hours for your brain to get used to ambient sounds, you will be able to go on with your life without thinking so much about your hearing.

Whilst we encourage new users to start at a slow pace at home, your ultimate goal should be to use your hearing aid(s) all day,every day. This includes times when it is quiet, times when it is noisy and times when you may think you don’t need to be wearing them.

After you have completed your initial week, or two weeks of gradual hearing aid use, you should put your hearing aid(s) on first thing when you wake up and take them out at bedtime. It is a mistake to only wear them when you go out to social functions because your brain will be flooded and startled by unfamiliar ambient sounds.

Unless your hearing aids become part of your daily routine, your brain will not be stimulated long enough to learn to interpret the true sounds of your world; in this case hearing aid(s) will always make your environment sound funny and you will probably begin to keep them in the drawer. Frequent and consistent use is necessary for your brain to adjust and for you to achieve successful communication again.

Be patient and don’t give up. Rest temporarily if you become tired, but don’t give up. Keep working – it will become easy. Call us whenever you need help or encouragement.

It is our desire that you stay in contact with us and tell us of any concern you have about excessive loudness or lack of perceived benefit. New hearing aid users will often come back within the first months for us to make adjustments, check progress and help overcome difficult listening situations.

Then we go onward together, to the achieved goal of not thinking twice about the fact that when awake you are wearing your hearing aid(s). Baths, showers and swimming are allowed!  But please remember to take them out during these activities.