Recently, we received a letter from an elderly consumer who told us:
bought a hearing aid with an original price of 46,000 yuan (23,000 yuan after discount) on an e-commerce platform. After that, we tried and debugged twice in the offline store of the brand. The use effect was still not ideal, and there was no sound at all at the right ear.
When he asked to return the product, the salesperson said that "it has been more than one month's trial period" and cannot return it. The
product cannot be used normally and cannot be returned, which makes him very distressed.
We sorted out the complaints and found that in recent years, complaints involving hearing aids are by no means an individual case. These complaints mainly involve the quality and after-sales service of hearing aid products.
Many elderly people with hearing impairments choose to buy hearing aids in order to improve their quality of life in their later years.
However, compared with the need to wear glasses when visually impaired, our understanding of hearing aids is still in a relatively vague stage.
Does there any elderly person in your family who are hurt?
Do you want to buy hearing aids for them?
We have compiled some tips for hearing aids
Let’s learn about the working principle of
hearing aids
hearing aids, which uses basic components to amplify the sound in the environment and transmit it to the ears. Most hearing aids are currently digital hearing aids. They collect sound in the environment through small microphones, use computer chips with amplifiers to convert the input sound into digital codes, and then analyze and adjust the sound signal based on hearing loss, hearing requirements and surrounding sound levels. The amplified signal is then converted into sound waves and transmitted to the ears through the speakers.
Currently common hearing aids include Behind-the-ear hearing aids, mini BTE (or "on-ear") hearing aids, intra-ear hearing aids (ITE), ear canal (ITC) hearing aids or deep ear canal (CIC) hearing aids.
Can I wear the hearing aids I bought online directly?
hearing aids need to be fitted like glasses to perform hearing examinations. The fitter will debug based on the hearing examination report and adjust according to personal comfort to achieve the best wearing effect.
has not undergone professional hearing examination and debugging. If you buy a hearing aid, it will not only have poor hearing aid effect, but may further damage residual hearing.
Preparation before purchasing hearing aids
1 Go to see a doctor.
rule out correctable causes of hearing loss, such as earwax or infection.
2 Hearing test.
Professional hearing aid fitter will select the appropriate hearing aid based on the examination results and debug the equipment according to personal needs.
3 Optional and trial.
Choose different types of hearing aids according to age and life needs. You usually need some time to adapt to the device.
4 Consider future needs.
Ask if there is room for debugging for the hearing aid of your choice so that it will still be useful when hearing loss is aggravated. Hearing aids cannot function indefinitely and can generally last for 5 years.
5 Confirm the warranty of hearing aids.
ensures that hearing aids contain warranty services, including parts replacement and manual service charges for a specific period.
6 Beware of misleading remarks.
Hearing aids cannot restore normal hearing or eliminate all background noise. Beware of advertisements that claim their hearing aids are unique.
Precautions for elderly people to choose hearing aids
01 Adaptation cycle is longer
Elderly people with hearing loss often cannot adapt when they first wear hearing aids. At this time, under the guidance of the fitter, the volume is needed to make the volume from small to large, the environment from quiet to noisy, and the wear time from short to long, so that the elderly can slowly adapt. It is necessary to understand that the effect of hearing aids will increase with the extension of wear time, so don't be too anxious.
02 Auditory function degeneration
The elderly have a great individual differences in speech recognition. The fitter needs to understand the hearing function degeneration through speech auditory tests, so as to provide a reasonable intervention plan and estimate the wearing effect of hearing aids.In addition, the elderly are generally embarrassed that "there is no sound to be heard in a low voice and the sound cannot be resisted". This requires the fitter to reasonably set the parameters of the hearing aid to ensure the comfort of wearing.
03 Importance of binaural selection
Most Senior deafness has a long course of illness, deterioration of auditory central function, and is accompanied by Tinnitus , which is more restricted by hearing aid effects than young people and children. Using two hearing aids will get the best results, and the probability of tinnitus being masked is also much higher than that of single-ear hearing aids.
