Every hearing-impaired person may feel a little uncomfortable when they first learn about their hearing loss.
seems to be no longer a normal person, and has been labeled with a label.
Psychological analysis shows that when a person encounters a major blow that he cannot accept, his mental journey will go through five stages:
Denial → Anger → Bargaining → Depression → Acceptance
In fact, aren’t hearing aids just like glasses? They are all aimed at making up for a certain function of the five senses. Who would find it difficult to accept "reduced vision"?
Today, let’s talk about these 5 major “mistakes” about hearing aidsimpression”
Hearing aids = lower the “appearance” and lose face? No!
In the concept of many people, hearing aids are big and bulky, and they are a major "destructive weapon" in this age of looking at faces.
When you put it on, a large piece of weird electronic equipment will obviously protrude from your head, which will attract strange looks from others.
But in fact, in the past 20 to 30 years, hearing aids have become increasingly smaller and more fashionable...
There are also in-the-ear hearing aids that can be placed in the ear. If the ear mold is done well, it is almost impossible to tell that you are wearing a hearing aid from the outside!
In addition to not lowering your appearance, hearing aids will also indirectly improve your appearance!
Think about it, is it completely different if you are communicating normally with others on the one hand, and on the other hand, you are frowning and leaning sideways to hear other people's voices clearly? With the help of hearing aids, the whole person's appearance will be more beautiful!
One hearing aid solves all problems? No!
According to statistics, many clinically hearing-impaired people are diagnosed with hearing impairment in both ears, but may only choose one hearing aid due to financial problems.
Even some hearing-impaired people are more willing to spend a lot of money to choose one hearing aid, but are not willing to choose two lower-end hearing aids at the same price.
In the short term, if you have hearing loss in both ears, wearing only one hearing aid may indeed be enough. However, from a long-term perspective, one hearing aid can only maintain the hearing sensitivity of one ear, which is not as effective as the two lower-grade hearing aids originally chosen .
Because generally speaking, when a person realizes that he or she has hearing loss, the degree of hearing loss is much more severe than he or she thinks.
What does this mean?
Hearing loss is not only manifested by those winding curves in the hearing test, it may also indicate the decline of the auditory center of the brain, which will not be reflected in the audiogram.
If you only wear one hearing aid, it is likely to cause the degradation of the auditory center, causing the hearing problem to become more serious!
3 Is purchasing hearing aids online cost-effective? No!
Since the rise of Taobao, everyone has become more and more accustomed to buying everything online. Especially with the epidemic this year, the proportion of online shopping in life has increased.
At present, many online channels have begun to sell hearing aids, and some hearing-impaired people have begun to seek hearing aids at lower prices online.
However, hearing aids can be purchased online, which does not mean that hearing rehabilitation can also be purchased online . Opting for hearing aids is only one of the means of hearing rehabilitation, and it is just the beginning.
I believe that many hearing aids and audiologists have also encountered hearing-impaired people who may have purchased hearing aids online to save money or trouble. After buying them, they left them at home because they would not use them. In the end, they only got the negative perception of "hearing aids are useless".
The road to hearing rehabilitation for the hearing-impaired requires the participation of professionals, because only in this way can we go better and longer-term.
4 Only the elderly should wear hearing aids? No!
Although hearing loss usually occurs in the elderly, it is actually not a "patent" for the elderly. People of every age group may suffer from hearing loss!
With the rapid development of society and the gradual spread of noise pollution, approximately 1.1 billion young people (12-35 years old) worldwide are facing the risk of hearing loss. Therefore, hearing loss is not an "exclusive" disease for the elderly, and there is no need to dwell on the stereotype represented by hearing aids.
5 If a hearing aid is useless to others, it is useless to me? No!
Everyone's hearing loss is different. Even if there are two hearing-impaired people with similar hearing, the effect of wearing hearing aids can be completely different. Therefore, the hearing aids worn by relatives and friends around are not effective ≠ the hearing aids worn by you are not effective.
Nowadays, many hearing aid manufacturers and distribution stores will have free trial fitting time for hearing aids. If you are really concerned about the hearing loss, you may wish to take advantage of this free trial opportunity and make your choice if you are satisfied with the hearing aid effect.
