helpful reminders for you
How quickly you adjust to your hearing instruments
depends on how often you wear them. However,
don’t assume that you will hear and understand all
speech with your hearing instruments. When you first
start, you will notice an increase in the noise levels
around you. This noise has probably always been
there, but with your hearing loss, you might not have
noticed this background noise. Remember that it may
take awhile to get used to hearing sounds louder
than before. As with anything new, it will take time
and patience as you adapt to this new way
of hearing.
Hearing is only part of how we exchange thoughts,
ideas and feelings. Reading lips, facial expressions
and gestures can enhance the learning process and
supplement what amplification alone may miss. It
is important to keep in mind that the best way to
communicate is by:
• Looking at the
person who is
speaking and sitting
face-to-face in a
quiet room
• Minimizing
distractions; for
example, doing
dishes at the sink
and trying to have
a conversation is
difficult even
for those with
normal hearing
• Moving closer to
the speaker and
within sight
• Trying different
locations in a
room that has
poor acoustics
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