How to carry out hearing rehabilitation training with hearing aids

How to carry out hearing rehabilitation training with hearing aids

The hearing aid adaptation and training period is generally divided into four phases, each of which is about one week.

The first stage:

Used in a quiet environment, mainly at home, worn every day1 ~ 2Hours, re-familiarize and distinguish various sounds, such as the alarm clock at home, the voice of family members, and so on. At this stage, the wearer will feel that some of the voices are different from the previous ones. Some of them are strangers, and the voices of the family members have changed a little. This is a normal phenomenon. You need to persist in training and don’t be discouraged.

second stage:

After initial adaptation to the hearing aid, you can wear a hearing aid to a quieter place outdoors, such as the community downstairs, parks and other environments. Get familiar with the previous environment and see if you can distinguish the sounds in these environments. The time you wear each day increases to3 ~ 4Hours. During this time, the wearer may also find that the hearing aid suddenly has no sound, possibly because the sound hole is blocked by the sputum (deafness), reminding the wearer to maintain the hearing aid.

The third phase:

The wearer has basically adapted to the hearing aid at this time, and the wearing time per day can be extended to5 ~ 6Hours, you can walk into public places, such as supermarkets, shopping malls, etc. At this time, you can use the manual volume adjustment function of the hearing aid to adjust to your own feelings until you feel comfortable. At this stage, it is recommended that the wearer communicate with others, so that the speed of the other party can be as slow as possible and the pronunciation is clear, which helps to familiarize the conversation. The voice of the person and the volume of his own speech (many deaf patients have a loud voice). The time of each communication should not be too long to avoid hearing fatigue.

The fourth stage:

At this stage, the wearer may have fully adapted to the hearing aid. At this time, you can try to call, watch TV and other advanced needs. You can gradually adapt and understand with the subtitles when you first watch TV. Recommend to watch news and other programs. Comparing the standards and having a moderate rate of speech is conducive to speech rehabilitation.

The length of these four adaptation phases varies from person to person. Generally speaking, the shorter the hearing loss time, the hearing loss is not particularly serious, and the faster the adaptation, the younger patients are more likely to adapt than the elderly.