Rehabilitation For Your Hearing Is Around The Corner

By Author: Susan Terry
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If you are an adult, using rehabilitation services will help you hone in on adjusting to your specific degree of hearing loss and make the most out of it. Beyond just that, you will also be able to explore different devices that might prove useful, manage conversations and take control of your level of communication. Services can be given on an individual setting or in a small group. It could be a combination of both.

The topics normally covered will include:

Hearing Loss - It is imperative that you understand your specific degree of hearing loss. It may end up requiring multiple visits with the audiologist and your family for everything to come together. Through a broader understanding of hearing loss, you will be able to gain a new insight into why it is that people assume you are mumbling and why you are able to hear what people are saying, but you cannot understand them. Do you have trouble hearing female voices? All of the questions that have plagued you are answered with ease.

Helping the Family to Understand Your Hearing Loss - Most of the time your family has no clue what it is that you are hearing. ...
... All they know is that you are unable to hear well. They understand they use a lot of energy in trying to have a conversation with you. At times, the audiologist allow your family to listen to a recording indicative of your loss of hearing to help your family have a better understanding of what you are dealing with.

Hearing Aid - What exactly is it that your hearing aid can do or cannot do? When your expectations are realistic, it is easier for adjusting your hearing aid. Your audiologist will need to go over how you need to take care of your device, how to troubleshoot any problems and help clarify any questions you might have. There is a lot of information provided during your fitting, which makes it difficult to try to remember everything. As you go through and use your device, more and more questions will rise to the surface.

Many of the audiologists will use this as an opportunity to help review the various types of hearing devices and the way they will work based upon your specific condition. This will help you to understand why a specific type of unit is chosen just for you.

During the review, your family members will also understand that your device was given as a prescription for your needs. Many times family and friends will try to give you many ads for other types of hearing aids, but they fail to realize that your device is picked based on your conditions and needs.

Susan E. Terry, Au.D, services the audiology needs of St. Petersburg and the surrounding area. Dr. Terry and the team at Broadwater Hearing Care are dedicated to helping you achieve your best hearing and communication ability. Dr. Terry has been a respected audiologist since 1981. She received her Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Audiology from Florida State University and her Doctor of Audiology degree from the Arizona School of Health Sciences. For up-to-date hearing aid information visit Dr.Terry's blog