HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET USED TO WEARING HEARING AIDS?
You will need time to adjust to having something in your ear as well as the amplified sound from the hearing aids. Because it may have taken years to lose your hearing, you may have become unaccustomed to hearing normal environmental sounds like the hum of a refrigerator or computer, the ticking of a clock, traffic noise, background conversation, as well as the sound of your own voice. When you begin to wear hearing aids, your brain must re-educate itself to filter out some sounds and concentrate on those you wish to hear. This process does not happen over night; most patients learn to adapt to the hearing aids in several weeks, however, for some, the process can take a month or more. • DO I NEED TWO HEARING AIDS? If both ears have a hearing loss then both ears need amplification. The brain does a much better job of understanding when it has equal input from both ears. When your ears work together, less volume is required. This means that a user of two hearing instruments can set the v
