STEP 5 - Practice, Time And
Patience: Your Keys To Success.
There
is a common discipline followed by all men and women who
successfully make the transition to hearing aids. It is called
practice. It is an investment that will cost you
time and patience. It is an investment that
usually begins to pay dividends within 45 days. Once you have
logged the sufficient number of hours for your brain to reacclimate
to ambient sounds, you will be able to go on with your life without
thinking so much about your hearing.
While
we encourage new users to start at a slow pace
at home, your ultimate goal should be to use your hearing aids all
day, every day. This includes times when it is quiet, times
when it is noisy and times when you may think you don't need to be
wearing them.
After
you have completed your initial week-to-two-weeks of gradual hearing
aid use, you should put your hearing aids on first thing
when you wake up and take them out at bedtime.
It is a mistake to only wear them when you go out to social
functions because your brain will be flooded and startled by
unfamiliar ambient sounds.
Unless
your hearing aids become part of your habit through daily
use, your brain will not be stimulated long enough to learn
to interpret the true sounds of your world; in this case hearing
aids will always make your environment sound funny and
you will probably begin to keep them in your sock drawer.
Frequent and consistent use is necessary for your brain to adjust
and for you to achieve successful communications again.
Be
patient and don't give up. Retreat temporarily
if you become tired, but don't quit. Keep working - it will
become easy. Call us whenever you need help or encouragement.
It
is your responsibility to stay in contact with us on
any concern you have about excessive loudness or lack of perceived
benefit. On average, new hearing aid users should come back three
or four times during the first 30 days for us to make
adjustments, check your progress, and help you overcome hard
listening situations.
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There
is a common discipline followed by all men and women who
successfully make the transition to hearing aids. It is called
practice. It is an investment that will cost you
time and patience. It is an investment that
usually begins to pay dividends within 45 days. Once you have
logged the sufficient number of hours for your brain to reacclimate
to ambient sounds, you will be able to go on with your life without
thinking so much about your hearing.
While
we encourage new users to start at a slow pace
at home, your ultimate goal should be to use your hearing aids all
day, every day. This includes times when it is quiet, times
when it is noisy and times when you may think you don't need to be
wearing them.
After
you have completed your initial week-to-two-weeks of gradual hearing
aid use, you should put your hearing aids on first thing
when you wake up and take them out at bedtime.
It is a mistake to only wear them when you go out to social
functions because your brain will be flooded and startled by
unfamiliar ambient sounds.
Unless
your hearing aids become part of your habit through daily
use, your brain will not be stimulated long enough to learn
to interpret the true sounds of your world; in this case hearing
aids will always make your environment sound funny and
you will probably begin to keep them in your sock drawer.
Frequent and consistent use is necessary for your brain to adjust
and for you to achieve successful communications again.
Be
patient and don't give up. Retreat temporarily
if you become tired, but don't quit. Keep working - it will
become easy. Call us whenever you need help or encouragement.
It
is your responsibility to stay in contact with us on
any concern you have about excessive loudness or lack of perceived
benefit. On average, new hearing aid users should come back three
or four times during the first 30 days for us to make
adjustments, check your progress, and help you overcome hard
listening situations.
