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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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