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The purposes of hearing aids...
Wed, 05/12/2010 - 19:05
There are 4 main things that hearing aids do:
1. They are minature sound amplifiers that make soft sounds louder and loud sounds softer.
2. Constantly repeating noises such as a fan can be reduced.
3. They prioritize noises coming from certain directions over noises coming from un-wanted directions.
4. They can be programed to only amplify the tones (frequencies) that you hear weakest.
Hearing aids are not much different than a stereo or a TV audio amplifier except physically much smaller.
Thu, 05/13/2010 - 17:24
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I can't hear on the phone with my stereo.
Mon, 12/26/2011 - 02:44
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• Hearing aids make sounds louder so that you can hear them. The goal is to make soft sounds audible, the sound of normal conversation comfortable and loud sounds loud, but not too loud.
• Hearing aids improve a person's ability to understand speech by amplifying the sounds not audible to the individual. The extent a hearing aid can improve speech understanding will depend on the degree of the person's hearing loss and how much noise is present in the listening situations.
• Some hearing aids can amplify high-pitched consonant sounds more than low-pitched vowel sounds to help you hear better in noisy situations.
Hearing aids can also serve the purpose of a communication device (when it is bluetooth compatable).