Removing the Hurdles to Getting Hearing Aids

Jane Brody, Health and Science write for The New York Times, published her second article about seeking treatment for hearing loss.  Read Article

Among the points she made were:

Be sure to discuss options (style, technology, cost) with your audiologist that best match your requirements.  Hearing aids are not one-size-fits-all, and there may be a variety of options for your preferences and hearing needs.

Fine-tuning hearing aids may take a few visits.  Work with your audiologist.  Communicate where you are seeing improvements, and where you hope for better results.  While hearing aids do not restore normal hearing, with patient, careful, expert programming, they can be tweaked to provide you with the most comfortable hearing possible.

Practice!  Benefiting from amplification not only requires adjustments by your audiologist but learning to make good use of the sounds by the listener.  Be patient, this may take a little time.  It is well worth the effort.

Hearing Loss Costs Far More Than Ability to Hear

Last month we posted an article about how hearing ability and general health are very much interrelated. So, I was delighted this week to read Jane Brody’s Personal Health column in the New York Times on the same topic.  

Ms. Brody is a highly esteemed Science writer for the Times, and this article is the first of two being published on hearing loss. Generally she writes about a different health topic each week in Tuesday’s science section, but she recognizes that this topic is so important it warrants a two articles!  

Click Here to read Jane Brody’s column: