How Long is the Treament?

• Selecting, Applying, and Getting Used to Wearing Hearing Aids Take Time and Patience

  It takes a minimum of 120 days to feel significant improvement: to hear the whole spectrum of sounds and, most importantly, high-pitch consonants like SH, TH, S, and F.

• Because Each Client’s Hearing Loss is a Special Case, We Will Provide:

  • A guide on how to train your brain to learn new artificial sounds.

  • Developing the confidence to live your life to the fullest with hearing aids.

  • Developing skills to perform daily activities with confidence and comfort while avoiding complications.

  • Learning how to use your hearing aids in work and in leisure.

  • Learning about room acoustics and how sound can be distorted in some situations.

  • Learning how to position themselves to facilitate lip reading.

2nd appointment – beginning of a mandatory trial period (45 min)

A properly programmed hearing aid will be delivered to you at this appointment

Part 1. Fitting

• Instructions on insertion and removal of hearing aids.
• Demonstration of how to operate hearing aids for their best performance.
• Ensure compatibility of your aid with your cell phone and cordless phones and enable the T-switch.
• Instruction on using a phone and apps.
• Guidance on caring for and maintaining your hearing device in the best condition.
• Counseling on wearing schedule, expectations, etc.
• Providing self-help literature.

Part 2. Validation

• Perform a Real-Ear Measurement (REM) test to confirm the appropriate amount of gain provided by hearing aids for soft, comfortable, and loud sounds.
• Verify that hearing aids optimize speech understanding and speech quality.

4th appointment – the end of the mandatory trial period (30 min)

• Discuss your experience with wearing the hearing aids and make adjustments if needed.
• Move to the next level of adaptation (software) based on your progress.
• Provide counseling on using assistive listening devices for TV, talking in a car, and for hands-free access to your cell phone, etc.
• Document hearing improvement using subjective tests.

6th appointment (6 months) if needed (30 min)

• Discuss your experience & adjustments if needed