What is Treament

Treating Hearing Loss as a Health Care Journey

Like any significant health issue, hearing loss requires more than a quick fix; it demands a comprehensive, long-term treatment plan tailored to your unique needs. At our clinic, we approach hearing loss treatment with the same care and dedication as other healthcare professionals manage long-term conditions.

The Limitations of Simple Hearing Aid Purchase

Purchasing hearing aids based solely on basic hearing tests is akin to buying over-the-counter reading glasses for eye care—it’s a general solution that might not address specific underlying issues. To truly treat hearing loss effectively, a deeper, more tailored approach is necessary, one that goes beyond the act of shopping.

Understanding Hearing Loss

Hearing loss isn’t just about not being able to hear sounds loudly enough; it involves complex physiological changes within the auditory system, including:

• Dead Zones: Areas in the cochlea where hearing cells have died, leading to gaps in hearing certain frequencies.
• Chemical Changes: Alterations in the fluid surrounding the hearing cells can affect how these cells function.
• Cochlear Wear: The membranes within the cochlea can wear out, affecting how sound is processed.
• Circulation Issues: Poor blood flow and reduced oxygen supply can impede the functioning of hearing cells.
• Developmental Issues: In some cases, an undeveloped cochlea may not function efficiently, impacting hearing.
• Neural Connections: Loss of connection between hair cells and the nerves that transmit sound signals to the brain can severely impact hearing.

Our Comprehensive Hearing Loss Treatment Approach

1. Detailed Assessment

We start with a thorough evaluation to determine the extent of hearing loss, including:

• Type of Hearing Loss: Identifying whether it’s sensorineural, conductive, or mixed.
• Frequency Impact: Understanding which frequencies are most affected.
• Bilateral Analysis: Assessing whether one or both ears are affected.

2. Customized Treatment Plan

Just as an orthodontist uses braces to correct dental issues over time, we use hearing aids and other treatments as tools in a broader strategy to manage and improve your hearing health. This includes:

• Fitting Hearing Aids: Precisely tailoring devices to meet your specific hearing needs.
• Ongoing Adjustments: Regularly fine-tuning your hearing aids to adapt to changes in your hearing condition.
• Rehabilitative Support: Offering counseling and support to help you adjust to and manage your hearing aids effectively.

3. Long-Term Care and Monitoring

Continual monitoring and adjustments are essential to successfully managing hearing loss. We commit to regular check-ups and updates to your treatment plan as needed, ensuring optimal hearing health over the long term.

We will test to determine how well speech is received or understood.

You need to undergo auditory learning, listening to many new sounds, accepting them, and eventually your brain will learn how to separate consonants from noise. To fully benefit from your hearing aids, you must wear them all day, every day.

While you undergo the adaptation process, we will gradually increase the amount of gain until we reach the targets. This will help your brain slowly adapt to the loudness of the environment.

We will support and counsel you for as long as you need to achieve your goals.

We encourage you to inform us whether the hearing aid fitting is beneficial for you, so we can continue to improve the results every day.