Hearing Tactics
Techniques you can adopt
to make it more likely that
you’ll hear clearly:
· Talk face to face: Facial expressions and passive lip reading become more
important when your hearing is impaired. Avoid conversations with those
in another room.
· Make sure you are near to the person that you are talking to and that
their face is well lit.
· If in a group, sit in the middle of the table in order to hear and see everyone.
· Sit with your back against the wall, thus reducing background noise.
· Reduce conversations in unnecessary background noise (e.g. when
boiling a kettle).
The benefits of wearing two hearing aids are:
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Your ability to localize sounds
will improve.
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Lower amplification is needed,
so you get more listening
comfort and less whistling.
It will be easier to comprehend
the faint elements of speech in
noisy environments.
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More effective tinnitus masking
and voice control.
The risk of auditory deprivation
is considerably reduced.
Did you know...
That you’ll typically hear twice as much with two hearing aids - but understand 4 times as much?
So, when two hearing aids are recommended, please don’t say one will do until you’ve tried two.
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