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Five
Advanced Hearing Aid Features You Might Want to Consider
Charles Menten
Your choice of hearing aids, and
how
well you care for them, can make a major impact on your quality of life if you are
living with hearing loss. However, how you choose your hearing aids should take
more than just your range of hearing and device size into account. You should
also think about the different kinds of advanced features that they can offer,
as well. Here, we’re going to look at some of the features that you can choose
which can allow you to better live the lifestyle you want without having to make
as many compromises.
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Bluetooth connectivity
Nowadays, digital technology is everywhere.
Smart TVs, smartphones, smart speakers. Everything is smart, which means that
they’re able to wirelessly connect to one another. Your hearing aid might be
able to connect to your devices, too. This can help you control your hearing aid
through
smartphone apps, but it can also help you better hear your TV or laptop
by, for instance, directly transmitting their audio output to your hearing aids.
Directional microphones
Communication is a big barrier for a lot of
people with hearing loss. While hearing aids can help significantly with helping
you pick up voices, it can still be difficult in crowded or loud spaces.
Directional microphones can help you more easily pick out voices from the noise,
and can generally just make it a lot easier and more effortless to converse with
people.
Noise reduction
Your ability to hear can sometimes be
diminished by background noise that affects the quality of your hearing aids.
Feedback is a common issue for hearing aid wearers, and feedback reduction can
help make it much less of an interruption to your day-to-day. If you spend a lot
of time outdoors, then you might also want to consider wind noise reduction.
These features can make sure that you have clarity of sound in all kinds of
situations.
Waterproofing
As a rule, you want to protect your hearing
aids from excessive moisture, as it can cause all manner of issues with them.
This can get in the way of an active lifestyle, however, if you spend time
outdoors or even go swimming.
Exploring water-resistant hearing aids can help
you find devices that can either tolerate higher levels of moisture or can even
be submerged. Find the device with the right level of water resistance to suit
the kind of activity you really want to be back into.
Tinnitus reduction
A lot of people who experience hearing loss
also experience
tinnitus, a symptom commonly described as hearing a ringing in
your ear. Even when you improve your hearing with the help of the right device,
tinnitus sounds can get in the way, affecting your quality of life negatively.
As such, there are hearing aids that have features to help you attune to the
sound of your tinnitus so that it becomes a lot less noticeable.
It’s important to ensure that your hearing
aids meet all of your needs, so aside from considering the features mentioned
above, talk to your audiologist to ensure you’re getting the best possible fit.
About the Authors
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Early Lifestyle appeals to a different
kind of person – the person who prizes their
independence, values their time, and who doesn’t
want to mindlessly follow the crowd.
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