How to choose a hearing aid for the elderly?

Hearing aids are instruments that help to improve hearing. In fact, they are small semiconductor amplifiers. Their function can make relatively weak sounds to be amplified and transmitted to the earphones, so that the original hearing-degraded part can hear the sound through amplification. With the increase of age, most elderly people suffer from severe hearing loss, and more elderly people also choose to wear hearing aids to help their hearing. So how to choose the hearing aids for the elderly?

1. Choose according to your hearing

Before buying a hearing aid, you should check your hearing first and perform fitting according to the degree of hearing loss, otherwise you may “deaf more and more.” The scientific selection of hearing aids should include hearing inspection, hearing aid selection, computer debugging of hearing aids, etc., which must be operated by professional fitters at professional fitting points. In fact, fitting hearing aids is the same as wearing glasses. Improper glasses can cause vision loss. Therefore, the elderly should be more careful when choosing hearing aids and choose the one that suits them best according to their own situation.

2, Choose according to the type of hearing aid

Purchasing hearing aids can be divided into box-type hearing aids, behind-the-ear hearing aids, and customized hearing aids by type. Different people should choose the suitable hearing aid type according to their needs.

Box-type hearing aids have the characteristics of complete specifications, large power output, low power, simple operation, and easy maintenance. It is currently the most economical and widely used hearing aid. It is widely used in patients with senile and various types of hearing loss. However, it is easy to cause noise due to friction with clothes.

Back-ear hearing aids are long-hook-shaped, placed behind the ears and powered by a button battery. It has the characteristics of low noise, low distortion, high power, stable performance, simple operation and easy maintenance.

Customized hearing aids are made based on the shape of the ear canal and hearing loss in hearing patients. Divided into in-ear, ear canal and deep ear canal. Its main features are: make full use of the human ear’s physiological functions, use the auricle to collect more high-frequency sounds, make the sound clearer, thereby improving language discrimination; beautiful, hidden, convenient and comfortable; avoid psychological barriers and enhance life confidence; Easy to operate and not restricted by movement; convenient to answer calls.

3.Select according to the brand of hearing aid

Hearing aids are very sophisticated high-tech products, so only buying branded hearing aids can guarantee hearing quality and safety. The world’s first-line brand hearing aids include Swiss Fengli hearing aids, American Stark hearing aids, Denmark’s AAC hearing aids, and Oticon hearing aids. Hearing patients can purchase branded hearing aids in combination with their actual conditions.

4.Select according to personal operation ability

The elderly should choose hearing aids based on factors such as finger flexibility and vision. In addition to hearing loss, many elderly people also have poor eyesight and inflexible fingers, making it difficult to install batteries for very small hearing aids. Most elderly people are unwilling to use multi-functional hearing aids because of inconvenient hands and eyes. They prefer simple, easy-to-operate hearing aids. Therefore, the choice of hearing aids must also take into account the learning and operating capabilities of the elderly.

5.Choose according to fitting institution

For fitting hearing aids, we must first consider a professional hearing aid fitting center. The so-called hospitals and pharmacies are not professional hearing aid fitting institutions. Hospitals and pharmacies cannot perform professional hearing tests and speech discrimination tests on patients from the perspective of audiology. Therefore, the elderly choose hearing aids or go to a professional institution to be assured that they can hear clearly.