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Your Hearing | How
We Hear | Hearing
Loss | Communicating
with the Hard of Hearing
Helen
Keller once said, "I would rather have been blind, hearing loss
separates me from people, blindness separates me from things."
 The
ability to hear others around us is a very important component of our
general well being. Enjoying the presence of family and friends adds
pleasure and joy to our quality of living. As expressed by Helen Keller,
hearing loss can separate us from people. As an invisible health problem,
hearing loss is often misunderstood by others and presents a daily
challenge for a large number of people.
Surprisingly,
about one in ten people suffer from some degree of hearing loss. In the
senior population, this number jumps dramatically. It is estimated that 20
per cent, or one in five people over the age of 55 have a measurable
hearing loss. In people over 65 years of age, the figure rises to one in
four.
Although
people with hearing loss may have some common symptoms, helping them
requires very specialized attention. For the client and audiologist,
discussion and identification of lifestyle is absolutely critical in the
process of selecting a hearing instrument -- one that provides the maximum
hearing advantage according to the individual's preferred way of life.
There
has been significant progress in the technology applied to the development
of hearing instruments.
Electronic miniaturization, and advances in digital and remote (control)
technology provides options that can be precisely adjusted to match an
individual's particular hearing needs. Hearing aids are available in a
wide variety of sizes and styles, meet specific types of hearing losses
and fit many different types of ears.
If you
would like to know more about hearing loss be sure to browse through our
web pages and check our Audiology
and Hearing Health Information links.
If you
suspect a hearing loss there is a great deal of help available. Start by
asking your doctor about it, or arrange for a hearing test with an A &
B Hearing Aid and Audiology Center hearing health care professional. If
you require hearing health assistance, state-of-the-art products and
services are available that can be tailored to meet your hearing needs and
lifestyle. Experience those moments and activities you find most
satisfying, through improved hearing health.
Test
Your Hearing | How
We Hear | Hearing
Loss | Communicating
with the Hard of Hearing
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