According to a recent study, nearly 6 million French people today suffer from hearing problems and disorders. But unfortunately, only 15% of these people are assisted by hearing aids. Focus on this device that has now become essential for some.
After comprehensive otolaryngology examinations and audiometry tests, the verdict is in. You need to get a hearing aid as soon as possible. Above all, do not hesitate to contact professionals and seek advice in choosing your hearing aid:VivaSon offers a very wide range of devices and will be able to provide you with information.
Nearly forty percent of people with hearing loss are seniors. A completely natural process resulting from the aging of the membranes forming the inner ear. What's more, dead cells do not regenerate. And the first symptoms usually appear from the sixties.
However, in both men and women, a decrease or loss of hearing can occur at any age. There can be many causes, to name only shock or acoustic trauma, for example. Or the prolonged intake of certain drugs such as aspirin or quinine, as well as certain antibiotics of the streptomycin family. In addition, prolonged exposure, but especially repeated exposure to sound sources exceeding 90 decibels can also cause irreversible hearing loss. This is why mp3 players should not be abused.
Anyway, your difficulty holding and following a conversation in a noisy place should already put you on the alert. Just like your tendency to increase the volume of your television, or your radio, under the pretext that you hear nothing, when it is already loud. For some time, you no longer tolerate noises? Here is also another symptom to take very seriously.
And the best solution is to make an appointment with an O.R.L. The proposed treatment or solution will then be defined according to the person's degree of deafness. In the least serious cases, a simple cleaning of the auditory canal, or a drug treatment will suffice to remedy the problems. Sometimes surgery is recommended. And when the hearing disorder or discomfort begins to seriously handicap the person's daily life, fitting with a hearing aid is necessary.
The device will thus be chosen according to the degree of deafness of the person. And it's up to the hearing care professional to determine which hearing aid is best for you. In addition, you will also need to contact this professional for adjustments, as well as for all repairs in the event of failure of this hearing aid.
The advice of this health professional will therefore be simply essential to you since there are different types of hearing aids on the market. And caution should be particularly appropriate when purchasing them as some models are not covered by Social Security. There are 3 main families of hearing aids.
The first and most common are worn behind the auricle. They are the cheapest on the market. Their function is mainly to amplify sounds so that their user can discern and hear them better.
Come after the intra-auricular prostheses. Still from the older generation, these are very discreet since they are made according to the shape of your ear canal. Their little extra? For more comfort, this device also reduces ambient and surrounding cacophony.
Finally, the latest generations are the hearing glasses whose ear hooks of the temples contain the hearing aids.
