How do hearing aids work? Are they just blasting what they hear directly into the ear potentially causing more damage?
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I have wore hearing aids for the last 15-16 years (since I was 16, 31 now). A lot of people have explained this a lot better than I have, but wanted to chime in anyway.
Like others have said, hearing aids just don’t make sounds louder. Little microphones are constantly going on and off and making the sound…sound right. Example, high pitched sounds are really hard for me to hear. My current pair of hearing aids have a program that take those high pitched sounds and bring them to an octave I can hear. An audiologist tests my hearing, and programs the hearing aids to my level of high pitched loss. Same goes for lower, bass sounds.
Probably not the place of this, but I really need to get it off my chest: I firmly believe those who buy an OTC hearing aid are going to have a bad time. “Professional” hearing aids cost a lot (don’t get me started on that), but they are custom programmed and fitted for me, and not my mom.
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