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What Hearing Solutions Are Available to Treat

Hearing Loss?

When you make an appointment with

an audiologist to get a hearing test,

you may be picturing yourself coming

out of it with a big, unwieldy hearing

aid that everybody you encounter will

notice right away. But the truth is that

there are many modern hearing

solutions besides the ones you typically think of. Your hearing aid

provider will be able to make recommendations from these

options that are readily available today.

In-the-canal: If you’re worried about how you’ll look with a

hearing aid, this is by far the best hearing solution. This small

device fits inside your ear canal and amplifies sounds that arrive

there. You won’t get as much white noise from wind, and it’s easy

to use one of these while on the phone.

In-the-ear: Another hearing solution is a device that is molded

to the shape of your ear and fills most of it. Because it is larger

than the hearing aid that fits in your ear canal, it works for people

with more severe hearing loss. It also has a longer battery life

because it houses a larger battery.

Behind-the-ear: The most unwieldy of the hearing solutions is

one that fits behind your ear and transmits the amplified sound

through a wire to a second portion of the hearing aid that is in

your ear canal. However, it also has better volume control, longer

Peninsula Hearing Center (619) 569-1937 San Diego, CA (858) 768-0454 La Jolla, CA

battery life, and more amplification power for severe hearing

problems.

Cochlear Implant: When your hearing loss is severe, you may

be a candidate for the most thorough hearing solution, a cochlear

implant. This device is permanently put in your ear and

compensates for the parts that are not working properly.

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