A large percentage of today’s population suffer from one or other degree of hearing loss. Almost all types of hearing loss can benefit from amplification (hearing aids) and the advances in hearing aid technology the past 10 years have revolutionised people’s lives! Modern micro-chip technology, as used in all Phonak hearing aids, has been voted as one of the top 20 inventions of the century - even above cell phones.
The most important points to consider when obtaining hearing aids are:
Wearing your hearing aids Wearing your hearing aids is extremely important since the ‘auditory nerve’ transmitting the sounds to your brain is like a muscle – you need to exercise it and keep it in ‘shape’ in order to keep the complete hearing process operating as normal. Not stimulating your hearing while you have a hearing loss will result in deteriorating hearing.
Two ears are better than one We ‘hear’ with our brain and not our ears! Our ears transmit the information they hear to the brain. In order for our brain to effectively process all the sounds we are hearing, the brain needs input from both ears for accurate processing of the sound and to enable the understanding of the sound. Two ears are also needed for the localisation of sounds.
The best advice Staff at the Ear Institutes pride themselves on their professionalism and the service they offer. They strive for your complete satisfaction and in the event that you are not fully satisfied, they will give you a full refund on your hearing aid* (excluding the ear moulds / shells that were speciallyyy manufactured for you and on the hearing tests done).
*Ear Institute offers a 30-day money back guarantee on hearing aids.