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Concerns about feedback (whistling) and the level of benefit a hearing aid provides are common among current and potential hearing aid users and their family members.

Feedback can occur for a few reasons:

1. The aid is not inserted properly. A refresher from the dispenser may be needed to remind the hearing aid user how to insert the instrument.
2. The aid is in properly, but doesn't fit anymore. Ears continue to grow through your life, and that means that the aid may not fit sufficiently after two or three years. This is a fixable complaint.
3. Feedback often means that the ear canal is filled with earwax. Sound enters the canal, hits the wax, and bounces back out to the microphone in the aid, setting up a feedback loop. Schedule a brief appointment with an ENT specialist. They have the equipment to safely remove wax, even deep in the canal.
4. Often, dispensers forget to turn on the feedback cancellation option built in to the hearing aid. Call your dispenser to double check the fitting software. If not turned on, schedule an appointment to have this done.
5. Hearing loss has worsened and the aid is turned up too loud for the previous hearing aid settings. Schedule an appointment to recheck hearing and get this fixed.

What if there isn't much benefit?

1. Often, hearing aids are fit in a quiet room. Any hearing aid helps in a quiet room! What makes a difference is how they perform in a noisy place such as a family gathering, a den with the television on, Sunday School, or your favorite restaurant.
2. A successful hearing aid selection is one that works in all environments. That's why you have a 30 day trial to test the performance where you live, where you worship, and where you have fun. After the trial period, if you are not satisfied, and you have realistic expectations, either ask for a refund or try a model with better noise suppression features.
3. Use your speech scores as an indicator for success! If your speech discrimination score in a sound booth without hearing aids is 50-60%, it's not realistic to expect hearing aids to improve your score to 100%. However, properly fit hearing aids should provide an improvement up to 80%.

Can I get by with one hearing aid...or do I have to purchase two?

Budget concerns often lead people to question if one hearing aid can adequately compensate for their hearing loss. While the audiologist must address this concern with each patient individually, wearing two hearing aids offers several advantages including an improved ability to understand speech and participate in conversations in noisy environments. For more information on the advantages of wearing two hearing aids, click here.

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