Why are Follow-Up Appointments Necessary for Hearing Healthcare?

Getting Ready for Your Follow-up Appointments

Between now and your follow-up appointment with your hearing instrument specialist, keep notes or even a journal on your progress or any problems that you had with your hearing aids. 

Questions to consider: 

• Are there certain situations where you get the most out of your hearing aids than other situations? 

 

• Which environments are difficult to hear in? 

 

• Can you hear other people’s voices when they speak to you?

 

• Are the hearing aids easy to use, or are you having trouble with certain aspects? 

 

• Do they fit tightly or loosely in your ear? 

Jot down any of your questions or concerns with the devices, and bring these notes to your follow-up appointments so that your hearing instrument specialists can address the issue.    

Discussing Your Progress, and any Bumps Along the Way

These are helpful meetings that are meant to let your hearing instrument specialist ask questions about your progress and any problems that you’ve encountered. Of course, if you are noticing issues with your hearing aids before the appointment, contact your hearing aid provider’s office to ask questions and voice concerns. The more detailed your questions are, the better help your hearing instrument specialist can provide.    

All of the challenging environments that you frequent give your hearing instrument specialist the information that is needed to make adjustments to the programming/settings.

​Adjustments can also be made if you find it difficult to communicate with loved ones. Let your hearing instrument specialist know the pros and cons that you experience while wearing them. Did something exceed your expectations? Were there any shortcomings? Give as much detailed feedback as possible, so that you can get the most out of wearing your hearing aids.    

Reviewing Hearing Aid Care and Maintenance Practices

You should have been given a lot of information on care and maintenance for your hearing aids. Your follow-up appointment will focus on reviewing these practices and clarifying any uncertainty about them. You’ll probably get a reminder on the function of each program/channel, how to access them, and if applicable, how to use your smartphone app.
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Finely Tuning Your Hearing Aids

With the observations, questions, and concerns that you expressed, your hearing instrument specialist will use that information to make readjustments to the hearing aids. They may add other programs, tweak existing programs, or maybe give you different domes or tubing. If some of your concerns suggest that your ears and brain are not smoothly working in conjunction with one another, after too many years of untreated hearing loss, some brain exercises may be suggested to help create a stronger bond between the ear and the brain. A listening app or auditory training can be useful in these cases.

What Happens Next?

If you purchase a pair of hearing aids from Pure Sound, towards the end of your trial period, contact us to schedule your follow-up. Depending on the adjustments that need to be made, you may need to schedule a follow-up sooner. The earlier any problems are addressed, the easier it will be to transition to a full-time hearing aid user. 

Get the most out of your hearing aids by contacting us at Pure Sound Hearing for a complimentary hearing test and consultation.  

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