Why Should You Get Your Hearing Tested and Hearing Aids Checked on a Regular Basis?

Whether you wear hearing aids or not, it’s important to get your hearing checked on a regular basis.  

A survey conducted by Reuters concluded that 33% of seniors who wore hearing aids also benefited from using regular hearing services.  

Regular Checkups are Necessary After You Start to Use Hearing Aids

Your hearing shifts as you age. When these changes happen, it’s important to have your hearing aids reprogrammed to support your latest needs. If you start to notice any changes in your hearing, immediately schedule an appointment with your hearing instrument specialist. 

• A decline in your hearing: Even if you are a hearing aid user, your hearing can continue to slowly worsen. It’s likely you won’t even notice it unless you get a hearing test. Having a record of your latest hearing test, and making the proper adjustments based on that test, can delay the decline and help to preserve some of the hearing that you still have.
• Evaluating your hearing aids: You may need a yearly calibration of your hearing aids. Minor shifts in your hearing are likely to occur, even though your overall hearing appears to remain the same. If you do not get your hearing aids assessed, the devices may not be as reliable as they should be.   
• A change in the fit of your hearing aids: Everyone’s ears get larger as they age. Whether you wear a custom-made or a standard pair of hearing aid devices, they were specifically provided to you. Changes in the size of your ears need to be taken into account when seeing your hearing instrument specialist during regular checkups.  
• A professional cleaning: Getting your hearing aids professionally cleaned from your hearing aid provider ensures a thorough sterilization of your hearing aids. In addition to your own daily disinfections of your hearing aids, a deeper cleaning from a professional can help to further reduce bacteria and the possibility of ear infections.

The Risks of Not Scheduling Your Follow up Appointments

If you don’t have any follow up appointments after getting your hearing aids, they won’t perform at their optimum levels. You will likely become frustrated with the devices and will cease to wear them. Hearing aids not only help you hear more clearly, but they can support your overall health. Hearing loss has been linked to cognitive health, depression and social isolation. 

If you are in need of hearing aids and hearing aid care, contact us at Pure Sound Hearing for a free hearing test and consultation. You may also schedule regular follow up appointments with us, and feel at ease in knowing that your hearing aids are functioning at their best. 

Please be aware that Pure Sound services will only be available by appointment and for essential visits at this time. Essential visits include all appointments that require new hearing aid fittings, repairs and re-fittings. We ask that you please wait in your car, while wearing your mask, and place your hearing aids in a clean zip lock bag.  We will come to your car to get them. If you are having any problems with your hearing aids, or need supplies for your hearing aids, please call us before visiting one of our offices.

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