Adapt to hearing aids by listening to the sound of walking first

  Whether your hearing loss is mild or severe, wearing a hearing aid involves an initial process of acceptance and adaptation, and the length of the adaptation period varies from person to person, usually requiring two to three months of patient training.  1. Identify sounds. For the first few weeks, do not go to noisy public places such as supermarkets to use your hearing aid. In a quiet environment, you can listen carefully to the monotone sounds around you, such as knocking on the door, walking, pulling drawers, doorbell, banging pots and pans, car whistles, etc., from low to high tones according to the frequency range of the hearing aid. Wu Huili, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Coal General Hospital 2. Communicate with people. To chat with familiar people in a quiet environment with simple phrases, such as greetings, etc., to avoid losing confidence in a hurry.  3.Adapt to the noisy. Communicating in a complex environment, you will hear a very large number of sound signals, which will interfere with your ability to discern sounds. At this time, you can appropriately turn down the volume, choose from relatively quiet to noisy familiar places, for example, choose the process from bookstores, cinemas, restaurants and then supermarket stores, and gradually enhance the ability to distinguish sounds in the noise.  4. Normal hearing. You can answer the phone calls of your acquaintances, communicate with each other with simple phrases, and also watch TV news and listen to reruns repeatedly, so that you can gradually adapt to the sound of hearing aids, learn to use them to make phone calls and watch TV, and create the life activities of people with normal hearing.