More and more, studies are finding that a strong system of social support for patients with hearing aids promotes significantly better overall satisfaction.<\/p>\n
An important factor in these findings\u00a0is the participation of a\u00a0loved one\u00a0in the treatment of\u00a0their partner\u2019s hearing Loss.\u00a0Significant others\u00a0often play a\u00a0role in patients seeking\u00a0audiology testing to begin with, and they can also assist clinicians in understanding the specific communication challenges\u00a0their partner faces. In addition,\u00a0the\u00a0involvement of a loved one can\u00a0impact the continuity and effectiveness of treatment by encouraging their partner to adhere to best practices as directed.<\/p>\n
In a groundbreaking way, audiologists like the ones at ESHC\u00a0are now incorporating another\u00a0important feature of social support\u00a0into the\u00a0hearing aid user’s experience.\u00a0Aural rehabilitation (or AR)\u00a0is\u00a0a practice that brings trained speech therapists and audiologists together in co-treatment of hearing aid patients.\u00a0Once a patient has\u00a0begun using their technology, they will find that environmental noises\u00a0are more noticeable. These enhanced sounds cannot be completely eliminated and they pose a challenging period of adjustment. While\u00a0the brain can and will adapt, the use of aural rehabilitative exercises for the ears helps patients to perform at peak and stay in line with their peers. In fact, the use of social support programs like these is associated with a\u00a030-40% improvement in quality of hearing.<\/p>\n
Overall, a strong, well-trained support system that\u00a0considers all aspects of a patient\u2019s core social network will improve both the hearing function experience\u00a0of a patient\u2019s devices, as well as their self-confidence, sense of wellbeing and social comfort.<\/p>\n
For more information, see February 2016 issue of The Hearing Journal<\/em>, article title: The Benefits of Social Support for Listeners with Impaired Hearing.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" More and more, studies are finding that a strong system of social support for patients with hearing aids promotes significantly better overall satisfaction. An important factor in these findings\u00a0is the participation of a\u00a0loved one\u00a0in the treatment of\u00a0their partner\u2019s hearing Loss.\u00a0Significant others\u00a0often play a\u00a0role in patients seeking\u00a0audiology testing to begin with, and they can also assist…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Hearing Aid Patients Benefit from Social Support","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[14,169,136,19,1094],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5984"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}