Listen to me: Your patients' hearing and brain health depend on it NeuroTwitter MedTwitter
Michael Merzenich, PhD
Although the NCOA estimates a pair of OTC hearing aids will cost about $1600, it recommends hearing aids in six categories, including one pair that costs just $249. That kind of price reduction will allow many more people to benefit from hearing aids. Second, hearing loss can signal underlying medical conditions that may not be helped by hearing aid use alone, so a visit to an otolaryngologist or other specialist may be indicated.
Second, as we age, typically beginning in our late 20s and independent of any problems that might be arising in the ears, the brain's processing speed and accuracy begin to deteriorate. These changes occur slowly and are not usually noticeable at a younger age, but the degradation accumulates over the passing decades and in most people is ultimately substantial.
It's doing the best it can, using machinery that had adjusted to processing the old, more limited pattern of sound information. The brain must now readjust to using hearing aids so it can take full advantage of the now-restored sound inputs. Second, patients should be advised not to think of their new hearing aids as being equivalent to"glasses for the ears." It takes time and practice to get used to them and they need to persevere and be patient .
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