What to Expect During Your Hearing Aid Fitting
Once we’ve helped guide you through the process of selecting the hearing aid right for you, we’ll customize them to fit your unique hearing profile. This is one of the major advantages of seeing an audiologist for hearing care rather than choosing an OTC or online hearing aid.
The three-step process of a hearing aid fitting used by Allison Audiology is part of the best practices we follow. The process takes about an hour and is designed to help you become more familiar with your hearing aids, program them to meet your needs, and make the necessary adjustments or fine-tuning that help you get the most out of your hearing instruments.
1. Your Hearing Aid Walkthrough
During your walkthrough, you’ll learn:
- How to insert and remove the hearing aids from your ears.
- How to change and charge the batteries.
- How to clean and maintain your devices.
- How to use the various features and accompanying technology.
We cover a lot of information during this appointment, so you might want to bring along a family member or close friend for support. If written instructions would be helpful, your provider will be more than happy to supply them.
2. Fitting Your Hearing Aids
Wearing a hearing aid for the first time can be a unique experience and tends to stir up mixed emotions about the various sounds you hear. During your fitting, your provider will conduct additional tests to ensure your devices are meeting your specific hearing needs.
We want specific feedback to help with the process, so we may give you a short survey or questionnaire; please answer each question honestly so your provider can ensure your devices are working properly. The goal of your device is to make sounds more audible and clearer, but also pleasant, so if your device is uncomfortable, your provider can make small adjustments to help it feel more natural, both in fit and sound.
Keep in mind that the first fitting is only a starting point. You will probably discover that you will need further adjustments as you wear them in your daily life.
3. Hearing Aid Adjustment
The biggest adjustment to hearing aids isn’t usually the device, but your personal adjustment to your hearing instrument. Studies indicate that individuals who have a positive outlook regarding their hearing aids and journey to better hearing tend to adjust more easily and more rapidly to their hearing aids.
While adjustments and fine-tuning are a part of the process of “dialing in” your device to provide the optimum performance you need, getting used to wearing them, cleaning them, and troubleshooting are a major part of the process of acclimating to your hearing aids. Your provider is here to help you get the most out of your new hearing aids, so please reach out for support or with questions at any time.
Patient Stories
"If you are concerned about your hearing and you do nothing about it, you will live your life always concerned about your hearing."
Suffering from hearing loss since he was 7 years old, Billy has endured a lifetime of hearing loss troubles and mishaps.
From punctured eardrums to fluid building behind his eardrums, his luck was falling short and he was concerned his hearing would never improve.
“I felt comfortable and at ease. The people were nice and were willing to take the time to adjust the hearing aids for me and show me how to maintain them.”
“People were always saying I told you that already. I was missing conversations. My mind would have to decode sometimes what someone would say…
“My audiologist was so knowledgeable it made me feel secure and I knew I had come to the right place.”
“I was having to ask people to repeat things and I found myself turning my TV volume up more and more.
“I was worried that wearing a hearing aid would make me look old…
Don’t wait, it will be a change you would not expect – Debbie’s Story
Debbie first noticed she had an issue with her hearing back in 2009 as her hearing began to affect her day-to-day life.…
I can hear nature sounds & understand conversations better, especially with my grandchildren.
Francine has suffered with hearing problems for years due to tinnitus. As it quickly began to escalate, she realized that she needed urgent attention and soon after she came across Allison Audiology…
Fred first visited an ENT clinic to discuss the tinnitus he was experiencing from time to time.
Following his visit, he was surprised to find out that he needed hearing aids and his hearing was in poor condition…
You cannot find a better place to address your hearing challenges. The staff members treat you like family and will go the extra mile to help you.
Frida has spent much of her life struggling with hearing loss. While it was ignored for many years, it gradually began to affect her everyday life and soon she found it hard to socialise with others...
It’s a very clean office with efficient people. You will never be rushed.
While John’s hearing loss was very sudden, he has been amazed at the difference his hearing aids have made to his hearing:
“I never thought I would need hearing aids but am happy to have them now. I could not hear in a busy environment, but now I can...
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