You may think that hearing aid care ends when you receive your hearing aids. Turns out, that’s where the real care begins. Your hearing needs are unique and complex; you want your hearing health care to match.
The Initial Fitting: Getting the Perfect Hearing Aid
When you choose your hearing aid, we consider multiple factors to make sure you’re getting the device that best suits your hearing needs. We also make sure it fits your ear comfortably and fits your lifestyle. We don’t simply dispense one-size-fits-all hearing aids like a vending machine.
Fine-Tuning: Monitoring Small Changes
Even with hearing aids, hearing loss will continue to progress. Your hearing needs will subtly change. You may not even notice these subtle changes as they’re happening, but our hearing instruments will. During regular follow-up appointments with your audiologist, any drifts or changes in your hearing needs will be caught, and we can adjust the settings on your hearing aids to match your progressing needs. This enhances things like:
- Overall sound quality
- Speech clarity
- Volume levels
Minor Maintenance: Extending the Life of Your Hearing Aids
We understand that your hearing aids are a significant investment. You want them to last as long as possible. That’s why we schedule maintenance appointments once or twice a year to address minor issues before they escalate into major malfunctions. We can clean earwax from hard-to-reach places, check the health of the internal circuitry and ensure the digital processor is up to date.
Updating the Fit: Comfort and Functionality
It’s important that your hearing aids are giving you the clear hearing you need, but it’s equally important that they fit comfortably, too. Your ears are as unique as a fingerprint, and also, as you age, your ear canal gradually changes shape. Poorly fitting hearing aids can cause soreness, whistling, feedback, and even cause your hearing aids to fall out of your ears. We can reshape molds, swap components and make other adjustments that make sure they fit in your ears as they ought to.
Support for Your Life, Not Just Your Devices
We at Torrance Audiology start our care knowing that you’re a person who has needs, and we’re here to address those needs. We also know that life isn’t static, and hearing health isn’t either. That’s why we’re all about the small adjustments over time that keep your hearing aids working optimally for you for years to come.
Don’t neglect the follow-up care that you need. If it’s been a while since your last follow-up appointment, call us today to get on the calendar.
