Who doesn’t enjoy getting a good bargain? But you need to be careful and be aware of little details in regards to your health.
We know, it can be confusing, the names are rather similar, but hearing aids and hearing amplifiers are not the same. And your general hearing and health could suffer major consequences if you make the wrong choice about this.
What is a hearing amplifier?
A little device that goes inside of your ear, a hearing amplifier increases the volume of external sound. Technically classified as personal sound amplification products by the government, these devices tend to be quite basic and one-dimensional. The volume of the world is basically turned up.
These devices are usually not recommended for people with moderate to severe hearing loss because of their one-size-fits-all strategy.
Clear difference between hearing aids and personal amplifiers
It starts to become fairly obvious that hearing aids are not the same as hearing amplification devices when you consider that amplifiers are not recommended for people with even moderate hearing loss. Obviously, hearing aids are appropriate for people who cope with hearing loss.
Both types of devices are capable of raising the volume of external sound. The primary difference between the two devices is how sophisticated that amplification is.
- Hearing aids can be tuned to your environment. There are numerous factors that will influence the exact acoustics of a space. These adjustments can even happen automatically with some modern hearing aids. A dedicated device or smartphone can tune hearing aids that don’t do it automatically. You will avoid fewer locations because you will be capable of hearing better in a wider variety of settings as your hearing aids make minute adjustments.
- Hearing aids are made to select and boost certain wavelengths of sound. Because hearing loss normally advances frequency by frequency. Either high-frequency sounds or low-frequency sounds typically disappear first. Instead of making everything louder, hearing aids work to plug holes in what you’re hearing. For people who have hearing loss, this selective approach is more effective.
- Hearing aids are specifically designed to help you hear speech. To some extent, that’s the result of the uneven way hearing loss develops, but it’s also because communication is such an essential function of your hearing. As a result, hearing aid manufacturers have invested significant resources into improving the clarity of speech above all else. In order to make sure voices come through clearly even in a noisy room, sophisticated technology and algorithms are bundled inside of modern hearing aids.
To put it bluntly, properly managing hearing loss depends on these features. And these are features that are not present in the majority of personal hearing amplifiers.
Finding the best option at an affordable price
Along with a diminished ability to hear, neglected hearing loss can also lead to mental decline. Because amplifiers don’t differentiate between frequencies, if you raise the volume enough to hear what you’re missing, you’ll likely have it up too loud for other wavelengths….and do additional damage. And who wants to do that?
Currently, the only recommended treatments for hearing loss, if it’s not a result of earwax, are some surgeries and hearing aids. You won’t save any money in the long run by failing to get treatment for your hearing loss. General healthcare costs have been found to increase by over 40% with untreated hearing loss. Luckily, there are affordable options. Just ask us.
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References
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hearing-loss/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20373077