Hearing Loss??? What to do???
Today, there are numerous hearing solutions available, which can be adjusted to meet the individual needs and way of life of people with hearing loss and thus ensure a greatly improved quality of life. With the aid of state- of- the- art technology, many people with a hearing loss are able to hear and actively take part in life again.
For many people coping with the fact of having a hearing loss is a big hurdle and people have many questions about what to do. That is why we offer help with a short step-bystep guide.
1. The Hearing Test
If you assume you have a hearing loss, take our online hearing test. This test sheds light on the level of your hearing ability. You can find it in our face book. (htpp://www.medconlk.com/)
2. Visit a hearing care professional
Based on the test, the hearing care professional can explain to you how much a hearing aid can compensate for your hearing loss and what the limits are.
3. Individual requirements
It is important to describe the situations in which you have experienced hearing problems as precisely as possible to the hearing care professional. What do you do professionally? Do you practice sport? Do you enjoy listening to music? Do you play an instrument? Do you go to the theatre or cinema regularly?
How much does a hearing aid cost? The cost of a hearing aid depends with the level of your hearing ability and your life style requirements. 90% of people are supplied with two hearing aids (bilaterally).
5. Individual fitting
The hearing aids chosen will then be customised specifically for you by your hearing care professional. Your hearing levels and lifestyle needs will be taken into account when setting up the hearing aids
When a hearing aid can no longer help
Technology and medicine are now so far advanced that even people who have very little hearing have a chance of regaining better hearing: A Hearing Implant is an electronic hearing prosthesis, which can be used when conventional hearing aids are not suitable.
Children especially who are born deaf are often fitted with a hearing Implant. Fitting of a hearing Implant at an early age is advantageous, enabling the children to develop their speech and language skills.
THE PATH TO THE HEARING IMPLANT
Find out here how people can gradually return to the world of sounds with the help of a Hearing Implant.
1. Diagnosis and referral:
The necessity of a Hearing Implant is usually diagnosed by an ENT physician or an audiologist who then refers the patient to a specialist Hearing Implant center.
2. Consultation:
There it is determined whether the person is an eligible candidate for a hearing Implant. Should this be the case, he/she is counseled about the hearing Implant surgery, the way the Hearing Implant works, as well as the rehabilitation. And maintenance
3. Surgery:
In an ENT clinic the surgeon implants the inner components of the Hearing Implant and places the electrode in the cochlea. The surgery lasts approximately two to four hours. The world thinness hearing Implant now available for pediatrics clients.
4. Fitting and rehabilitation:
The first activation and fitting of the system of the Hearing implant by audiologist usually occurs two to four weeks after the surgery. The post-operative rehabilitation then begins:
5.The speech processor in adult patients is set according to individual hearing needs. Extensive hearing and speech training lasting for several months then follows.
6. Rehabilitation for children usually lasts several months or years. The children learn hearing and speech ability with intensive support during that time. For eventime like this the rehabilitation sessions are facilitated with Zoom.
Post operative Maintanance cost
The external audio processer now available absolutly free from maintance cost ,known as single unit processor( Rondo 2) and normal custom model BTE processors require cables, rechagable batteries and battery pack which give additioanl expenses to the user time to time . Rondo 2 has an inbuild battery which can be charged with a wire less charger.
If your outer or middle ear is damaged?
The bone conduction implant (BONEBRIDGE) is the 1st active bone conduction implant in the world is the solution . BONEBRIDGE picks up the sounds around you, and then sends them to your inner ear through the bones of your skull, bypassing your damaged outer and middle ears.
Bone Bridge is an implant designed to being fully under your skin. The implant doesn’t leave you with open wounds or skincare routines to worry about.
The externally worn SAMBA audio processor sits comfortably on your head and it’s easy to hide under your hair.
Is there any Solution for the individuals who cannot go for a surgery?
The ADHEAR revolution is here. Simply stick the ADHEAR adapter behind your ear, click on the audio processor, and start hearing instantly.
ADHEAR is designed for people with conductive hearing loss. In addition, ADHEAR can also be used as a solution for single- sided deafness, to send sound from your non-hearing side round to your “good side”.
All the need for hearing Impairment is being catered by Medcon Hearing Carewith a state of art technology, to the Ultimate Satisfactionof the customers for the last 20 years in Sri Lanka. Thanks to the development in technology Now all types of hearing Impairment and under developed speech could be treated. And with all the qualified technological staff Medcontakes an ultimate care who are in need.