Two Hearing Aids - Take 2

In my continuing efforts to keep you, the public informed, I continue my soap box rendition of the advantages of wearing two hearing aids as penned by Sergei Kochkin PhD and Director of the Better Hearing Institute. Two hearing aids keeps both ears active resulting in potentially less hearing loss deterioration. Research has shown that when only one hearing aid is worn, the unaided ear tends to lose the ability to hear and understand. It encompasses the old adage “if you don’t use it, you lost it.” Using both ears keeps both ears active. Hearing is less tiring and more pleasant. I don’t know if you notice, but listening is hard work if you have a hearing loss. One hearing aid makes things better and easier but those who wear two instruments report participating in conversation is more enjoyable since they don’t have to strain, and in turn helps them to relax at socials. Binaural hearing results in feeling balanced in your reception of sounds. Those of you with one aid may recognize the feeling of only being able to hear in one ear and not knowing where the sound is originating. A person can normally hear sounds from a further distance with two ears, rather than just one. Also there is better sound identification with two ears working. Many noises and words sound alike, but using two hearing aids help things be more distinguishable. Next column will conclude the advantages of using both ears to hear.