Surprising Sounds You’ll Notice With Your New Hearing Aids

One of the most interesting things about financially getting hearing aids fitted is that you notice a whole lot of sounds that you have not really noticed for a long time. This is because most of us do not get hearing aids until our hearing has declined a fair bit, so we are used to not hearing various sounds in our everyday life that new hearing aids will bring back to us.

Once your hearing instrument specialist (HIS) fits you with a hearing aid and switches it on for the first time, long-forgotten sounds come flooding back and, because you aren’t used to them, they can be pretty annoying and hard to ignore.

Don’t worry though because once you get used to them, chances are you will be able to start ignoring them again. The more you wear your hearing aids, the easier it will be for you to assimilate those sounds and train your brain to ignore them.

That being the case, let’s take a look at some surprising sounds you will notice when you get new hearing aids, so you can be ready to train your brain to ignore them once you have met with your hearing instrument specialist.

Your Hair

Yes, really if your hearing has not been great for a while now, then chances are you have forgotten just how much noise your hair can make when you run a comb through it or dry it with a towel, for example, but your hair really does make more noise than you might imagine.

Since most hearing aids have microphones that are located behind the ear, then the noises your hair makes can be particularly well-amplified, so this is one of the main noises you might need to make an effort to train your brain to ignore for the most part.

Clocks

Clocks ticking is one of those noises that you can usually hear when you have perfect hearing, but as soon as you start to get some degree hearing loss, it can begin to fade away and not cause you so much annoyance.

As soon as you get fitted with new hearing aids, that ticking sound will come right back and if you aren’t careful, you will start to fixate on it because you are not used to it being there. The good news is, that over time and with regular exposure to ticking clocks, which comes with wearing your hearing aids regularly, you will start to automatically tune it out more often.

Chewing

One of the hardest sounds for many people with hearing loss to deal is the sounds that are made by chewing food. Once you have hearing aids, then the sound of you chewing down on an apple or your family member chewing into a steak will come flooding back and it is not always the sound that you want to hear!

The beauty of having a hearing aid though is that you can turn it down when you are exposed to noises that are back and have your full attention.

That being said, it really is better to persevere with unpleasant sounds if you can because that is how you will learn to tune them out.

The Wind

You just don’t realize how wild and how scary the wind can sound when you have not been able to hear it clearly for a while, but once the hearing instrument specialists has fitted you with new hearing aids, you will start to notice the howling and whooshing sounds much more often if you live in a place that gets a lot of wind.

Some people find the sound of the wind to be very relaxing, while others are not so fond of it, but either way, the more you wear your hearing aids, the less it should bother you in the future in terms of it being the dominant sound in your environment.

Your Voice

Once you have hearing aids, you will probably start to notice your own voice comes through far louder and clearer than before. It might even sound strange to you, but with a bit of time, this will pass.

Get In Touch with Affordable Hearing today 

If you have noticed that your hearing is not as good as it once was – perhaps you cannot hear some of the sounds in this post – then get in touch with a hearing instrument specialist by calling Affordable Hearing at Irmo: 803-749-6017 and Orangeburg + Santee: 803-531-6403 today.