You Can Be Your Own Hearing Aid Professional

It is estimated that there are currently about 6 million people in the UK that suffer from some form of Hearing Loss. This is likely to increase as the population gets older. It is a known fact that as people age their hearing deterioates and in many cases this is not noticed, by the sufferer, because it is a very gradual process.
Symptoms of hearing loss can show itself in a number of ways such as finding it difficult to join in conversations, having to turn the volume up on the TV or radio, asking people to repeat what they have just said to you.
The first step in deciding if there is a problem with hearing is to have a Hearing Test. The Hearing Test will show if there is any loss of hearing, at what frequencies and at what level of sound.
If it is decided that a Hearing Aid would make a difference in helping overcome some of the hearing loss, the next step is to decide the type of Hearing Aid that would be most suitable. A Digital Hearing Aid is generally found to be the best as it has a number of advantages over other types of hearing aid. The main advantage is that it can be programmed so that it meets the requirements of the individual sufferer. Programming the hearing aid has, up till now, usually been carried out by an audiologist after he has carried out the hearing test. This has a number of disadvantages such as the Audiologist can only programme the Hearing Aid according to the hearing test results and does not take into account any enviromental factors.
Also what is the primary requirement of the sufferer, such as, is it mainly to be used so that conversations within group discussions can be better heard. If the audiologist programmes the hearing aid these factors cannot generally be taken into account therfore it is much better if the Hearing Aid can be programmed by the sufferer of hearing loss.
There are now available computer programmers that have been specifically designed for this purpose, such the READY TO ENJOY Programmer.



Using the Ready to Enjoy Programmer the Hearing Aid can be programmed to meet the specific needs of the sufferer and more importantly can reprogramme the hearing aid as often as required without the necessity of having to revisit the Audiologist.
This can save a great deal of time and frustration and reduce a consderable ammount of stress.