Help with Hearing Aids
General hearing aid help
The pediatric audiologist will help get the best hearing aids for your child. There are many ways
that she will do this:
She will help you find the right hearing aids for your child. She will show you:
- Different kinds of hearing aids.
- What different types of hearing aids can do.
- Which hearing aid may be best for his hearing loss.
- The differences between analog and digital hearing aids.
- The names of groups that may help pay for the hearing aid.
She will help keep your child's hearing aids working well. She will:
- Check his hearing aids and clean the earmolds.
- Test the hearing aid regularly and make sure that it is working correctly.
- Figure out what the problem is with the hearing aid. Fix the problem or send it to someone who can.
- Teach your child how to use and care for his hearing aid.
She will help with all parts of the hearing aid. She can:
- Fit your child for earmolds.
- Make the ear molds a color that he likes.
- Show him how to best put his ear molds in his ears.
- Tell you the best kind of batteries to use in his hearing aids.
- Help you get batteries and other equipment.
Digital hearing aid help
The pediatric audiologist can help with digital hearing aids. If your child gets
Digital
Hearing Aids, she will help your child:
Adjust to the digital hearing aids
Your pediatric audiologist will::
- Adjust the digital hearing aid so that it helps his exact type of hearing loss.
She will use his audiogram
to do this.
- Work to reduce the background noise your child hears.
- Adjust the digital hearing aids as needed.
- Help him learn to use digital hearing aids.
Get used to the new digital hearing aids
Remember these things when your child gets digital hearing aids for the first time:
- It takes time to get used to digital hearing aids.
- It takes time to figure out what setting and program is best for new digital aids.
- Let your child get used to new hearing aids for a month.
- If he isn't happy after a month, call the audiologist for another appointment. The audiologist will
check and adjust the hearing aids again.
Remember!
There are many pediatric audiologists. Find one that has lots of experience working with children.
Make sure she:
- Is a pediatric audiologist.
- Answers all of your questions.
- Knows about the newest technologies.
- You and your child are comfortable with and trust them.
- Works with babies and toddlers.
Make sure you and your child are both comfortable with and trust your
pediatric audiologist.
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