First-time hearing aid user

It takes time getting used to wearing hearing aids as well as to using them on a daily basis and hearing new sounds.

Here you will find the answers to a number of typical questions and links to encyclopedia entries which can facilitate the learning and adaptation process.

Among the things first-time users have to get used to are:

hearing many more sounds

having something in the ear

hearing the sound of one’s own voice and internal sounds such as swallowing

speaking at a suitable volume

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