Presbycusis and Hearing Aid
What is a hearing aid?
A device that is applied to the ear to hear better. The function of the hearing is to take the patient’s residual hearing and amplify, as a speaker. This is what I did until a few years ago hearing aids. Today, improved technology has made hearing aids fit intelligible signal can cause noise amplification. Thus, the instrument can improve the hearing of all intensities and frequencies. The hearing aid fitting process is slow and must be conducted by a hearing professional.
How a person develops presbycusis?
The progressive loss of hearing of the person with presbycusis is slow if the patient controls the risk factors mentioned above.
The treatment with hearing aids should be directed to improve communication of the patient and prevent isolation. This situation must be anticipated.
Faced with a rapidly progressive hearing loss or an ear affects more than another, the patient should be immediately referred to the specialist to assess the presence of disease of various kinds.
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