The latest developments in hearing loss and tinnitus treatments bring hope for the future to anyone who is living with a wide range of different hearing problems.
Modern hearing aids can help to boost sounds while also clarifying them, and can tackle a variety of conditions and symptoms:
· Hearing loss that presents as an apparent reduction in volume.
· Hearing acuity and lack of clarity in conversations or noisy environments.
· Tinnitus that involves phantom noises, buzzing,crackling or whistling in the ear.
Some people are surprised to learn that hearing aids can help to reduce the negative impact of living with tinnitus, but they are perfectly suited to this role.
They achieve it by playing gentle sounds into the ear that help to distract from the sounds of the tinnitus itself.
It's possible to customise this to find a solution that works for each individual wearer, but in many cases natural, dynamic noises prove more comfortable than the persistent sound of tinnitus, especially at very quiet times such as when trying to fall asleep.
While people have been wearing hearing aids for tinnitus for some years now, the technology continues to develop and digital hearing aids have made it even easier to adjust and adapt the settings to suit the individual.
What's next for hearing aids?
Like many other digital devices, digital hearing aids are increasingly connecting with other devices around the home via wireless networking.
This allows them to function in ways that would have been impossible even just a few years ago:
· As Bluetooth headsets for speaking and listening during mobile phone calls.
· For direct media streaming of music from stereos and audio from TVs.
· Automatically pairing with different streaming devices as you move around your home.
In addition to all of this, there are hearing aid apps for iPhone and Android smartphones that give you direct access to adjust some of the primary settings of your hearing aid wirelessly.
This means you can easily adjust the volume, for example if you want to turn the TV down late at night without struggling to hear it through your hearing aids.
As time goes by, future hearing aid technology, the wireless accessories that interact with them and the apps that control them will all continue to evolve.
Because of this, even if you already have hearing aids, it'swell worth taking a fresh look at what's new on the market and the extra capabilities you could get by updating your hearing aids.
