High Tech Hearing Aids

According to the Mayo Clinic, an estimated quarter of Americans between the ages of 65 and 75 and nearly three quarters of those over 75 have some degree of hearing loss.

Surprisingly, according to Randy Wohlers, founder of MyHearPod.com, only 20% never buy a device to help restore your hearing. This is not due to the denial or lack of money as you might guess, but rather due to the lack of doctors and a general lack of understanding of the medical community.

‘99 .9% Of the patients that come in my private practice, have no idea that one of the most serious consequences of the loss of our audience is that we lose our ability to process sounds into words, “said the specialist headset Randy Wohlers. “Usually, the most prolonged and severe hearing loss, the worst is the processing capacity and understanding becomes words. In my private practice we have about 8% of our patients who have zero discrimination or ability to understand the words. ”

As a result, Wohlers says that anyone who purchases a hearing aid after waiting too long to address their hearing loss does not get the help they expect. He sees many patients who have purchased hearing aids only to find his brain has already lost the ability to make words sound.

Wohlers places the blame for this directly in the medical community. As for the lack of information surrounding this issue Wohlers said, “The medical community refuses to report to someone with a hearing loss in his ear that diminishes so does their ability to convert sounds into words. This is almost always with a hearing loss and patients should be aware of this as soon as they detect hearing loss. ”

With digital technology available in hearing aids, there has never been more advanced hearing assistance available. Through calibrated balanced lists of words phonetically given to patients, their ability to capture the sounds of words can be studied. The results of these tests have shown the ability to translate the sounds in words is a direct correlation to the length of their hearing loss and their degree of severity of loss has become.

Organizations such as the Association of Hearing Loss of America have also recognized the lack of information available to adults regarding hearing loss. According to its website, was created an online ‘Academy’ in detail, specific information regarding hearing loss.

“I think this information is important to go out to all those who may have a hearing loss, so they are aware of the possibility of losing their ability to recognize words. When a patient ask the question” If you knew that this makes years, you have received help before? “The answer is always,” I would come help years ago. “Unfortunately, without word recognition, quality of life can decrease,” said Wohlers.

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