Every year on 3 March, International Hearing Day is celebrated with the aim of raising awareness about the prevention of deafness and therefore hearing loss. Of course, we who are passionate about hearing have to celebrate!
 
 
That is why we are here to inform you about a subject to which we must pay close attention: "I hear, but I don't understand".
 

This is the most heard sentence in the hearing care clinics around the world. Why is this happening? Many users encounter this problem when wearing hearing aids. This causes them frustration, disenchantment and is precisely what we want to avoid in Claso. That is why we explain the reasons why these situations occur and what their solution is.

 

Management of expectations

One of the big problems when it comes to adapting hearing aids is the management of the user's expectations. We all want to be able to recover hearing from when we were 20 years old but we have already told you that this is not possible. The ears and our cognitive system age and are susceptible to suffer some damage throughout life like any other part of our body. This implies different ranges of deterioration ad to people who suffer it more acutely will certainly be traslated into a hearing loss.

 

Although we can not give you back the hearing of a young person we can do something very important and is to give you back an audition that allows you to communicate with others and have a normal life. However, there are always those cases where the person, after many visits with his hearing care professional, ends up being left with the sensation that he does not listen well enough because he hears but does not understand.

 

Inner ear affected

The auditory system is complex and goes far beyond the ears that end up being 'simple' transducers for our brain; which is truly where we listen. Depending on where the area of ​​the affected auditory system is located, the hearing care professional will be able to manage those expectations that are often the cause of frustrations and disappointments. Only knowing this detail we can be advised correctly and generate the right expectations so that everyone is aware of its impact and its degree of improvement.

 

People who think 'I hear but I do not understand' tend to have sensorineural hearing losses. That is to say, they do not have transmition hearing losses that simply entail a bad transmission of the sound. They have affected the innermost part of the ear or part of the auditory pathway that connects with our brain. These cases manifest themselves with mild affectations that can become serious, affecting the cognitive system that is responsible for interpreting what we hear. It is for this reason that people with this type of hearing loss can find themselves much more easily in this situation. Realizing that with hearing aids you hear better but you do not end up being as good as you thought.

 

What is the solution?

The solution is above all, to wear hearing aids and understand well till where they can provide benefits. From there begins the hearing training phase that will gradually bring improvements in your day to day in the most daily situations. Due to the nature of this type of hearing loss with multidisciplinary involvement, there are several specialists in the rehabilitation process that can complement the task of the hearing care professional thus covering other areas of action. We are talking about speech therapists, psychologists, doctors who, based on their skills, can collaborate in the global treatment of each person. In Claso, apart from working during the necessary sessions with your hearing care professional to improve your listening experience, we advise you on what other professionals can collaborate in your rehabilitation and we will provide you with a roadmap so that you can face your customized solution.

 

Do not wait any longer, ask for your appointment in Claso totally free and we will make a complete study of your hearing to be able to advise you the best.