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Sensorineural deafness is currently not particularly effective in clinical medicine, and most of them use appropriate hearing aids for hearing compensation and hearing rehabilitation. Although the choice of hearing aids is ultimately determined by the patient, most patients still doubt whether they need hearing aids themselves and seek advice from audiologists. In addition to considering the actual hearing loss of the patient, the recommendations given by the audiologist should also consider other factors that influence the choice of the hearing aid.

　Influencing factors of hearing aid selection

It is not rigorous to determine whether a hearing aid can help a patient simply based on the severity of the patient’s pure tone hearing loss. Because in most cases, hearing aids can help patients with heavy hearing loss; some patients with mild or moderate hearing loss often complain about the use of hearing aids. In addition to simple hearing loss, other factors can affect the use of the hearing. They have a variety of responsibilities, such as taking into account their own image, others’ perceptions of wearing hearing aids. The motivation for choosing a hearing aid is the result of a combination of other positive or negative factors:

(1) the impact of hearing impairment and patient attitude towards hearing impairment

Hearing impairment, but whether the patient realizes and recognizes that he or she has hearing impairment and actively seeks solutions in his work and life communication, and whether the patient’s hearing impairment affects his life and work, whether he is positive or negative. Hearing impairment is an important factor affecting the matching effect of hearing aids.

(2) own image considerations and psychological problems

Hearing impairment is a hidden obstacle. If it is not easy to be discovered in communication, most people think that wearing a hearing aid is equivalent to making their obstacles open and affecting their own image. Others will look at themselves with curiosity and think that they are themselves. It is “scorpion”, “not smart”, “aging” and so on. Therefore, many patients pay too much attention to their own image, preferring to influence their social skills, and are not willing to use hearing aids that are helpful to him. In the long run, they often affect their ability to understand language because of less and less interaction, causing serious communication problems and psychological problems.

(3) concerns about hearing aids

Many patients feel doubt about the effect of hearing aids. As to the extent to which the hearing aids will benefit, depends on how much they hear or observe from hearing aid users or audiologists. Some patients even worry that they cannot flexibly operate the hearing aid after the hearing aid is selected, and the ideal result cannot be obtained.

(4) hearing aid costs

The cost of the hearing aid selection and the cost-effectiveness between the subsequent expenses and the expected hearing aid effect are also important factors influencing the hearing aid selection.

(5) influence of others

After hearing impairment, patients are actively using hearing aids or passively treating hearing impairments, and are more susceptible to others. According to statistics, nearly half of the hearing aid selectors decided to choose a hearing aid because of the positive influence of the family or the advice of audiologists.

Whether a patient can correctly understand his or her hearing impairment and whether he can take a scientific attitude correctly is an important factor in determining whether he or she will eventually receive a hearing aid. The initial psychological state of the patient may make the patient’s attitude toward the hearing aid completely different. Some of them completely exclude the hearing aid from the beginning. Some of them show excessive optimism about the effect of the hearing aid at the beginning, and finally whether the patient actually accepts the hearing aid is It depends on the results of the above various positive or negative factors. If the patient’s concerns about the selection of the hearing aid can be eliminated, and the hearing loss of the patient is indeed suitable for the use of the hearing aid, under the effective guidance of the professional, the patient’s resistance to the hearing aid will be changed. As an audiologist, you should carefully analyze and study the patients’ concerns and doubts about the choice of hearing aids, especially for those who do not have obvious hearing aid effects or help the hearing loss, but also patience and meticulous psychological counseling. And detailed hearing tests, and analysis and guidance. Once the patient correctly recognizes the help of the hearing aid, he or she can naturally receive the hearing aid happily.

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