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With over 10+ years of expertise in Hearing & Speech Impairment. we have unraveled and addressed the best possible solution to many satisfied patients/clients/customers. Our advanced diagnostic procedure has made it possible to provide effective treatment at every time.

Frequently Asked Questions

Please go through our frequently asked questions below. 

How our ear functions and how brain receives and perceives sound impulses hold the key to better understanding of hearing and hearing loss. The process of hearing starts with a properly functional outer ear that collects the sound waves emitted from a source and passes it through ear canal to the eardrum. The impact of sound waves on the eardrum creates vibration, which further results in movement of three bones located in the middle ear.
A hearing aid is an electronic device that amplifies sound and is worn to compensate for poor hearing.  A hearing aid is a battery-powered, electronic device that makes listening easier for people with hearing loss. A hearing aid consists of a microphone, an amplifier, and a receiver. The microphone picks up sounds in your acoustic environment and turns them into electronic signals. The amplifier selectively amplifies the acoustic electronic signals. The receiver is a very small speaker that changes the electric signals back to sounds and delivers the sound to the ear.
If you have a bimodal solution but still struggle to understand speech, bilateral hearing implants may improve speech comprehension, which may help you to communicate more effectively. Children spend most of their waking hours in complex noisy environments. To improve speech understanding in noise, as well as localise where sounds are coming from, the brain needs input from both ears. Providing both ears with early input ensures the auditory pathways are supported to maximise a child’s development. Bilaterally implanted children reach hearing performance goals earlier than unilaterally implanted children. Your audiologist can advise you on bimodal or bilateral hearing treatment options for you or your loved one.

Ears work as a team, and the brain needs both to process speech and locate sound direction. Hearing with both ears is known as binaural hearing. If you can only hear in one ear (unilateral hearing) it’s difficult to perform the tasks listed below.

Understand Speech in noise
If you can only hear in one ear it makes it more difficult to pick up on quiet speech in a noisy environment. Hearing with both ears also makes it easier for your brain to practice selective listening. This means you can focus on the conversations you want to hear.
Locate sound
Not being able to tell where sound is coming from may cause problems.

For children, it can be hard to understand the teacher in class or the coach on the sports field.
For adults, driving through traffic can be difficult. For both, crossing a busy road could prove dangerous.
Avoid the head shadow effect
When you can only hear with one ear, sounds that come from your ‘bad side’ fall in the shadow of your head.
Sounds have to travel around your head so your ‘good ear’ can send them to the brain. As a result, sounds can be difficult to hear and understand clearly, especially in noise. This is particularly true for higher-frequency sounds.
Enjoy music
People who have lost hearing in one ear say they enjoy music less and describe it as sounding unpleasant, indistinct or unnatural, compared to how it sounded with both ears.

Binaural hearing and speech development in children
Hearing with both ears helps children better understand speech and language. This is important for their learning and development.

 

Hearing Loss is referred to as the Loss of Hearing in one or both ears and it may stem from a problem in the inner, middle, or outer ear, or from a combination of places.
  • Do you have trouble in hearing what others say?
  • Do you feel that people around you have started mumbling?
  • Do you steer up the TV volume to a level others start complaining?
  • Do you feel blame your concentration as you hear less when it is bit noisy?
  • Do your friends or family members complain about your hearing inability?
  • Do people tell you that, off late, you have been talking loudly?
  • You hear people speaking but you have to strain to understand their words.
  • You frequently ask people to repeat what they said.
  • You don’t laugh at jokes because you miss too much of the story or the punch line.
  • You frequently complain that people mumble.
  • You need to ask others about the details of a meeting you just attended.
  • You play the TV or radio louder than your friends, spouse and relatives.
  • You cannot hear the doorbell or the telephone.
  • You find that looking at people when they speak to you makes it easier to understand.