Why Do I Need Two Hearing Aids?

Two Ears Give You Twice the Quantity and Quality of Sound

Sound waves are all around us!! These waves travel from the source of the sound to the outer part of each ear, where they are channeled along the ear canal to the eardrum.

Your ears then send a message to your brain, which, in turn, interprets the message and deciphers the sound. It is important to have two "good" ears to correctly accept and interpret sounds.

More than 50% of people with a hearing impairment are affected in both ears.

So logically, just as you use both your eyes to see clearly, you need two healthy ears to hear clearly.

Wearing two hearing aids is known as binaural amplification. And, in essence, binaural amplification increases the quantity and quality of sound signals received in both ears.

How You Benefit - Better Understanding

Nearly 50 years of clinical and field trial research shows that even when hearing loss is more severe in one ear, many hearing impaired people can still benefit from the natural sound-gathering ability of both ears.

The following benefits of binaural amplification were discovered:

• When compared to the wearing of one hearing aid, two hearing aids can significantly increase your ability to distinguish spoken words in normal and noisy listening conditions.
• Wearing one aid may seem to be sufficient in a quiet situation, but when noise is present, one aid is usually not enough. Many people try to continually turn up the volume control to make up for the lack of sound, but generally this does not help. Turning up the volume can only make sound louder, not clearer or less distorted.
• Wearing two hearing aids will bring in more of the sounds you need, and should make it easier to understand in noise.

Balance, clarity, comfort, safety

• In clinical studies, binaural amplification helped people hear sounds with a more normal balance (because sound is amplified into two ears instead of just one).
• While wearing two hearing aids, you will often notice speech seems to sound clearer, while sounds in general seem to have a more natural quality.
• Binaural amplification also allows you to set volume controls lower than when wearing only one hearing aid. This allows you to hear sound at a more comfortable level.
• Those wearing two hearing aids often seem more relaxed as they're no longer straining to use only "the best ear."
• Because it's closer to more natural hearing, binaural amplification often makes it easier to locate the source of a sound, or decipher in which direction the sound is coming from. Also known as localization, this skill is automatic for those people with normal hearing. But it is important for all of us as we need to know in which direction traffic is coming from, in which room the telephone is ringing, or where to find the person calling our name, for example.

Discover the Numerous Benefits of Wearing Two Hearing Aids.

Nature gave us two ears for a reason. But, if you wish to decide for yourself whether two ears are better than one, begin by trying two hearing aids. Experiment and keep this information handy while comparing the sound you hear through both and then only one hearing aid. When wearing two hearing aids, you should experience:

• Better overall sound quality
• Clearer speech during normal listening situations
• Better understanding in group conversations and situations where background noise is present
• More relaxed hearing
• Ability to easily locate sources and directions of sound
• A feeling of more balanced hearing

Even during the most difficult test situations, people wearing two hearing aids routinely understood speech and conversation significantly better than people wearing only one hearing aid. And, after all, being able to hear and understand family and friends helps you all enjoy being together more...and more often!

Take the time to discuss the benefits of binaural amplification with your hearing health care professional.

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