Today, John collected some new hearing aids. They don’t look any different than any other behind the ear hearing aids, but they are different. These have the capability to be programmed as normal hearing aids with a normal setting, a group setting and T-position, for a loop system. The difference with these is that these can also be programmed with a masking sound, to help people who suffer with tinnitus. Tests have shown that with some people, having a masking sound such as white, pink or red noise can help to “drown out” the noise that people who suffer from tinnitus can hear.
Tinnitus has been making John’s life unbearable on a lot of occasions, so he’s one of the first to try these new hearing aids from the NHS. His audiologist was quite excited because this was the first time she’s programmed these new hearing aids. John chose to have pink noise added to his, as it reminded him of the sound of the ocean.
We’re going back to see her again in a few months to see how (or if) these new hearing aids help John.
We shall keep you posted about how John goes on with them.
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