Hearing aid adjustment period
After your fitting, your hearing care audiologist will provide you with a schedule for wearing your new hearing aids. This is done to help make the rehabilitation process smoother, as the transition from having uncorrected hearing loss to wearing a hearing aid can be jarring. An adjustment period is completely normal as your brain gradually reduces the ways in which it had been compensating for your hearing loss.
Expect the adjustment period to take anywhere from a few days to several weeks. Before long you will be able to hear and understand much more in many different environments. Wear your hearing aids as often as directed by your audiologist and follow these recommendations:
# Begin using your hearing aids first thing in the morning and wear them until you go to bed.
# Avoid taking them out even if you think you donât need them, such as when you are home alone.
# Pay close attention to the volume and quality of sound in different environments and tell your audiologist about your experiences at your follow-up appointment.
# Deliberately expose yourself to various listening situations.
