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5 ways to make conversation easier for users wearing hearing aids

5 ways to make conversation easier for users wearing hearing aids

Many people mistakenly believe that wearing hearing aids can achieve normal hearing and immediate results, in fact, wearing hearing aids is only the beginning of the hearing rehabilitation process. Hearing aid wearers need to get used to new sounds and changes in timbre to re-establish self-confidence when communicating. Friends and family should gradually help them overcome difficulties in order to give them great help, 5 ways to help hearing aid users talk easily:

5 Ways to Talk Easily with Hearing Impaired

1. Keep the user focused before conveying the message and avoid talking to multiple people at the same time. We can pat the user before talking to him to help him focus on us, or ask the user to stop what they are doing to focus. For users with poor speech resolution, it is more recommended to understand one-on-one, avoid multiple conversations, and avoid distracting users.

2. Communicate face-to-face when speaking, using gestures, facial expressions, lip language to help users understand. Even when people with normal hearing communicate with others, face-to-face communication, supplemented by facial expressions and lip speech, can achieve the best results. This is even more important as a person with hearing impairment.

3. The speaker should speak clearly, talk at a normal communication distance and normal volume, and slow down the speed of speech. Often in life we have a misunderstanding, think that can not hear clearly the sound can be increased, does have a certain effect, but its effect is not as good as the normal volume to slow down the speed of speech, so in daily life we as family and friends to help our hearing impaired people with more patience, take the initiative to slow down the speed of speech.

4. Reduce background noise and try to keep users away from noise sources. For example, turn the sound off the TV or radio, or close the door to reduce noise.

5. When talking, if you find that the wearer is tired, do not force or prolong the conversation. Especially the elderly, due to age, are weaker and not suitable for long-term focused conversation.

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2022-12-30
Don't forget auditory rehabilitation training after wearing hearing aids

Don't forget auditory rehabilitation training after wearing hearing aids

Hearing impairment requires scientific selection of hearing aids, which has been recognized by most people. However, it is more necessary for hearing-impaired patients and their families to conduct scientific hearing rehabilitation training under the professional guidance of hearing aid fitters, so as to achieve better hearing rehabilitation effects.

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First of all, scientific training should be carried out in accordance with the natural laws of human rehabilitation training, and it is not easy to rush for success, otherwise it may further damage the residual hearing or cause the user to experience symptoms of auditory pain and dizziness. Preliminary adaptive rehabilitation training should be carried out according to the four-week training method. Usually, the adaptation period for most hearing-impaired patients is 3 to 6 months.

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Secondly, the rehabilitation training plan should be set realistically according to the individual differences of hearing-impaired patients. For example, the size of the first debugging data should be adjusted according to the actual feelings of the hearing-impaired patients, and how long it takes for the second debugging should also be planned according to the actual wearing time, adaptability to the environment, and actual needs for sound of the hearing-impaired patients.

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In addition, the following hearing rehabilitation training methods should be followed to improve the hearing effect.

1. Classification training

The training method should be designed in the order from easy to difficult and from simple to complex. It mainly cultivates the ability of hearing-impaired patients to distinguish syllables and phonemes in syllables. In the whole process of auditory rehabilitation training, classification training only takes a short time, generally 10 to 15 minutes a day in the early stage. For hearing-impaired patients with severe hearing loss, they have lost a lot of ability to learn sound information. Therefore, in classification training, speech sounds are usually given only one syllable or word at a time. Therefore, hearing-impaired people can focus on practicing the characteristics of speech sounds.

2. Comprehensive training

Comprehensive training is to provide speech sounds to hearing-impaired patients in a normal voice way. For example, through conversation or storytelling. The purpose of training is to develop and improve the auditory, visual or auditory communication skills of hearing-impaired people. The training materials generally include meaningful sentences, paragraphs or words. It is also necessary to make the sounds they hear correspond to the sounds made by actual objects to understand and feel, and there is a process of re-understanding and learning sounds. In comprehensive training, we mainly focus on the overall picture of speech, such as semantics, syntax, contextual cues and other content training. In fact, in auditory rehabilitation training, most of the time is spent on comprehensive training. It should mainly simulate the actual communication situation according to the needs of hearing-impaired patients, with the focus on allowing hearing-impaired patients to understand the information, even if they cannot accurately perceive every sound. During the auditory rehabilitation training, hearing-impaired patients should give feedback information so that the speaker can understand what content is perceived by the hearing-impaired patients and what content is lost.

3. Practical training

Practical training is to teach hearing-impaired patients how to obtain the necessary information for communication by changing the communication environment during communication. The advantage of this training is that it can train hearing-impaired patients to use listening skills and conversation skills, which is very useful in actual communication.

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Hearing-impaired patients, their families and hearing aid fitters all hope to see a good listening effect, which is a win-win situation. Therefore, both parties need to work together, trust and support each other, and select a more suitable hearing aid product for hearing-impaired patients through the scientific matching skills and matching methods of hearing aid fitters, and then according to the professional debugging and adaptive rehabilitation guidance plan of hearing aid fitters, and finally, with the trust and support of hearing-impaired patients and their families, active wearing and adaptive rehabilitation training can promote hearing-impaired patients to achieve a good result and situation.

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2024-05-24
4 points to note when buying hearing aids

4 points to note when buying hearing aids

According to your hearing loss, preferences and financial ability, if you want to buy a hearing aid that is suitable for you, please refer to the following 4 points.

1. After-sales service

When buying hearing aids, you need to pay attention to after-sales service, hearing aids are a highly service-dependent product, which needs regular maintenance and debugging at any time. It is important to choose long-term and reliable after-sales service, because high-quality hearing aids are often more expensive, and you need to go to a professional institution regularly to clean and maintain your hearing aids, and if you don't hear well, you need to re-adjust your hearing aids according to hearing changes. At the same time, the maintenance of hearing aids is also very important, and it needs to be cleaned and maintained regularly to keep it in normal use.

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2. Professional fitting

When purchasing hearing aids, you need to go to an authorized hearing center or hospital for an otolaryngologist to have their professional hearing test and fitting, and choose the hearing aid with the appropriate power according to the degree of hearing loss. Hearing aid dispensers need to go through professional and scientific hearing testing, and then select the appropriate hearing aid according to the hearing loss stage, so that the hearing aid can achieve the user's clear hearing effect.

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3. Types of hearing aids

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When buying hearing aids, you need to pay attention to the type of hearing aids, and there are two types of hearing aids: behind-the-ear and in-the-ear. Different types of hearing aids are suitable for different levels of hearing loss, and you need to choose according to your hearing condition and needs. Hearing aids can be seen from the outside, and you can choose between behind-the-ear and in-the-ear hearing aids at a glance. At the same time, hearing aids also have different functions, and users can choose according to their actual needs.

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4. Economic capacity

When buying hearing aids, you should choose the right product according to your actual needs and financial ability. The price of hearing aids varies greatly from brand to brand and model to model. When purchasing, you need to choose the price range that suits you according to your financial ability. Among the Chinese hearing aid brands, AUSTAR brand hearing aids are favored by users around the world due to their affordability and high cost performance, and have a good reputation.

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According to the above 4 points, combined with the actual personal situation of hearing loss users, so as to purchase a hearing aid that is suitable for you.

2024-05-16
What is the difference between CIC and ITC hearing aids?

What is the difference between CIC and ITC hearing aids?

CIC is the abbreviation of completely-in-the-canal hearing aids, which is almost completely hidden in the ear canal, while ITC is the abbreviation of in-the-canal hearing aids. So they are both in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aids, but the difference is that CIC is smaller and unobtrusive than ITC hearing aids. Both CIC and ITC are worn in the ear canal. You can see their differences by comparing the pictures below.

The difference between CIC and ITC hearing aids

CIC and ITC hearing aids visibility:

As can be seen from the picture above, the instant fit CIC hearing aids is almost completely located in the ear canal of the ear and is almost invisible from the outside. ITC hearing aids also sit within the ear canal, but may be slightly more visible than CIC hearing aids.

Therefore, CIC hearing aids are smaller and ITC hearing aids are relatively larger.

Which hearing aid is best to choose?

The best choice is to choose the appropriate hearing aid according to your hearing condition. CIC hearing aids are suitable for people with mild to moderate hearing loss. ITC hearing aids are also suitable for mild to moderate hearing loss, but due to their relatively larger size they may accommodate more powerful amplifiers.

If your hearing loss is more severe, you may want to consider other types of hearing aids, such as BTE (Behind-the-Ear) types, as they provide more powerful amplification.

Replaceable battery and rechargeable:

Due to space constraints, CIC hearing aids may have smaller control buttons and smaller battery capacity, requiring more frequent battery replacement. ITC hearing aids are relatively large and may have larger control buttons and larger batteries, and the battery life may be longer. For the elderly, the convenience of control should also be taken into consideration.

in ear rechargeable hearing aids

One characteristic of battery-powered hearing aids is that they require frequent battery replacement, and choosing rechargeable hearing aids can solve this problem.

Wearing comfort:

Because CIC hearing aids sit entirely within the ear canal, some people may find them more comfortable. ITC hearing aids are relatively large and may have some differences in comfort depending on individual ear shape and adaptation.

Hearing aid cost:

Generally, CIC hearing aids can be more expensive because they are smaller and more difficult to manufacture. ITC hearing aids are relatively large and may be relatively low in cost. The rechargeable hearing aids manufactured by AUSTAR are of reliable quality and affordable, and are worth recommending.

User aesthetic preferences:

Individual aesthetic preferences and tolerance for visibility may influence your choice of CIC or ITC hearing aids.

Professional advice:

Consult a professional hearing care professional who can provide more specific recommendations based on individual hearing test results and needs.

2023-12-14
Auditory rehabilitation training for adults after wearing hearing aids

Auditory rehabilitation training for adults after wearing hearing aids

Since most hearing-impaired adults have certain speech listening experience, their requirements for hearing aids are not only to learn language, but also to improve auditory feelings, enhance language communication skills, and improve social communication confidence. The first thing is to give them the confidence that training with hearing aids will be successful. The effect is mainly determined by the individual's unremitting efforts to overcome the inferiority complex of not being able to explain embarrassment. Under the guidance of auditory speech therapists or professional books, following scientific training methods and the assistance of family members, significant progress can generally be made in a relatively short period of time.

Auditory rehabilitation training for adults after wearing hearing aids

Auditory rehabilitation training for adult hearing loss patients can be divided into 3 parts: classified training, comprehensive training and practical training.

Classification training:

Classification training is often designed in order from easy to difficult, mainly to develop the ability of hearing loss patients to distinguish between syllables and factors in syllables, rather than semantics. In the whole training process, classified training only occupies a short time, and the initial stage is generally 10~15 minutes per day. For people with hearing loss with more severe hearing impairment, they have lost a lot of ability to learn sound information, so in classification training, speech sounds are usually given only one syllable or word at a time, so hearing impaired people can focus on practicing the characteristics of speech sounds. Compared with adults, classification training is relatively long for children.

Comprehensive training

Comprehensive training is the delivery of speech sounds to people with hearing impairments in a normal way, such as through conversation or storytelling. The purpose of training is to develop and improve hearing, visual or auditory communication skills for people with hearing impairments, and training materials generally include meaningful sentences, paragraphs or vocabulary. In comprehensive training, we mainly focus on the training of the whole picture of speech such as semantics, syntax, context prompts, etc. In fact, in hearing rehabilitation, most of the time is spent on comprehensive training. Actual communication should be simulated primarily according to the needs of people with hearing loss, with an emphasis on enabling people with hearing impairments to understand information, even if they cannot accurately perceive every sound. During the training process, the hearing impaired should give feedback so that the speaker can understand what content is perceived by the hearing impaired person and what content is missing.

Practical training

Practical training is the information necessary to teach people with hearing impairments how to communicate and change the communication environment when communicating. The advantage of this training is that it can train hearing loss patients to use listening skills and conversation skills, which are very useful in actual communication.

The above is an important part of auditory rehabilitation training for adult hearing loss patients, I hope it will be helpful to you. AUSTAR: Chinese hearing aid manufacturer.

2023-09-27
What factors affect the effectiveness of hearing aids

What factors affect the effectiveness of hearing aids

Hearing aids are available for hearing impaired patients, and the listening effect will vary depending on each person's actual situation. The human body is an organism with complex structural functions, so hearing loss people's hearing organs are not 100% satisfied after wearing hearing aids. So what are the factors that affect the effect of hearing aids?

What factors affect the effectiveness of hearing aids

For the listening effect of hearing aids, the influencing factors are as follows:

  • Self-factors
  • Hearing aid product functional factors
  • The technical expertise of the audiologist

First, the own factors of hearing impaired patients

1. Degree of hearing loss: mild hearing loss and severe hearing loss above the effect of fitting hearing aids are not the best. Patients with moderate hearing loss are the ones who have the best effect of fitting hearing aids. Whether hearing impaired patients have a positive or negative attitude towards the objective hearing loss is one of the important factors affecting the selection effect of hearing aids.

2. The length of hearing loss time: This is a factor that affects the speech resolution of hearing impaired patients, and the short hearing loss time is better than the long hearing loss time.

3. The nature of hearing loss: sensorineural deafness is the factor that affects the speech discrimination ability of hearing impaired patients, and it is also the nature of the worst effect of hearing aids for hearing impaired patients. Generally, patients with conductive hearing loss have a better fitting effect than patients with mixed hearing loss; The fitting effect of mixed hearing loss is better than that of patients with sensorineural hearing loss.

4. Unrealistic expectations: Some hearing-impaired patients have too high expectations for the wearing effect of hearing aids, hoping to achieve normal hearing, which is unrealistic.

Second, the functional factors of hearing aid products

The signal processing channel, computing speed, noise reduction level, feedback suppression function, power intensity automatic control, Bluetooth function, etc. of hearing aid products are all important factors affecting the listening effect of hearing aids. Hearing aid products of different grades and manufacturers will have certain differences in listening effect.

Finally, the technical expertise of the audiologist

Professional and experienced fitters can achieve better hearing aids according to the hearing conditions and use needs of hearing-impaired patients. New fitters or untrained fitters may not be able to perform the functions of hearing aids.

The above are 3 factors that affect the effect of hearing aids, I hope it will help you.

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2023-09-14
How to remove moisture from hearing aids?

How to remove moisture from hearing aids?

Hearing impaired individuals who wear hearing aids for the first time do not know how to remove moisture from their hearing aids during daily maintenance? Or you may ask: What should I do if my hearing aid gets damp? How to handle hearing aids that are damp without damaging them? How to solve the problem of hearing aids getting damp. You can find the answer in this article:

How to remove moisture from hearing aids?

Hearing aid dry jar

Blot any moisture or sweat off the surface of your hearing aids first, then:

hearing aid dry jar

1. Please open the battery compartment door of the hearing aid before putting it in.

2. Please close the lid of the drying jar tightly.

3. If the color of the desiccant becomes lighter obviously, it means that the desiccant has absorbed enough water and fails, and needs to be replaced with a new one.

4. Before going to bed every day or when the hearing aid is not used for a long time, the hearing aid should be put into a dry jar.

Electronic drying box

hearing aid electronic drying box

The electronic drying box heats up slowly, allowing warm, dry air to surround the hearing aids to dry them. The electronic box usually has a timing function, for example, you can choose 3 hours or 6 hours to dry, and it will automatically turn off when it reaches the point. More advanced electronic boxes also have an ultraviolet bactericidal effect, allowing the hearing aid to dry while killing bacteria. But please pay attention to 2 points:

1. The electronic drying box is not suitable for daily use. It can be used after going to a particularly humid environment or sweating a lot, or regular drying 2-3 times a week. Because the electronic components in the hearing aid will inevitably age if they are exposed to high temperatures for a long time.

2. Please take out the hearing aid battery before putting it into the electronic drying box.

The above methods can remove the moisture in the hearing aid.

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2023-05-15
Noise therapy is one of the oldest and best-known interventions for tinnitus

Noise therapy is one of the oldest and best-known interventions for tinnitus

While there is currently no cure for chronic tinnitus, there are ways to help patients improve their condition and quality of life.

tinnitus noise therapy

The usual goal of noise therapy is to "mask the tinnitus" and thus divert attention away from the disturbing noise. Thus, classical noise therapy does not treat the cause of tinnitus, but serves as an acute solution to reduce the perceived negative consequences of tinnitus in some cases. To achieve this, pleasant music or neutral, constant noise is usually used. Although this approach is widely used, few high-quality studies have adequately demonstrated its clinical benefits. Specifically, it is impossible to say definitively which type of noise treatment provides the greatest benefit.

One type of noise therapy is hearing aids

Hearing aids can mask tinnitus by amplifying the surrounding sounds, thereby diverting attention from tinnitusSince about 80-90% of people with tinnitus have some type of hearing loss, an audiological examination is recommended, and audiogram and speech comprehension are measured. Most modern hearing aids have an integrated tinnitus feature that plays an extra neutral sound in the background. Standard products include noise generators that use white noise and or pink noise. Recent noise generators also offer the possibility of modulating noise or playing preferred noise. The evidence for the effectiveness of these noise generators is unclear, however, the risks of this approach are low if used properly. Therefore, hearing aids with comprehensive tinnitus function are a good way to improve hearing function and an option to treat tinnitus in daily life.

Tinnitus is not a real disease, but a symptom, a change in how a person perceives their hearing. However, a serious disease may develop as a result of suffering from tinnitus. The distress of the affected person is usually not caused by hearing a sound, but by a negative emotional response caused by a perceived sound.

10-15% of people suffer from tinnitus

10-15% of people suffer from tinnitus

Chronic tinnitus lasting more than 6 months is a purely subjective sensation that can only be perceived by the affected person, and it is estimated that about 10-15% of people suffer from tinnitus. However, not all tinnitus is the same. Most people with tinnitus do not find it disturbing, but about 20% of people with tinnitus require clinical support to cope with noise, and about 2% of infected people are seriously ill and have severely impaired daily life and quality of life.

AUSTAR's digital programmable hearing aids are equipped with tinnitus masking function, affordable OTC hearing aids also have many functions to support tinnitus masking, if you are interested you can contact us, we will provide you with the most competitive hearing aid price and high quality hearing aids.

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2023-04-28
4 points to solve the problem of unsuitable sound after replacing hearing aids

4 points to solve the problem of unsuitable sound after replacing hearing aids

The current hearing aid technology is developing rapidly, and the improvement of new technologies has made hearing aids better and better. Usually, users will replace hearing aids with better hearing aids after 3 to 5 years of use, but what should I do if the sound does not adapt after replacing the hearing aids?

Tips for replacing hearing aids

1. Choose the same brand or series as the old hearing aid

In general, even if the sound processing technology of the same hearing aid brand is improved, the sound characteristics of the original product will be retained. Therefore, when changing hearing aids, choosing products of the same brand can most likely avoid the discomfort caused by the sound change. Even if you are not used to it, you can adjust it to the original sound effect or close to the original sound effect through debugging. AUSTAR hearing aid brand and series products are reliable and affordable.

2. Actively communicate with the hearing aid fitter

If you feel any discomfort with the new hearing aid equipment, you need to communicate with a hearing fitter in time. Specifically, the fitter will judge based on the problems reported by hearing-impaired users. This feeling of discomfort is okay. It is alleviated through debugging, or slowly adapted over time. The fitter will analyze the cause of the discomfort.

3. Give the old hearing aid to the hearing fitter to listen to the sound

If the old hearing aid can still work normally, it is best to give the old hearing aid equipment to the hearing fitter. After listening to the sound of the old hearing aid, the fitter will adjust it according to the sound characteristics of the old device, so that the fitter can intuitively Understand what the user's needs for sound are.

4. Give yourself some time to adapt and calm down

When replacing a hearing aid, it is normal to experience discomfort, and there is no need to worry about whether it is caused by a quality problem with the hearing aid. Don't be impatient, just calm down and adapt slowly.

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2023-03-28
How to extend the service life of hearing aids to more than 10 years

How to extend the service life of hearing aids to more than 10 years

7 Tips To Extend Hearing Aid Life: Storage conditions, Cleaning and maintenance, Replace consumables and accessories, Self-cleaning, Take it carefully, Hearing aid cleaning and Proper placement.

Hearing aid cost and longevity

Hearing aids are an indispensable communication tool for hearing-impaired patients and indispensable good partners. But hearing aids are also often expensive. It ranges from a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars. Therefore, users who wear hearing aids will be particularly concerned about the life of hearing aids, how to use them to live longer?

How many years does a hearing aid usually last?

Hearing aids usually have a service life of 5-8 years, and careful care is also useful for more than 10 years. Of course, people with hearing impairment conditions can also replace the latest technology hearing aid products in 2~3 years, and enjoy them early.

How to extend the life of your hearing aids

How to maintain the life of hearing aids?

The lifespan of hearing aids may vary from hearing impaired to another, but here are 7 tips to extend the life of your hearing aids.

1. Storage conditions: use drying box or electronic drying box for dehumidification and keep the hearing aid dry.

2. Cleaning and maintenance: as far as possible, go to the hearing aid store once a month to do professional cleaning, maintenance, testing and debugging.

3. Replace consumables and accessories: hearing aids have some vulnerable accessories, such as cerumen protectors, sound tubes, earplugs, etc., which need to be replaced regularly in time at the fitting center.

4. Self-cleaning: Some chemicals produced by human metabolism, such as sweat, uric acid, dust, etc. Plastic and metal components that can affect hearing aids, causing fading or corrosion. You should wipe off sweat on your head, wipe your hearing aids, and wash your hands frequently.

5. Take it carefully: be careful when wearing hearing aids daily, sit in a soft place as much as possible (such as a sofa); prevent damage to components caused by falling from height.

6. Hearing aid cleaning: consult a hearing aid fitter to clean the hearing aid in a more professional way every day.

7. Proper placement: when not wearing hearing aids, open the battery door; Keep out of reach of children and pets in a drying box.

Therefore, if you want hearing aids to wear them longer, it is important to cherish and care for hearing aids!

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2023-02-14
3 suggestions for the elderly to buy hearing aids

3 suggestions for the elderly to buy hearing aids

The incidence of senile deafness is as high as about 60%, and the number of people is still increasing year by year, so it is very important for the elderly with hearing loss to choose the right hearing aids, and the elderly buy hearing aids or wear hearing aids 3 suggestions:

Precautions for buying hearing aids for the elderly

First, the misunderstanding of wearing hearing aids

1. Some elderly people believe that hearing impairment is a normal functional aging phenomenon, and it does not matter if hearing is not good.

2. Many elderly people are psychologically unwilling to accept hearing aids, afraid of being seen by others, and think that wearing hearing aids is a manifestation of aging.

3. Most of the elderly listen to the experience of others using hearing aids, and think that hearing aids are noise amplifiers, which are not only inaudible, but very noisy.

4. Many elderly friends believe that even wearing hearing aids can not restore normal hearing, so there is no need for fitting.

Second, how to treat hearing aids correctly for the elderly

1. Senile hearing loss, like other senile diseases, is caused by aging of the body. It's the same as aging eyes. If left unintervened, vision will become worse and worse, and even cause other diseases. Similarly, if hearing impairment is not intervened in time and correctly, it will accelerate the deterioration of hearing function in the long run, lead to the deterioration of the speech center, and may even induce senile dementia. Therefore, it is necessary to detect and intervene as soon as possible so as not to affect the quality of life.

2. Hearing aids are already a must-have for middle-aged and elderly people with hearing loss. Once you have hearing problems, you should seek medical attention in time, and if it is serious, you should wear hearing aids. And now that hearing aid technology is becoming more and more advanced, whether it is a hearing aid behind the ear or a custom hearing aid, it can be very hidden.

3. Don't believe in other people's "experience", some elderly people around us have had experience in using hearing aids, and the reflection effect is not much, most of them complain about loud noise and can't hear clearly, which may be because most of them wear analog machines, and the current digital machine is still very different.

4. In fact, hearing aids can only help you hear the sound clearly, no matter how high-end hearing aids can not achieve the original effect of the ear, you must have appropriate expectations for hearing aids, and adhere to hearing aid adaptability training. Then it slowly adapts to the hearing aid like dentures to achieve the desired effect.

Three. Elderly hearing aid purchase and adaptation plan

Hearing aids are available

The selection of hearing aids must be completed in a professional hearing rehabilitation institution, and a professional hearing practitioner provides one-stop service.

Hearing aid adaptation plan

Many elderly people think that it is okay to wear hearing aids after purchasing. In fact, the selection of hearing aids is only the beginning of hearing rehabilitation, each of us from birth to the beginning of learning to listen to sounds, recognize the voices of relatives, learn to listen to sounds useful to themselves in a noisy environment, these abilities are acquired. Once one day hearing begins to decline, these abilities are also declining, so it takes us a few weeks to adapt to hearing aids, wearing hearing aids every day from short to long, wearing environment from quiet to noisy, communication from simple to complex. Generally, if the hearing aid is available, it will be reviewed at the hearing center after one month. Adjust for listening issues you find within a month.

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2023-01-30
5 ways to make conversation easier for users wearing hearing aids

5 ways to make conversation easier for users wearing hearing aids

Many people mistakenly believe that wearing hearing aids can achieve normal hearing and immediate results, in fact, wearing hearing aids is only the beginning of the hearing rehabilitation process. Hearing aid wearers need to get used to new sounds and changes in timbre to re-establish self-confidence when communicating. Friends and family should gradually help them overcome difficulties in order to give them great help, 5 ways to help hearing aid users talk easily:

5 Ways to Talk Easily with Hearing Impaired

1. Keep the user focused before conveying the message and avoid talking to multiple people at the same time. We can pat the user before talking to him to help him focus on us, or ask the user to stop what they are doing to focus. For users with poor speech resolution, it is more recommended to understand one-on-one, avoid multiple conversations, and avoid distracting users.

2. Communicate face-to-face when speaking, using gestures, facial expressions, lip language to help users understand. Even when people with normal hearing communicate with others, face-to-face communication, supplemented by facial expressions and lip speech, can achieve the best results. This is even more important as a person with hearing impairment.

3. The speaker should speak clearly, talk at a normal communication distance and normal volume, and slow down the speed of speech. Often in life we have a misunderstanding, think that can not hear clearly the sound can be increased, does have a certain effect, but its effect is not as good as the normal volume to slow down the speed of speech, so in daily life we as family and friends to help our hearing impaired people with more patience, take the initiative to slow down the speed of speech.

4. Reduce background noise and try to keep users away from noise sources. For example, turn the sound off the TV or radio, or close the door to reduce noise.

5. When talking, if you find that the wearer is tired, do not force or prolong the conversation. Especially the elderly, due to age, are weaker and not suitable for long-term focused conversation.

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2022-12-30
Will hearing aids fall out of my ears easily?

Will hearing aids fall out of my ears easily?

When buying hearing aids, many people will worry about such a problem: "If the hearing aid is so small, will it be easy to fall out of the ear?" After all, hearing aids are not cheap. It's very bad if they fall out and are damaged or even lost.

Under normal circumstances, hearing aids are not easy to fall out after wearing in place. Air conduction hearing aids are generally divided into two types: customized intra ear hearing aids and ear back hearing aids. The shell of customized intra ear hearing aids is made after taking the model according to the specific situation of the user's ear canal. The adult ear canal is S-shaped, and the customized opportunity just fits the user's ear canal and is clamped at the bend, which has strong stability. The same stability is found in affordable in-the-ear OTC hearing aids, such as instant fit CIC hearing aids, which will not fall off without external force when the hearing aid is properly fitted.

The whole family is very happy after wearing hearing aids

If you really feel that the hearing aid is not securely worn, you can go to the fitting center in time to check whether you need to take a new hearing aid mold to make a shell. There will also be some elderly people who are not able to move easily and are more worried about falling and losing. At this time, make a circular stay wire on the customized machine and fasten the anti loss rope, so there will be no problem of falling.

The same is true for earback hearing aids. As long as they are properly worn and have good wearing habits, they are not easy to fall without external force. If you can use some small parts, such as anti loss lanyards or customized ear molds, you don't have to worry about these problems.

AUSTAR is the best manufacturer of hearing aids in China, providing high-quality hearing aids for the deaf elderly and dealers. If you are interested in hearing aids, you can ask us for a brochure.

2022-11-17
Why is hearing aid fitting important?

Why is hearing aid fitting important?

Many hearing impaired patients lack the understanding of hearing and hearing aids. It is important to go to the hearing clinic for a hearing test before wearing a hearing aid because we do not know the fitting range of hearing aid and the tips for wearing hearing aids etc.

Hearing aid fitting is important

Why is hearing aid fitting important?

The first is because each hearing-impaired patient is unique. Taking the elderly as an example, different types of deafness have different degrees of hearing loss, whether there is tinnitus, whether they are afraid of loud noises, how well they can distinguish their hearing ability, etc., which lead to different hearing conditions, and different hearing conditions require different hearing aids.

Secondly, hearing aids are national second-class medical devices, and they need to be accurately fitted by professionals in a professional fitting institution or hearing aid chain institution before they can be worn with confidence. When fitting hearing aids, a fitter can help you: check, test hearing function, and obtain accurate hearing test data (such as audiograms, etc.).

According to your hearing loss and your wearing experience, you can accurately adjust the hearing aids, formulate hearing rehabilitation programs, and finally provide long-term professional after-sales maintenance services for your hearing aids. Therefore, when the elderly, children and other hearing-impaired people choose hearing aids, it is better to know that "tailor-made" is better. AUSTAR hearing aid manufacturer has a complete range of hearing aid products for the hearing-impaired to choose from. For example, the hearing aid products favored by the hearing-impaired include rechargeable Bluetooth hearing aids and OTC hearing aids. Reliable quality and competitive price are suitable for different needs.

2022-10-27
Best affordable hearing aids on the market

Best affordable hearing aids on the market

This is the latest hearing aid produced by the AUSTAR hearing aid manufacturer, which is fully functional and affordable. Arguably the most affordable hearing aids on the market as seen on TV. Compared with other hearing aid brands on the market, the price of hearing aids is the most economical, and the functions can basically meet the daily use.

Bluetooth Hearing Aids

Bluetooth Hearing Aids

For the elderly with inconvenient hands and feet, it is very troublesome to adjust the volume of the sound directly on the hearing aid, and it is necessary to remove the hearing aid from the ear several times to achieve the desired effect. The Bluetooth function solves this problem. Users can connect the hearing aids through the debugged mobile app and debug directly in the app, which is fast and convenient.

Hearing aids with direct TV connection

Hearing aids with direct TV connection

The appearance of TV companions is deeply loved by the people who follow TV series. Wearing hearing aids to watch TV not only facilitates life, but also reduces the time it takes for the sound to reach the inner ear and the distortion of the sound.

Noise reduction function

Noise reduction hearing aids

For the hearing-impaired people, they are eager to hear more sounds, but when they actually hear all the sounds, they feel too noisy and can't stand it. They want to hear meaningful sounds and block out meaningless noises. At this time, the noise reduction function of the hearing aid can be turned on, so that the hearing aid can automatically reduce the ambient noise while working, so that the user can wear it comfortably.

Rechargeable hearing aids

Rechargeable hearing aids

Although hearing aids with batteries are more convenient and more stable. However, many users are more willing to choose rechargeable hearing aids considering the price of batteries and environmental issues. Rechargeable RIC hearing aids are the most popular hot product in 2022.

Automatic switching environment function

Best affordable hearing aids on the market

For some people with complex working environments, they need to go in and out of different occasions, and they need to switch between different scenes at any time. It would be more troublesome to switch directly manually. In order to meet the needs of such people, the hearing aid has an automatic switching environment function, which will recognize different scenes and switch freely, which is convenient and fast.

This affordable hearing aid is a favorite among hearing-impaired users due to its many features. Looking for the best affordable hearing aids on the market, the best hearing aid brands for seniors, AUSTAR is the ideal choice.

2022-07-08
Hearing Aid Fitter: 3 benefits of wearing hearing aids in both ears

Hearing Aid Fitter: 3 benefits of wearing hearing aids in both ears

The hearing-impaired elderly will struggle with a question when they wear a hearing aid for the first time: wear hearing aids in one or both ears? After the experience, I feel that wearing a hearing aid in both ears is better than wearing a single ear, but I am not willing to pay twice as much. Hearing aid fitters recommend hearing aids in both ears!

Better to wear hearing aids in both ears

Hearing Aid Fitter better to wear hearing aids in both ears

1. Sound source localization

If you have hearing loss in both ears, and you only wear one ear, you will not be able to determine where the sound comes from when you listen to the sound in daily life. No matter where the sound is, it will feel that it comes from the ear that wears the hearing aid. However, wearing hearing aids in both ears can avoid this situation and improve the ability of sound source localization.

2. More clearly

When wearing hearing aids in both ears, the brain will integrate and process the information collected by both ears, which can analyze the sound signal more efficiently and comprehensively. At the same time, our brain has the function of automatic noise reduction, but the premise of this function is to achieve dual Ear hearing balance. Wearing a hearing aid in one ear means hearing imbalance, and the noise reduction function of the brain cannot be fully reflected. This is very unfriendly to users who wear hearing aids in one ear, but in the case of wearing both ears, the noise reduction function of the brain can be reflected. This facilitates better speech intelligibility.

3. Prevention of hearing deprivation

What is hearing deprivation? Auditory deprivation is simply understood as the asymmetrical reception of input information by both ears for a long time, which will lead to the degradation of the auditory pathway of the poor ear, and the speech recognition rate will decrease progressively over time. Once hearing deprivation occurs, it is difficult to restore the language discrimination rate to the previous level even if hearing aids are worn in the future. Therefore, when hearing loss occurs in both ears, both ears should be worn to prevent the occurrence of hearing deprivation.

Hearing aid cost budget

Hearing aids work better with both ears. If buying a pair of hearing aids is out of your budget, you can buy a cheap hearing aid instead of buying 1 hearing aid.

Which users only need hearing aids in one ear

1. Hearing-impaired users with only unilateral deafness, the poor ear has become so serious that the meaning of hearing compensation is lost.

2. When the effect of wearing a single ear is significantly better than that of wearing both ears in the hearing aid audition, you can choose to wear a hearing aid in one ear.

3. For other reasons, users can only wear hearing aids in one ear.

About AUSTAR Hearing Aids

best hearing aid manufacturer in China

AUSTAR is the hearing aid manufacturer and wholesale supplier in China with 19+ years of experience, dedicated to providing affordable hearing aids and best hearing aid solutions to dealers and hearing impaired. Specializing in the production of the best hearing aids for the hearing-impaired elderly.We provide hearing aid OEM service.

Hearing aid advantages:

Rich product structure

AUSTAR hearing devices cover traditional hearing centers and hospital fitting hearing aids, as well as online retail OTC hearing aids, with traditional batteries and convenient rechargeable CIC hearing aids to choose from. Common types of hearing aids are: BTE, RIC, CIC, ITC, ITE and BTE open-fit.

Convenient operation

AUSTAR hearing aid products focus on humanized design, sound control, program switching, ergonomic design, to avoid misoperation, and the operation method is suitable for all ages.

Famous brand

The AUSTAR hearing aid brand was founded in 2003, with 19+ years of professional experience in the production and sales of hearing aids, in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the brand is well-known at home and abroad.

Contact us now to start your hearing aid business.

2022-06-10
How to choose the most affordable hearing aids for you?

How to choose the most affordable hearing aids for you?

How to choose an affordable hearing aid according to your hearing situation? This is undoubtedly a headache. The price of hearing aids varies greatly, ranging from tens to thousands of dollars. So how do users choose hearing aids?

Hearing aid power

When choosing a hearing aid, the power should be reserved for a certain range.

For single ear fitting, when choosing hearing aids, try to reserve 10~20dB more on the basis of your own hearing loss. Don't choose just the right and cheap hearing aids just because the high-power hearing aids are expensive. In that case, if hearing loss occurs in another year or two, the original hearing aids are not powerful enough, and you will have to spend more money to buy them again.

During binaural fitting, the fitting range can be slightly higher than the hearing loss, such as 5~10dB, because if you choose just the right power, the hearing aid may not be broken in a few years, but the power is not enough, so you can't hear clearly , need to repurchase hearing aids. If the power compensation is too much, the noise of the hearing device will increase, and the user will always feel that there is noise.

wear affordable hearing aids at work

Hearing aid channel and hearing environment

Selection of suitable listening environment. If the user's occupation is to work in a variety of environments, then try to spend a little more money to buy a hearing aid that can switch multiple program functions, so that the work efficiency is higher and you are more comfortable. Otherwise, the usual work will be affected due to insufficient hearing aid channel programs.

There are as many hearing aid channels as possible. Users should pay a slightly higher price to buy hearing aids with more channels, so that there is no problem of fine fitting due to fewer channels in the later stage. I have encountered such a problem, the same hearing loss, but the former has many channels, which can solve all the loud and small sounds, howling, and noise, and the user can hear it clearly, very satisfied, and well received. The latter, because there are too few hearing aid channels, it is impossible to carry out more precise fitting, resulting in inaudible, and re-purchase again.

The appearance of hearing aids

If the user is more concerned about the appearance, then they should choose a ITE hearing aid with a smaller appearance, and do not choose a behind-the-ear machine or a half-ear cavity because of the price. Otherwise, in the later stage, the hearing aids will be considered too big, and they will be embarrassed to wear them. In this case, the hearing will be degraded, and the hearing aids will have to be repurchased at double the price.

types of hearing aids

Children should try to choose a behind-the-ear hearing aids. Because the external auditory canal of children has not yet fully developed, if you choose to customize the in-ear CIC hearing aids or invisible IIC hearing aids, you need to replace the shell frequently, which will cost a lot of money for a long time.

When there are diseases such as suppurative otitis media or external auditory canal eczema, you should choose the back-of-the-ear machine. Because the ear often oozes pus and water, it will damage the hearing aid, which will greatly reduce the life of the hearing aid, so the frequency of hearing aid replacement is higher, and the behind-the-ear machine only needs to clean the earplugs or replace the earplugs frequently. The price of earplugs will be much lower than the price of hearing aids.

Your needs: What hearing problems do you most want to solve?

There are many brands and grades of hearing aids to choose from. After comparison, it depends on what your needs are. If it is only used for convenient communication with family members, without the need for family members to always shout, then you can choose a slightly mid-range price function. If you have frequent meetings, or traffic police, etc., you must choose a hearing aid with more programs and a slightly higher-end hearing aid. If you are an elderly person and don't want to have to worry about changing batteries, you can choose rechargeable hearing aids, which are small, compact, practical and well-received, such as behind-the-ear rechargeable BTE hearing aids.

multi channel rechargeable bte hearing aids

All in all, when choosing a hearing aid, you should consider the cost-effectiveness, and choose the most affordable hearing aid that suits you. The cheapest and most expensive are not necessarily right. AUSTAR provides you with one-stop hearing solutions, you can contact us if you need it.

About AUSTAR Hearing Aids

AUSTAR is a leading hearing aid manufacturer and wholesale supplier in China with 19+ years of experience, dedicated to providing affordable hearing aids and best hearing aid solutions to dealers and hearing impaired. Specializing in the production of the best digital hearing aids, as seen on tv hearing aids.

Hearing aid advantages:

Rich product structure

AUSTAR hearing devices cover traditional hearing centers and hospital fitting hearing aids, as well as online retail OTC hearing aids, with traditional batteries and convenient rechargeable CIC hearing aids to choose from. Common types of hearing aids are: BTE, RIC, CIC, ITC, ITE and BTE open-fit.

Convenient operation

AUSTAR hearing aid products focus on humanized design, sound control, program switching, ergonomic design, to avoid misoperation, and the operation method is suitable for all ages.

Famous brand

The AUSTAR hearing aid brand was founded in 2003, with 19+ years of professional experience in the production and sales of hearing aids, in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the brand is well-known at home and abroad.

Contact us now to start your hearing aid business.

2022-05-31
Tips and tricks for getting used to hearing aids in 90 days

Tips and tricks for getting used to hearing aids in 90 days

If the hearing aid is not programmed and debugged for the first time, it will directly affect the user's experience of hearing aid. When users wear hearing aids for the first time, they will go through the initial programming and debugging by the hearing fitting division. It will take 3 months to properly implement your hearing rehabilitation plan. Hearing impaired users should go to the hearing fitting center to debug your hearing aids again in these 3 months to make you hear more clearly. That is, the wearing effect of hearing aids will be better, the speech discrimination ability will be better, and the performance of hearing aids will be better.

Couple wearing hearing aids watching TV

Analysis of the unsuitable situation of wearing a hearing aid for the first time:

  • 1 The user thinks it is okay.
  • 2 Users feel that the effect is not good, and they will feel that wearing hearing aids is useless, so they simply put them aside.
  • 3 Due to limited mobility or lack of children to accompany or excessive impatience, it will be put on hold for a long time.

Initial commissioning of hearing aids

After the initial commissioning, I feel that I am not satisfied with many places. I can go to the fitting center for commissioning again. How can users conduct some simple debugging?

Hearing impairment, like other human tissue diseases, needs a period of adaptation and gradual rehabilitation exercise in the process of treatment and rehabilitation, that is, we can't be too anxious and let it go.

Second commissioning of hearing aids

Generally, after the initial commissioning of hearing aids, the fitting technician will suggest that users can go to the fitting center for the second commissioning in half a month to one month. The user can tell the matching engineer the actual feelings and problems recorded during the normal wearing process, and the matching engineer will analyze and give corresponding debugging again according to the situation and problems reflected by the user. After debugging, users can experience in the center for about 10 minutes to half an hour to solve possible new problems in time. This avoids the user's round-trip toss.

Debugging hearing aids for the third time

If the user feels that there are problems in some aspects after continuing to wear it for one month, he can go to the fitting center again for the help of the fitting technician. The fitting technician will conduct the third debugging after analysis according to the user's feeling and the function of the hearing aid. At this time, many excellent functions of hearing aids will be reflected, and users will be more satisfied with the listening experience. Some users may have severe hearing loss or poor speech resolution, and there will be more debugging times in three months.

Epilogue

Such a confidence and concept should be established by the matchmaker, users and family members. Generally, after these three debugging, most users will get an ideal effect. However, some users can go to the fitting center for debugging again in about half a year. Even without debugging, users can go to the fitting center for regular cleaning and maintenance. This is very important for the wearing effect of users' hearing aids and the service life of hearing aids. Sometimes some users think that the hearing aid is broken when it is silent. In fact, it is just that the sound hole is blocked or the battery is dead.

During use, the user can also use the program key or volume knob on the hearing aid to adapt to different listening environments and adjust the volume. Even some medium and high-end computers can adjust the volume or deal with common listening problems through mobile app.

About AUSTAR Hearing Aids

AUSTAR is a professional hearing aid manufacturer and supplier in China, as well as an OEM hearing aid manufacturer. Specializing in the production of affordable digital OTC and programmable hearing aids, and use our own fitting system software for programming hearing aids to ensure superior quality of hearing aid and make price competitive in this industry.

Hearing aid advantages:

Rich product structure

AUSTAR hearing devices cover traditional hearing centers and hospital fitting hearing aids, as well as online retail OTC hearing aids, with traditional batteries and convenient rechargeable CIC hearing aids to choose from. Common types of hearing aids are: BTE, RIC, CIC, ITC, ITE and BTE open-fit.

Convenient operation

AUSTAR hearing aid products focus on humanized design, sound control, program switching, ergonomic design, to avoid misoperation, and the operation method is suitable for all ages.

Famous brand

The AUSTAR hearing aid brand was founded in 2003, with 19+ years of professional experience in the production and sales of hearing aids, in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the brand is well-known at home and abroad.

Contact us now to start your hearing aid business.

2022-03-25
Advantages of fully digital programmable hearing aids

Advantages of fully digital programmable hearing aids

Compared with analog hearing aids, the advantages of programmable digital hearing aids are obvious. Programmable digital hearing aids are the future development direction of hearing aids, especially rechargeable programmable hearing aids.

Programmable digital hearing aids are a new generation of hearing aids that combine digital and analog electronics. The programmable digital hearing aid is equipped with one or more digital chips, which are similar to the CPU of a computer, and can determine the working characteristics of the analog amplifier circuit after different analysis and processing of the external sound input signal.

Digital rechargeable ric hearing aid

Advantages of programmable digital hearing aids

1. Multi-band processing

The digital chip can divide the frequency range of the hearing aid into multiple frequency bands and determine its gain, compression threshold and compression ratio respectively, which ensures that the compensation for each frequency band is more targeted.

2. More fine adjustment

The digital chip can control dozens of hearing aid parameters, and a programmable digital hearing aid can be adapted to multiple patients with different degrees and types of hearing curves.

3. The compression ratio is adjustable

Compared with the traditional compression and amplification technology, due to the adjustable compression ratio, it can be suitable for the actual situation of more users' hearing.

4. Multiple program settings

The acoustic environment where the user is located is changing, and the performance requirements of the digital hearing aid are different when the deaf people are exposed to different acoustic environments. Traditional analog hearing aids only have a set of frequency response curves, which cannot quickly adapt to changes in the environment. The programmable digital hearing aid can store more than two sets of different frequency response curves at the same time, so it can achieve the purpose of adapting to changes in the acoustic environment.

5. Remote control device

Due to the existence of the digital chip, the programmable digital hearing aid can be equipped with a remote control device, which can more conveniently complete the program conversion or control the hearing aid switch, volume increase and decrease, etc., which is convenient for celebrities who are not flexible enough to move their fingers.

All-digital hearing aids use digital technology to perform segmentation processing, wide dynamic range compression, multi-channel programming, noise reduction, etc. on the sound signal, which is conducive to strengthening the signal, controlling feedback and improving the sound quality, effectively improving the signal-to-noise ratio and speech resolution. Hearing aids have the characteristics of intelligence, which can meet the different hearing needs of users to the greatest extent.

Under the condition of low-pitched speech, analog hearing aids can only amplify a fixed volume, while all-digital hearing aids can instantly increase the gain to ensure sufficient amplified volume.

Under loud input conditions, when analog hearing aids start peak clipping and gain control, the distortion also increases, resulting in a reduction in speech resolution; all-digital hearing aids can control the external sound within a narrow dynamic range, with less distortion, which can reduce the distortion. Enhance the ability to perceive and discern speech signals.

In a noisy environment, all-digital hearing aids can automatically close the frequency band with obvious noise and improve the signal-to-noise ratio, thereby improving the understanding of speech, especially the improvement of speech resolution.

The all-digital hearing aid can divide the frequency range of the hearing aid into multiple frequency bands, and set its gain, compression threshold and compression ratio respectively. There are dozens of adjustable parameters, and the hearing compensation is more targeted and refined.

About AUSTAR Hearing Aids

AUSTAR is a professional hearing aid manufacturer and supplier in China, as well as an OEM hearing aid manufacturer. Specializing in the production of affordable digital OTC and programmable hearing aids, and use our own fitting system software for programming hearing aids to ensure superior quality of hearing aid and make price competitive in this industry.

Hearing aid advantages:

Rich product structure

AUSTAR hearing devices cover traditional hearing centers and hospital fitting hearing aids, as well as online retail OTC hearing aids, with traditional batteries and convenient rechargeable CIC hearing aids to choose from. Common types of hearing aids are: BTE, RIC, CIC, ITC, ITE and BTE open-fit.

Convenient operation

AUSTAR hearing aid products focus on humanized design, sound control, program switching, ergonomic design, to avoid misoperation, and the operation method is suitable for all ages.

Famous brand

The AUSTAR hearing aid brand was founded in 2003, with 19+ years of professional experience in the production and sales of hearing aids, in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the brand is well-known at home and abroad.

Contact us now to start your hearing aid business.

2022-03-11
How to make hearing-impaired children stop being "deaf"

How to make hearing-impaired children stop being "deaf"

With the development of medical technology, especially the development of hearing and speech rehabilitation technology, hearing-impaired children no longer have the only choice to become "deaf mute". At the same time, the full implementation of the "three early" principle makes it possible for hearing-impaired children to integrate into society like normal people. So what is the so-called "three mornings"? Why do we insist on "three mornings"?

Three Early: Early diagnosis, Early intervention and Early recovery.

Signs of hearing problems in toddlers

Early diagnosis: every newborn in China should receive hearing screening after birth. The main examination methods are Otoacoustic Emission (OAE) and automatic auditory brainstem response (AABR). The screening results are displayed as "pass" and "fail". If the newborn fails the initial screening, it should be re screened within 42 days after birth. If the re screening also fails, it should receive audiological and medical evaluation at the age of 3 months to determine whether there is congenital or permanent hearing loss within 6 months, which is what we call "the next diagnosis". The examination methods used in the diagnosis process are more and more complex, and the diagnosis results are often very comprehensive. However, some parents do not pay attention to hearing screening. When they fail to pass the preliminary screening, they feel that the newborn infants are just not well developed, do not take the hearing screening results seriously, do not re screen in time, or do not carry out audiological evaluation in the follow-up, and "do not know" about the hearing impairment of infants, which is "laissez faire", That will inevitably affect the follow-up learning and development of infants and young children.

Early Intervention for Children with Hearing Impairment

Early intervention strategies for children with hearing impairment

Early intervention: according to the medical diagnosis proposed by the doctor, that is, the cause, location and degree of hearing loss, formulate the corresponding intervention plan to help each hearing-impaired child return to the sound world. There are many kinds of listening intervention methods. There is no best method, only the most suitable method. The most common intervention methods are the following two: fitting hearing aids and cochlear implantation.

How can I help a child with hearing impairment?

Early rehabilitation: after hearing aid selection and cochlear implant hearing correction, children need hearing function training and speech language rehabilitation training. Doctors, audiologists, speech language therapists, special educators and psychologists are required. It is very important to establish a long-term relationship with children to support children's hearing and language development, so that deaf children can hear sounds and understand speech. In the process of rehabilitation, parents are easy to fall into misunderstanding. Some parents are not aware of the importance of rehabilitation and mistakenly think that as long as hearing correction is carried out, they can naturally learn to speak, just like normal children. This is an unreasonable idea, because the voice heard by children after hearing intervention is different from that heard by normal people, and they can not reach the language development level of normal children through autonomous learning. In addition, some parents also mistakenly believe that trusting children in the rehabilitation class in the form of total care can be the same as normal children, which is also unreasonable, because parents play an extremely important role in the long rehabilitation process of children.

About AUSTAR Hearing Aids

AUSTAR is a professional hearing aid manufacturer and supplier in China, as well as an OEM hearing aid manufacturer. Specializing in the production of affordable digital OTC and programmable hearing aids, and use our own fitting system software for programming hearing aids to ensure superior quality of hearing aid and make price competitive in this industry.

Hearing aid advantages:

Rich product structure

AUSTAR hearing devices cover traditional hearing centers and hospital fitting hearing aids, as well as online retail OTC hearing aids, with traditional batteries and convenient rechargeable CIC hearing aids to choose from. Common types of hearing aids are: BTE, RIC, CIC, ITC, ITE and BTE open-fit.

Convenient operation

AUSTAR hearing aid products focus on humanized design, sound control, program switching, ergonomic design, to avoid misoperation, and the operation method is suitable for all ages.

Famous brand

The AUSTAR hearing aid brand was founded in 2003, with 19+ years of professional experience in the production and sales of hearing aids, in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the brand is well-known at home and abroad.

Contact us now to start your hearing aid business.

2022-03-04
Faults and solutions caused by custom in-ear hearing aid shells

Faults and solutions caused by custom in-ear hearing aid shells

Customized hearing aids are customized according to the contour of the external auditory canal of hearing-impaired patients, which inevitably leads to the problem of adaptation between the shell and the external auditory canal. The common shell size is too small or too large, which will cause various discomfort of hearing-impaired patients.

Custom in-the-ear hearing aid shell size is too small

The shell size of in ear hearing aids is too small, especially complete ear canal hearing aids and ear canal hearing aids. Because the shell size is too small, if it is worn too loosely, it will sometimes slide out of the external auditory canal. Especially when the hearing-impaired person's oral movement, such as talking and yawning, the external auditory canal will creep, which will lead to the outward movement of the hearing aid. At the same time, the hearing aid is also easy to produce acoustic feedback.

earmold for hearing aid

The solutions to this problem are as follows:

  • When the external auditory canal of the original ear impression is long enough, lengthen the length of the external auditory canal of the shell, increase the thickness of the second bend, and improve the coincidence between the shell and the external auditory canal.
  • When the original ear print ear canal part is not long enough, let the hearing-impaired patient open his mouth, take the ear print again, and remake the shell to ensure that the external ear canal part exceeds the second bend.
  • If the external auditory canal of hearing impaired patients is short and straight, and the shell repair and rework cannot be solved, the shell can be supported by ear tail lock, or the type of hearing aid worn more firmly can be changed, such as changing the complete ear canal type to ear canal type and ear canal type to ear nail cavity type.

Custom in-the-ear hearing aid shell size is too large

The shell size of the in ear hearing aid is too large, especially for the hearing impaired patients with heavy hearing loss. In order to prevent acoustic feedback, the shell is often made larger. At this time, the tighter the contact between the shell and the external auditory canal or the ear nail cavity, the greater the pressure exerted by the shell, resulting in discomfort. In addition, the external auditory canal will be longer. At this time, the sound pipe or prominent anti earwax device is easy to touch the wall of the external auditory canal and cause discomfort. These will make users refuse to wear hearing aids due to stuffy blockage, pain and difficulty in taking and wearing.

3d earmold impression for in ear hearing aid

The solutions to this problem are as follows:

  • Polish the part with high local pressure without causing acoustic feedback, or shorten the part of external auditory canal.
  • If the sound tube touches the wall of the external auditory canal, adjust the angle of the sound tube to make the direction of the sound hole consistent with the direction of the external auditory canal.
  • If the protruding anti earwax device is against the ear canal wall, replace the appropriate anti earwax device.
  • Take back the ear impression and remake the shell, but avoid too small to cause acoustic feedback.

Hearing aid earmold replacement

hearing aid earmold impression

If the shell of the in-ear hearing aid is too small or too large to cause discomfort, you need to replace the shell, which means that you need to remake the ear mold to make it more comfortable to wear and improve your hearing.

About AUSTAR Hearing Aids

AUSTAR is a professional hearing aid manufacturer and supplier in China, as well as an OEM hearing aid manufacturer. Specializing in the production of affordable digital OTC and programmable hearing aids, and use our own fitting system software for programming hearing aids to ensure superior quality of hearing aid and make price competitive in this industry.

Hearing aid advantages:

Rich product structure

AUSTAR hearing devices cover traditional hearing centers and hospital fitting hearing aids, as well as online retail OTC hearing aids, with traditional batteries and convenient rechargeable BTE hearing aids to choose from. Common types of hearing aids are: BTE, RIC, CIC, ITC, ITE and BTE open-fit.

Convenient operation

AUSTAR hearing aid products focus on humanized design, sound control, program switching, ergonomic design, to avoid misoperation, and the operation method is suitable for all ages.

Famous brand

The AUSTAR hearing aid brand was founded in 2003, with 19+ years of professional experience in the production and sales of hearing aids, in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the brand is well-known at home and abroad.

Contact us now to start your hearing aid business.

2022-02-18
Can oily cerumen ears wear hearing aids?

Can oily cerumen ears wear hearing aids?

Most of our ear canal secretions are dry scaly, slightly yellowish scabs called dry cerumen. A few people's secretions are always oily or mushy viscous substances with dark brown color, which are called oily cerumen.

Oily cerumen, can use hearing aid?

If the oily cerumen needs to be equipped with a hearing aid, there is no problem with the BTE type. For the ear canal type, pay attention to the sound hole to prevent cerumen blockage. Moreover, the hearing center will install cerumen baffle on the ear canal hearing aid. As long as you pay attention to cleaning every day, the oily cerumen can not affect the use effect of the hearing aid.

Oily cerumen do not affect the wearing effect of hearing aids, as long as the ear canal is cleaned. Everyone secretes cerumen differently. Some people need to clean it every day, and some people can clean it every two or three days. Our hearing aid listeners have a deep understanding of this.

Can oily cerumen ears wear hearing aids?

Pay attention when fitting hearing aids:

If a customized hearing aid or ric hearing aid is selected, it is necessary to select an oil-proof cerumen protective device to protect the receiver port of the hearing aid and prevent blockage. If an ordinary gateway is selected, cerumen network will be very easy to be blocked, affecting the use effect of hearing aids.

Timely clean the ear mold or cerumen protective device to prevent blocking the sound hole. If the elderly try to choose BTE hearing aids, the impact of oily cerumen on hearing aids can be avoided to the greatest extent. At the same time, it also reduces the difficulty of hearing aid maintenance. The elderly usually can't see whether the small receiver mouth of customized machine and ric machine is blocked, and can't see whether it is clean. The difficulty of cleaning will also increase the idle opportunity of hearing aid for the elderly, but can't achieve the purpose of good compensation.

Timely remove the moisture from the hearing aid, use the drying box to remove the moisture every day, and use the electronic dryer to remove the moisture 1-2 times a week.

Remark of Oily cerumen

For "Oily cerumen", that is, those who generate wet cerumen faster, it is generally best to clear the earwax once every two or three months. In places with more dust, the time should be shorter, which can be flexibly mastered according to the specific situation. It's best to use a cotton swab to gently rotate at the mouth of the external auditory canal, and then turn the ear downward to let the cerumen discharge by itself. Avoid digging the ear with sharp objects such as nails and iron swabs.

People with wet cerumen may form cerumen embolism and affect hearing if they do not clean the external auditory canal for a long time. At this time, it is best to go to the hospital and ask a specialist to take it out with special instruments. After taking it out, you must adhere to using ear drops for 2 ~ 3 days to prevent infection.

Don't take out earwax randomly every day. Generally, earwax will fall off by itself. There is no need to worry that the ears will be blocked. Because earwax will be vibrated in people's daily jaw movements such as chewing and mouth opening, and will fall off and be discharged from the body by itself.

Even if there is water in the ears caused by shampoo, bathing and swimming, there is no need to use cotton swabs to clean them. If there is a lot of water, just jump on one foot to gently vibrate the water in your ears; If the ear is only slightly wet, let it dry naturally without treatment.

Rechargeable BTE hearing aid

About AUSTAR Hearing Aids

AUSTAR is a professional hearing aid manufacturer and supplier in China, as well as an OEM hearing aid manufacturer. Specializing in the production of affordable digital OTC and programmable hearing aids, and use our own fitting system software for programming hearing aids to ensure superior quality of hearing aid and make price competitive in this industry.

Hearing aid advantages:

Rich product structure

AUSTAR hearing devices cover traditional hearing centers and hospital fitting hearing aids, as well as online retail OTC hearing aids, with traditional batteries and convenient rechargeable styles to choose from. Common types of hearing aids are: BTE, RIC, CIC, ITC, ITE and BTE open-fit.

Convenient operation

AUSTAR hearing aid products focus on humanized design, sound control, program switching, ergonomic design, to avoid misoperation, and the operation method is suitable for all ages.

Famous brand

The AUSTAR hearing aid brand was founded in 2003, with 18+ years of professional experience in the production and sales of hearing aids, in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the brand is well-known at home and abroad.

Contact us now to start your hearing aid business.

2021-12-17
How to stay away from ‘Entertainment induced deafness’?

How to stay away from ‘Entertainment induced deafness’?

In the crowded subway, busy streets and bustling shopping malls, young people with earphones can be seen everywhere. They are immersed in their "Entertainment World" and listen to songs, watch videos and play games wantonly. Unexpectedly, this small earphone is damaging their hearing health. Noise induced deafness is no longer an "occupational disease" belonging to workshop workers alone.

How to stay away from ‘Entertainment induced deafness’?

How does noise harm our ears?

Noise induced deafness, as the name suggests, occurs slowly progressive hearing impairment due to the long-term impact of noise on hearing. Most of them are sensorineural deafness. If the noise exceeds 85 ~ 90dB, it will damage the cochlea and lead to noise deafness.

Some young people still wear headphones to listen to music in a noisy environment. In such an environment, they will unconsciously improve their voice; Some people like to listen to rock music and pursue excitement; Some people like to wear headphones and listen to music when they sleep. If the earphone is used for a long time, the external auditory canal is blocked by the earphone, and the high-volume audio sound pressure will directly enter the ear, which may lead to noise deafness due to excessive sound stimulation.

Wearing headphones, too much sound can easily cause deafness

There are about 18000 auditory cells in human inner ear. They are ciliated cells with a diameter of 0.001mm. They are particularly vulnerable to noise and cannot regenerate after damage. The main damage of noise to hearing is that under the stimulation of sound at the same frequency for a long time, cochlear blood vessels are prone to blood circulation disorders. Hair cells will have abnormal metabolism due to insufficient blood and oxygen supply, and eventually lead to the damage and loss of hair cells. Severe cases are not only hearing loss, but also may be accompanied by tinnitus, dizziness, insomnia and so on.

How to protect hearing?

"Three Ways": try to reduce the use of headphones in noisy environments, try to choose to play out when watching videos, and try not to wear headphones on the way out and before falling asleep.

"Low short": control the earphone volume at 50% or lower of the maximum sound volume. The earphone should not be worn for more than 1 hour in a short time, and the number of times of wearing and using earphones should be reduced.

If you have noticed the imagination of deafness, please wear a hearing aid as soon as possible.

About AUSTAR Hearing Aids

AUSTAR is a professional hearing aid manufacturer and supplier in China, as well as an OEM hearing aid manufacturer. Specializing in the production of affordable digital OTC and programmable hearing aids, and use our own fitting system software for programming hearing aids to ensure superior quality of hearing aid and make price competitive in this industry.

Hearing aid advantages:

Rich product structure

AUSTAR hearing devices cover traditional hearing centers and hospital fitting hearing aids, as well as online retail OTC hearing aids, with traditional batteries and convenient rechargeable styles to choose from. Common types of hearing aids are: BTE, RIC, CIC, ITC, ITE and BTE open-fit.

Convenient operation

AUSTAR hearing aid products focus on humanized design, sound control, program switching, ergonomic design, to avoid misoperation, and the operation method is suitable for all ages.

Famous brand

The AUSTAR hearing aid brand was founded in 2003, with 18+ years of professional experience in the production and sales of hearing aids, in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the brand is well-known at home and abroad.

Contact us now to start your hearing aid business.

2021-11-26
Can I wear a hearing aid when I sleep?

Can I wear a hearing aid when I sleep?

Some hearing aid users may wonder whether they can wear hearing aids while sleeping? The main reason for this question is to wear a hearing aid as a tinnitus mask, or for safety reasons, hoping to maintain a certain perceptual response to the ambient sound during sleep. However, wearing a hearing aid while sleeping will have the following related issues:

Increased possibility of howling feedback:

Hearing aids are Open-fit ear, customized made or ear molds. When hearing aid’s ear domes are opened or not closed enough, if we cover our ears with our hands after wearing hearing aids, it is easy to create a whistling circuit (that is, annoying squeak). When we sleep with our head against the pillow, it is easy to lead to similar situations due to the proximity of the pillow or the pressure of turning over.

Increase the probability of part failure:

It is easy to press RIC receiver, which increases the risk of receiver line failure, fracture, poor contact and other risks. At the same time, it will also increase some expenses such as parts replacement and maintenance.

Unhealthy:

If you wear it for a long time and want to wear it when you sleep, the ear canal will be closed for a long time. However, the ear canal needs at least several hours of "ventilation" time in contact with the air every day. If the body is wet and not properly cleaned, it may also lead to repeated attacks of otitis media, otitis externa and infection, which is less conducive to the health of the ear canal.

Can hearing aids be worn while sleeping

Therefore, basically, if you want to wear a hearing aid while sleeping, you may have the above concerns. If you still want to wear a hearing aid while sleeping, you can make the following adjustments:

Invite Audiologist to establish a special program:

Use omnidirectional microphone and turn the feedback suppression function to the maximum.

Put a pillow against the wearing side of the hearing aid, use the acoustic feedback test function to understand the frequency that will be affected by the whistling, manually adjust the gain of the specific frequency band, and repeat this step until the whistling condition slows down.

If the user uses the optional open ear or customized-made hearing aids with vent, the howling may be serious or occur frequently. When sleeping, you can simply seal the air holes of the customized-made hearing aids with absorbent cotton or replace another pair of ear molds or earplugs without vent.

If you wear it for a long time, but you want to have a better hearing and detection response when you sleep, some experts will suggest that you can wear it in turn on your left and right ears when you sleep (such as right ears on odd days and left ears on even days), so that both ears can have a chance to rest.

In general, it is recommended to take off the hearing aid when going to bed at night to let the ears have a full rest. When taking a nap at noon, you can choose whether to wear the hearing aid according to the situation.

About AUSTAR Hearing Aids

AUSTAR is a professional hearing aid manufacturer and supplier in China, as well as an OEM hearing aid manufacturer. Specializing in the production of affordable digital OTC and programmable hearing aids, and use our own fitting system software for programming hearing aids to ensure superior quality of hearing aid and make price competitive in this industry.

open fit bte hearing aid

Hearing aid advantages:

Rich product structure

AUSTAR hearing devices cover traditional hearing centers and hospital fitting hearing aids, as well as online retail OTC hearing aids, with traditional batteries and convenient rechargeable styles to choose from. Common types of hearing aids are: BTE, RIC, CIC, ITC, ITE and BTE open-fit.

Convenient operation

AUSTAR hearing aid products focus on humanized design, sound control, program switching, ergonomic design, to avoid misoperation, and the operation method is suitable for all ages.

Famous brand

The AUSTAR hearing aid brand was founded in 2003, with 18+ years of professional experience in the production and sales of hearing aids, in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the brand is well-known at home and abroad.

Contact us now to start your hearing aid business.

2021-11-12
How to pass the adaptation period of hearing aids?

How to pass the adaptation period of hearing aids?

Wearing a hearing aid for the first time, hearing aid adjustment guide and period, how can a patient best adjust to a new hearing aid? For users who wear hearing aids for the first time, in order to ensure their listening effect, how to spend the adaptation period of hearing aids is particularly important.

First of all, users should establish confidence and reasonable expectations. Hearing aids are auxiliary hearing products. At the initial stage of wearing, that needs to be an adaptation process. The length of this process varies from person to person, ranging from a few days to more than half a year, generally more than 1 to 3 months. The principle of "wearing time from short to long, wearing environment from quiet to noisy, and listening to sound from simple to complex" should be followed. During this period, you need to wear it step by step until you adapt to the hearing aid.

Secondly, in the early stage of use, there are requirements for the wearing time, wearing environment and training methods of hearing aids. Generally, we adopt the four weeks rehabilitation plan. The following is “the four weeks” rehabilitation plan:

hearing aid adjustment guide and period

First Week

  • Recommended wearing time per day: 1-2 hours
  • Suggestions for wearing environments: quiet environment, at home
  • Suggestions for general exercise methods: be familiar with and distinguish various sounds, such as kitchen cooking sound, faucet running water sound, walking sound, etc; Read aloud and get used to your voice; If you feel tired, you need to take it off and have a rest immediately until you recover your spirit and it can continue to wear it; Practice one-on-one conversations with your family.

The second week

  • Recommended wearing time per day: 3-4 hours
  • Suggestions for wearing environments: relatively quiet (such as downstairs community / park with few people)
  • Suggestions for general exercise methods: you can take a hearing aid and go out to a quiet place, such as a park, to get familiar with and distinguish some outdoor sounds. Learn to concentrate on what you want to hear and separate what you want to hear from the background sound. Practice one-on-one dialogue with your family at home or in a quiet outdoor. If one-on-one communication is good, one-on-two communication can be appropriately added. One person can finish talking and another person can say it on the side wearing the hearing aid as far as possible. If both ears are worn, it can be right in front.

The third week

  • Recommended wearing time per day: 5-6 hours
  • Suggestions for wearing environment: noisy environment
  • Suggestions for general exercise methods: go to public restaurants such as restaurants or supermarkets, pay attention to the main dialogue, or try to talk to strangers. Learn to look at other people's faces and lips and be obedient, so as to improve the ability of visual and auditory communication. At this stage, we should communicate more with friends and relatives. However, we should not talk for a long time to avoid hearing fatigue.

The fourth week

  • Recommended wearing time per day: more than 6 hours
  • Wearing environment suggestion: daily environment
  • Suggestions on general exercise methods: you can wear it for a long time (except washing and rest) and go in and out of public places in various complex environments; Master the skills of communicating with others in a complex environment. For example, when talking with people in a crowded outdoor place or on the road, you can turn your back to the noise place or road, so that the wearer will turn his back to most noise sources, which can help suppress noise interference and further improve the clarity of listening; You can try watching TV, mainly slow programs.

The time limit of the four week rehabilitation plan is not very fixed. Users can adjust the duration appropriately according to their own conditions. If they adapt well, they can shorten the adaptation duration appropriately. If they are uncomfortable, they can extend the process appropriately. In each service cycle, record the problems and dissatisfaction in the use process, feed back to the fitting technician, and the fitting technician will recheck, debug and evaluate the hearing aid again.

hearing aids

About AUSTAR Hearing Aids

AUSTAR is a professional hearing aid manufacturer and supplier in China, as well as an OEM hearing aid manufacturer. Specializing in the production of affordable digital OTC and programmable hearing aids, and use our own fitting system software for programming hearing aids to ensure superior quality of hearing aid and make price competitive in this industry.

Hearing aid advantages:

Rich product structure

AUSTAR hearing devices cover traditional hearing centers and hospital fitting hearing aids, as well as online retail OTC hearing aids, with traditional batteries and convenient rechargeable styles to choose from. Common types of hearing aids are: BTE, RIC, CIC, ITC, ITE and BTE open-fit.

Convenient operation

AUSTAR hearing aid products focus on humanized design, sound control, program switching, ergonomic design, to avoid misoperation, and the operation method is suitable for all ages.

Famous brand

The AUSTAR hearing aid brand was founded in 2003, with 18+ years of professional experience in the production and sales of hearing aids, in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the brand is well-known at home and abroad.

Contact us now to start your hearing aid business.

2021-10-22
Will you protect your hearing aid correctly?

Will you protect your hearing aid correctly?

With the development of technology, more and more people recognize and understand hearing aids. At the same time, more and more people feel the improvement of life brought by hearing aids because of their own hearing needs. Well, the problem is that some people may have a hearing aid that can be used for ten years, and some people may have to enter the factory for maintenance from half a year to a year. What is the reason for this? Will you protect your hearing aid correctly?

Hearing aids that are not well protected are very dirty

1."I think my hearing aid works very well, so I don't want to have it serviced." This is the reason why many hearing aid users don't go to stores for maintenance after buying hearing aids. In fact, this will not only affect the use effect of our hearing aids, but also affect the service life of our hearing aids. Because most of the hearing aids we keep at home are dry, either ordinary hearing aid drying boxes (using dry cakes to absorb moisture) or electronic drying boxes (heating and maintenance once a week). However, the effect is not as good as that of hearing aid stores using a special hearing aid dryer (vacuum drying). At the same time, when we come to the store for maintenance, we can not only have the maintenance of hearing aids, but also have regular hearing review. We know our own hearing situation like the back of our hand, and timely reflect the listening effect during this period, which can enable the audiologists to better serve us. Why not do more with one stone?

It is important to check and protect your hearing aids regularly

2. "My hearing aid has a drying box every day. Why is there a problem?" This is also a question raised by an old person. Then, every time the audiologist asks the old person whether the dry cake has changed color or needs to be replaced with a new dry cake. The old people were surprised and said, "the original thing needs to be replaced?" It may be that the audiologist didn't speak clearly for the old man at the beginning, and the old man made a mistake in understanding; Maybe the audiologist said that the old man forgot. In this case, we can make an auxiliary judgment according to the weather at that time. The normal dry cake can be used for about four months. If it rains a lot at that time or is in the plum rain season, the moisture absorption of the dry cake may only be two months. When we go to the store for maintenance, we should pay more attention to our dry cake, or directly bring the drying box with us, Let the audiologist help us judge.

Protect your hearing aids in life or work

The above two situations are the most likely problems for hearing aids and the easiest problems for us to solve. If we really don't understand, we go to the store regularly, or sometimes when we pass by the store, we maintain the hearing aids, so we will have a better listening feeling!

About AUSTAR Hearing Aids

AUSTAR is a professional hearing aid manufacturer and supplier in China, as well as an OEM hearing aid manufacturer. Specializing in the production of digital OTC and programmable hearing aids, and use our own fitting system software for programming hearing aids to ensure superior quality of hearing aid and make price competitive in this industry.

Contact us now to start your hearing aid business.

2021-09-10
How much do you know about hearing loss?

How much do you know about hearing loss?

During daily life, have you ever encountered a situation where you cannot hear people clearly? Or is there a situation where a friend complains that your ears are not good? Or is there a communication barrier when you answer the phone?

Are you beginning to suspect that your hearing has fallen?

The normal hearing range of a person is in a quiet state, and the test value of the hearing tester is between 0 and 25 decibels. If it is higher than this decibel, it is considered hearing loss. So where are we going to test? Generally, hospitals can detect whether our hearing is normal, but outpatient services need to be registered in line and cost money. Nowadays, under the popularity of hearing aids, major brands of hearing aid stores can test your hearing and help you for free. Regular hearing examinations help to detect the first signs of hearing loss early.

How much do you know about hearing loss

The reason of hearing loss.

Hearing loss is what we call "deafness", which is a manifestation of auditory dysfunction. Clinically, hearing loss is divided into these three types: conductive hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss, and mixed hearing loss.

Symptoms of hearing loss

Conductive hearing loss refers to a disease that causes different degrees of hearing loss due to diseases of the external auditory canal and middle ear. It is common in children with otitis media, ear trauma or ear deformities. The cause of conductive deafness is relatively clear, and the diagnosis is not difficult. Generally, medication or surgery can be used. Hearing loss caused by diseases of the inner ear, auditory nerve, or auditory center is called sensorineural hearing loss. It is common in presbycusis, sudden, drug-induced deafness and so on. The cause is relatively difficult to diagnose. It usually requires more clinical examinations to determine the cause. Prevention is more important and more effective than treatment. Sensory deafness is an early detection and early diagnosis and treatment. There is currently no specific medicine or surgery that can completely restore hearing. Mixed deafness is a disease in which diseases of the middle and inner ears coexist and cause hearing impairment. It can be caused by different diseases, such as secretory otitis media with presbycusis, ossicular chain interruption with sudden deafness, etc., leading to dysfunction of the middle ear and inner ear respectively. It is also difficult to treat, and it is necessary to treat the lesions of the middle and inner ear separately. Most of the hearing loss is irreversible, so once it is discovered that early intervention, for patients whose medical or surgical treatment is ineffective, doctors will often recommend hearing aids or cochlear implants to help our ears listen.

Don't take it seriously: Hearing Loss

Compared with other diseases of the body, hearing loss is not fatal, but it does not mean that we can despise it. In particular, some elderly people feel that they can not hear clearly for so many years anyway. Hearing loss cannot be ignored, it will cause great harm to our body and mind.

  • Patients with presbycusis are often reluctant to speak. With the increase of hearing loss, the patient's communication ability also began to decline. Perhaps the children or friends are patient and repeat it over and over again with the elderly, but the elderly can perceive the existence of this obstacle and gradually become reluctant to speak. Over time, the psychological harm to them is not small, and the elderly with hearing loss are more likely to suffer from Alzheimer's than ordinary elderly people.
  • There are potential safety hazards when traveling. An elderly person with hearing loss has a poor ability to locate sounds, and it is not easy to distinguish the location of the whistle. There may be vehicles next to him that he did not know in the past, and there is a big hidden danger when traveling.
  • Hearing impairment will have a huge adverse effect on children's language and pronunciation learning, cognitive development and psychology, so we must detect and intervene in time for children with hearing impairment.

Hearing bring us a wonderful life experience, we should take good care of our ears!

2021-06-01
My child is deaf what do i do?

My child is deaf what do i do?

Hearing impairment blocks the communication, affects harmonious interpersonal relationships, hinders normal work and life, and delays the speech development and language learning of deaf children. The three kinds of early principle of early detection, early intervention, and early recovery is the primary condition for hearing impaired children to enter the world of sound, and is the hopeful road for hearing and speech rehabilitation of deaf children.

What to do if a child is deaf

Firstly, choose the right hearing aid, the sooner the better

When the child is found to be deaf, the first reaction of the parents is that it is difficult to accept. And hope that the children will get better when they grow up, but this is only a wish. To face reality and believe in science, the sooner the child equips hearing aids, the sooner the child will enter the world of sound. If the child misses the peak period of his own hearing development, it will bring a lot of difficulties to future rehabilitation. After the child is fitted with a hearing aid, if long-time use is normal. When the child cries for wearing the hearing aid one day, mostly likely that the hearing aid is malfunctioning. In fact, children are still very reasonable. Adults should try their best to understand and communicate to prevent abnormal mental development after they grow up.

Secondly, scientific listening training is required

The child's awareness of sound: We often use various sounds behind the child to stimulate him, such as clapping, drumming, whistling, knocking on the door, etc. Only have reaction after a few screams at the beginning, until once hear the sound. Child can turn around.

A large number of language stimuli related to physical objects establish the connection between sound and object, so that children can understand the meaning of sound and are happy to express it with sound. A child's understanding is intuitive, so when you first teach a child, you must contact some things that interest him, and you must be patient, keep talking, say what you see. Because the child has hearing impairment, when he is not sensitive to sound, if the adult puts special emphasis on the mouth shape, the child will rely on his keen observation ability to see the mouth shape. When children are trained to listen, we often speak from the back and side to cultivate children's listening attention. As the child's hearing sensitivity improves, the distance between speaking and the child should be gradually increased, and the excessively high pitch should be reduced.

Thirdly, conduct scientific language training

The child has a certain small-scale communication ability, and heavy work such as correct child's pronunciation can be carried out in a normal and relaxed environment. Sentences taught by parents should be gradually complete and enriched. Starting with a single noun, pictures are hung on the wall to teach him, and the names of daily necessities, etc. Individual verbs and adjectives must be combined with relevant demonstration actions, such as facial expressions, gestures, etc., so that the effect will be good. After having a certain foundation, parents must teach sentences. If it is not easy to understand for a while, parents can let child know such behaviors are what adults like through facial expressions, gestures, etc. When an adult is just beginning to teach, he must pay attention to the tone between words, so that children can understand easily. He can quickly assemble sentence components by himself, such as "Teacher's praise", etc.

Parents cause arguments on purpose to effectively improve children's language ability. After parents have taught their children certain sentences and vocabulary, how do they know what they have mastered? Arguing on purpose is a good way, especially areas interest children. If he wants to go shopping in the store, parents prevent him from going. The purpose is to force him to express his thoughts in words and increase the chances of language training and sentence speaking. This is not the same as simple talk. This includes asking questions from adults and answering from children, further develop each other's questions and answers. At this time, his attention was very concentrated, and he could quickly learn the language he was taught. So seize the opportunity, and don't just answer it, let's start talking.

Finally, correct pronunciation and help them integrate into society

When the child is five or six years old, we will increase the intensity of correcting pronunciation. When he says an inaccurate sentence, we will combine the mouth shape, tongue position, and airflow, and repeat the demonstration several times to let him understand the sound. Maybe the child is too young to learn and understand, and the other hand, the parents always want to correct his pronunciation. Cause child's heavy psychological burden and affects the child's normal development. In addition to hearing aids that require special attention, teachers are mainly asked to observe children's performance, such as reactions to the teacher's speech, communication with other children, etc., so that parents can have a good awareness of the child's status and take action.

About AUSTAR Hearing Aids

Hearing Aids

AUSTAR is a professional hearing aid manufacturer for medical standards in China. Wholesale the best hearing aids, hearing aid types include behind-the-ear (BTE), in-the-ear (ITE), rechargeable hearing aid, digital/analog and programmable/pre-programmed hearing aids, and use our own fitting system software for programming hearing aids to ensure superior quality of hearing aid and make price competitive in this industry. Our main customers are hearing aid wholesalers/dealers across the USA, Europe, Asia and Mid East.

Please feel free to contact us if you are hearing aid wholesalers/distributors and looking for a trustworthy Chinese manufacturer/supplier. No only the custom hearing aid are available, we have a strong R&D teams and engineers to support your any special requirement and development. We are not only your supplier, but your partner and technical supporter. AUSTAR commit to provide customers with excellent service, satisfactory quality and competitive prices, help you expand your market and save hearing aid price/costs!

2021-05-25
Things about intelligent noise reduction systems of hearing aids

Things about intelligent noise reduction systems of hearing aids

Hearing aids can help many users enjoy many beautiful sounds in life, but usually there are many noises in the environment. Listening in a noisy environment for a long time will make people upset and cause hearing fatigue. Austar's new product Fugue H kick off selling in the market, so many people want to learn more about the new features of Fugue H, now let's talk about this function of noise processing—the intelligent noise reduction management system.

intelligent noise reduction systems of hearing aids

What is an intelligent noise reduction management system?

The Fugue H target to noise processing through 48 independent noise reduction channels, and at the same time enhances speech information. It pre-sets a variety of environmental noise reduction modes based on the spectral characteristics of different environmental signal-to-noise ratios to ensure that while strong noise reduction, the speech signal, recognition rate and speech intelligibility are retained as much as possible. In short, this intelligent noise management system is like a filter, which filters unwanted noises and leaves the necessary speech sounds so that we can hear clearly and comfortably.

You may have a question. Now most of the hearing aids on the market have a noise reduction function. Is there anything special? The answer is undoubtedly yes. Currently most of hearing aids have a basic noise reduction function, but the main benefit of the noise reduction function of a hearing aid is to improve the sound more comfortable, not to improve the speech more understandable. Many noise reduction systems may have negative effects if they adjust improperly. Instead, they will treat speech as noise and reduce speech understandable. And our intelligent noise reduction management system can improve speech information while reducing noise, allowing us to receive the needed information clearly and accurately.

hearing aid with active noise cancellation

The intelligent noise reduction management system can identify most of the noise in daily life, and attenuate this noise, improve the user's signal-to-noise ratio, and listen more comfortably. In fact, the noise reduction of any hearing aid cannot reach 100%, and the better noise reduction effect, the higher price of the hearing aid. Noise is also a part of our lives, and we hope that users can enjoy a more realistic sound.

About AUSTAR Hearing Aids

AUSTAR is a professional hearing aid manufacturer for medical standards in China. Wholesale the best hearing aids, hearing aid types include behind-the-ear (BTE), in-the-ear (ITE), rechargeable hearing aid, digital/analog and programmable/pre-programmed hearing aids, and use our own fitting system software for programming hearing aids to ensure superior quality of hearing aid and make price competitive in this industry. Our main customers are hearing aid wholesalers/dealers across the USA, Europe, Asia and Mid East.

Please feel free to contact us if you are hearing aid wholesalers/distributors and looking for a trustworthy Chinese manufacturer/supplier. No only the custom hearing aid are available, we have a strong R&D teams and engineers to support your any special requirement and development. We are not only your supplier, but your partner and technical supporter. AUSTAR commit to provide customers with excellent service, satisfactory quality and competitive prices, help you expand your market and save hearing aid price/costs!

2021-05-21
What is RIC hearing aid? Is it suitable for me?

What is RIC hearing aid? Is it suitable for me?

RIC(Receiver in canal), the hearing aid with external receiver is also a new-generation digital hearing aid of open-fit. Since come out in 2003, the market share has been the highest in the world in ten years. What is the charm of RIC?

What is RIC hearing aid, Is it suitable for me?

The main body of RIC behind the ear, contains a microphone, amplifier and processing chip, while the receiver (speaker) is placed in the ear canal through a thin wire connection. This design means that the size can be smaller than traditional BTE hearing aids, and can produce a more natural sound, while reducing the impact of acoustic feedback.

Advantage of RIC hearing aids

Want to hear high-frequency sounds

For most hearing-impaired people, the first hearing symptom is the lack of high-frequency sound (for example, they find that they can't hear the electric ring tones, the birds chirping in the park, etc.). The two-part separating design of the RIC is particularly good at amplifying High-frequency sound, but can still produce natural sound effects, so it is especially suitable for people who find hearing problems or mild to moderate hearing loss early, but of course RIC also has models designed for people with severe hearing loss.

What is RIC hearing aid? Is it suitable for me?

Hardly notice wearing a hearing aid

Due to the two-part separating nerve mentioned above, RIC is extremely small and light, and it is more comfortable to wear than other external hearing aids. Many users who have used hearing aids for a long time, their confirmation of the only reason they wear RIC type hearing aids, they have much better hearing.

Hearing more natural sound

Since the receiver is placed in the canal of ear, the sound can be directly transmitted into the canal, which means that the sound is not easily distorted; in addition, because the RIC can be used with open domes, the occlusion feel can be greatly reduced. The two factors make RIC have much natural sound quality.

Reducing occlusion feel

The occlusion of canal is caused by the hearing aid occupied or blocked the canal, which may cause some problems, such as hearing your own voice too loudly or feeling hollow, or making noisy sounds when swallowing. The receiver of RIC hearing aid will make the entrance of canal open, so it can avoid serious occlusion feel.

Reduce annoying acoustic feedback

Since the receiver is separated from the microphone and amplifier, that means low possibility of internal signal confusion, also reduce annoying acoustic feedback.

If you would like to aware of whether your hearing suitable for using RIC hearing aids or not, go to a professional hearing institution, reach the audiologist, who can professionally check your hearing loss situation, and give you the most professional advice and experience the charming RIC.

About AUSTAR Hearing Aids

Receiver in canal hearing aid

Xiamen AUSTAR is a leading hearing aid manufacturer in China. Wholesale behind the ear (BTE) hearing aids, in the ear (ITE) hearing aids, rechargeable hearing aids and other types of hearing aids and use our own fitting system software for programming hearing aids to ensure superior quality of hearing aids and make price competitive in this industry. There are more and more hearing aid companies in the USA, Europe and Mid East choose to build long-term business relationships with AUSTAR.

Please feel free to contact us if you are hearing aid wholesalers/distributors and looking for a trustworthy Chinese manufacturer/supplier. No only the custom hearing aid are available, we have a strong R&D teams and engineers to support your any special requirement and development. We are not only your supplier, but your partner and technical supporter. AUSTAR commit to provide customers with excellent service, satisfactory quality and competitive prices, help you expand your market and save hearing aid price/costs!

2021-05-08
Best hearing aid buying guide for hearing loss and tinnitus

Best hearing aid buying guide for hearing loss and tinnitus

What is the best hearing aid on the market? Checking out new hearing aid technologies, price comparisons and reviews is what every hearing impaired person (such as the elderly) pays attention to when buying a hearing aid. We provide the best cheap hearing aid, If you want a hearing aid price list, please contact us.

hearing loss

Hearing loss is a widespread problem, although in our visually oriented society, it may not appear as that noticeable. The truth, however, is completely different. Struggling with hearing loss has a significant impact on daily activities, lifestyle, communication and emotional and physical health. In order to know that hearing impairment can be alleviated we have prepared a short guide to let you know how to better cope with a hearing problem.

Do I need a hearing aid?

What level of hearing loss requires a hearing aid? Do i need a hearing aid for mild hearing loss ( hearing test), how bad does your hearing have to be to get a hearing aid?

Best hearing aid buying guide for hearing loss

The first symptoms that suggest you may need to undergo an ear examination are problems with understanding conversations, hearing muffled speech, buzzing and ringing in the ear, listening to louder TV and radio, problems with hearing different voices especially in a noisy environment, etc. If you suspect that you have a hearing problem or experience some of the symptoms above, the most important step to take is to turn to an audiologist or an ENT specialist. They will determine the cause, degree and type of the hearing loss, whether it is treatable, how it can be alleviated and the most suitable hearing aid for your specific condition.

How can a hearing aid help me?

With the progression of hearing loss, you can have trouble with the different sound frequencies. Usually hearing impairment occurs firstly for the higher frequencies. The benefit of the hearing aid is that it amplifies the frequency that is hard to hear with the degree that is suitable and reduces background noise to help optimise speech understanding as much as possible.

What types of hearing aids are there?

Types of hearing aids

Hearing aid manufacturers produce many types of hearing aids that can be used. The main types are behind the ear (including receiver in the ear and open fit) and in the ear (including in the canal and completely in the ear). Other hearing aid types are body worn, bone conduction, implants and disposable. The right hearing aid can be chosen depending on the type and severity of the hearing loss, age or personal taste.

How can I get a hearing aid?

You can get a hearing aid in two ways. One is to buy from an online store or a local hearing clinic. Another way is to buy directly from AUSTAR, contact us, tell us your hearing loss, the type of hearing aid you like, product model, etc.

Hearing aid batteries and accessories

In addition to paying for hearing aids, you should also consider other expenses related to the maintenance and care of the device. Usually, the hearing aids are equipped with batteries that have different durability (mostly depending on the size of the hearing aid). Behind the ear hearing aids batteries can last up to about 2 weeks while smaller models, such as in the ear ones have a shorter battery life. Accessories that you need may include cases, additional tubes, domes and cleaning supplies. We supply all of these for most types of hearing aids at very competitive prices when compared to the high street alternative.

About AUSTAR Hearing Aids

Xiamen AUSTAR is the largest hearing aid manufacturer in China, wholesale behind the ear (BTE) , in ear (ITE) hearing aids, rechargeable and other types of hearing aids and use our own fitting system software for programming hearing aids to ensure superior quality of hearing aids and make price competitive in this industry. Our main customers are hearing aid companies/distributors across the USA, Europe, Asia and Mid East.

If you are looking for a reliable Chinese manufacturer of hearing aids, contact us, you will find value in AUSTAR. We provide solutions for hearing aid companies/distributors to save time and price/costs. AUSTAR commit to provide customers with excellent service, satisfactory quality and competitive prices.

2021-04-26