Do I Need Two Hearing Aids?

With Almost Everyone, The Answer Is, "YES!"

Having two ears working and having them on each side of the head gives us advantages. These advantages include:

Where is that sound coming from?

Your brain determines the location, or source of the sound by measuring which ear heard the sound louder or first. If one ear always hears the sound louder or first, your mind thinks that everything is coming from that direction.

“Use it or lose it.”

All parts of our body work better when we use the regularly. Muscles become weak if we do not exercise them. The ear also needs “exercise”. Auditory deprivation is when the ear has been deprived from hearing moderate and soft sounds (maybe even loud sound) over a period of time. When the hair cells in the inner ear have not been used for a time they do not do their job as well in understanding speech. Putting off amplification may result in future troubles with the ear’s ability to make sense of words. Then when you finally do get amplification, people sound like “Donald Duck” and not like normal speech should sound.

One is the loneliest number

Our brain is used to working with two signals equally from each side of our head. By getting two hearing aids, amplification will be closer to hearing the way you are used to hearing. It allows for better understanding, easier listening in group situations, hearing from greater distances and greater satisfaction with your hearing aid experience. Occasionally, we might see a person who has a “dead ear” that is unable to detect any sound at all or due to a birth defect, an ear is just not there. These are examples of when a person would only benefit from one hearing aid.