When hearing aids aren't enough

Losing your hearing can seem like an unavoidable part of ageing, particularly when hearing aids become less and less effective. If this sounds like you, it's important to know that hearing aids are not the only way to improve your hearing.

Maintaining the best possible hearing as you age may have several benefits for your overall wellbeing, with research suggesting there are links between hearing loss and loneliness.^1,2

So, if your hearing aids are no longer enough there are actions you can take.

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Signs that hearing aids may not be providing enough benefit for you

With your hearing aids, do you:

• Have difficulty hearing conversations, especially with background noise?

• Ask people to repeat themselves?

• Misunderstand what people say?

• Have trouble hearing on the telephone?

• Turn up the TV volume louder than others in the room prefer?

• Feel people often mumble when they talk?

• Struggle to hear sounds of nature, such as birds chirping or rain falling?

• Find yourself agreeing, smiling or nodding during conversations when you're not sure what's been said?

• Withdraw from conversations because it's too difficult to hear?

• Read lips to understand what people are saying?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, a hearing device, like a cochlear implant or bone conduction implant, may be the answer.