When it comes to your hearing health, a hearing aid fitting and programming appointment plays a pivotal role in ensuring optimal results. Our team of experienced audiologists recognizes the significance of getting the right fit for your hearing aids. During this essential appointment, we take the time to carefully assess your unique hearing needs, lifestyle, and preferences. By utilizing advanced diagnostic tools and techniques, we make precise adjustments and programming settings tailored specifically to you. The importance of a proper fit cannot be overstated, as it directly impacts your comfort, sound quality, and overall satisfaction with your hearing aids. At Audiologists Hearing Center, we are dedicated to providing a personalized and comprehensive experience to help you achieve the best hearing outcomes possible.
Hearing Aid Fitting
During your fitting appointment, you will be introduced to your personalized hearing aids. These devices are custom-fitted to match the unique shape of your ears, and the settings are precisely adjusted to address your specific type of hearing loss. This combination of customized hardware and software is designed to serve as your dedicated treatment. Whether it’s your initial fitting or a follow-up, it’s common to feel overwhelmed by the amount of information provided. To make the experience more comfortable, we recommend bringing a friend or loved one who can offer support. Having a familiar voice as one of the first sounds you hear when your hearing aids become active can be especially meaningful.
During the fitting, your audiologist will go through several setup steps to finalize the programming of the device. The optimizations done during this appointment focus on accuracy and comfort for all-day wear. If something doesn’t feel right, then speak up so that adjustments can be made to correct the problem. At the hearing aid fitting appointment, patients should always vocalize any concerns with their audiologist. Since this is the final step before walking out of the office with your treatment, the fitting becomes the most important appointment of your hearing journey.
Live Speech Mapping
Real-ear measurements (REM) are part of the verification process you’ll go through during the fitting appointment. This process helps the audiologist finish the customizations on your hearing device and ensure that it is working according to the recommended prescription. Without a real-ear measurement, you may have to come back into the office multiple times to get the customizations correct. Live speech mapping is an improvement over the original process that leans heavily into being efficient.
Live speech mapping takes all of the optimizations of REM and adds a layer of user friendliness. Audiologist will be able to see what you hear on a screen in real time. This makes adjustments faster, more accurate and provides a rounded listening experience. When an audiologist analyzes the live data, they can also factor in your unique ear’s characteristics. It is the best way to help a patient, and the most accurate way to conduct a hearing aid fitting. When you think of the complexity of modern hearing aids, the usefulness of live speech mapping makes perfect sense.