Wearing two hearing aids helps improve sound quality, speech understanding (clearer conversations), sound localization, and brain performance. It also helps mask tinnitus better and allows for better long-distance hearing.
Notable: It’s important for people with hearing loss that is worse in one ear to treat both ears with hearing aids.
Why it matters
- More brain benefits
Hearing loss is a type of sensory deprivation that makes your brain less able to understand sound.
- Two hearing aids preserve the brain’s binaural stimulation to function optimally, preventing brain atrophy.
- Wearing two hearing aids boosts learning and language development in children.
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Superior sound quality Wearing two hearing aids makes conversations in noisy environments easier to understand.
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Effective sound localization Locating where sounds are coming from requires hearing with both ears. When you wear two hearing aids, your brain receives accurate sound clues, which increases your safety — for example, pulling to the side of the road so an ambulance can pass.
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Better masking of tinnitus Wearing two hearing aids ensures binaural stimulation, which can decrease the intensity of tinnitus. Also, both hearing aids are required to benefit from tinnitus masking features some hearing aids offer.
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Lower volume setting You’ll hear sounds with more intensity when both ears capture and process sound. As a result, you won’t have to turn the volume up, which prolongs your battery’s charge time.
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Improved distance hearing With two hearing aids, hearing distant sounds will be substantially better.
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Less tired, more relaxed Researchers report that people wearing two hearing aids find conversations more enjoyable.
”This is because they do not have to strain to hear with the better ear. Thus, binaural hearing can help make life more relaxing," —Healthy Hearing
Are you concerned about hearing loss?
Call to schedule a free, 15-minute hearing screening with an audiologist. Don't guess or delay knowing about your hearing health. Find out. If you have hearing loss, your audiologist will explain —
- How much hearing you've lost
- Whether your hearing needs treatment
- The hearing-aid options available to treat your hearing loss
Don't let untreated hearing loss take away your quality of life.
