If you’re like many millions of people who have bought digital hearing aids, you probably do not fully understand all the process of the game inside the new purchase. You had your hearing tested and was told the hearing would work best for your hearing loss. So just what are digital hearing aids and what makes them different?

Digital hearing aids use computer technology. The comfort and sound level you hear can be customized to individual hearing loss. This is done by connecting the headphones to a computer and programming them to your loss. But, there are a digital / analog hearing instrument can be programmed in this way also. So, what is the difference between digital and analog?

Hearing get sound through the microphone. Distortion and noise is added to the sound from the microphone. This is because the parts make noise. Analog Devices pass sound to you with noise and distortion. Digital hearing aids make sound as it is in the device and clean it so that there is less distortion and noise. The sound is then sent to the amplifier, where the digital device measures the sound and decide how much power to add in order for you to hear.

After being amplified, the sound is sent to the receiver (speaker) and is then cleaned again before being sent to the ear. This is also where digital devices seek feedback (whistling) and work to stop it before feedback occurs. Digital hearing aids actually made millions of complex calculations in less than a blink of an eye, so fast you can not even say that it has happened. The whole process is very complicated. These devices are able to be configured specifically hearing loss and they have a wide range of circuits inside them that control the comfort of the music and make speech easier to hear noise.

Why some people find it difficult to change from Analog to Digital?

Some applied analog devices for a long time have been unsuccessful when they tried first digital hearing aids. If digital is so much better, why these people do not like them? We are conditioned over time to like or dislike it. Most people do not like certain types of food when they were young, but later in life they learn to enjoy it. We call this developing a taste for it. The same applies to switch from analog to digital, especially if you were happy with the analog hearing aids.

brain becomes accustomed to hearing music in a certain way, especially if you felt positive about how it sounded with analog device. Sound is much more crisp and full when you first install the new digital hearing devices. This can be overwhelming to some and the immediate reaction is to not like it. That’s when many people make one of two mistakes. They try to tough it out and get used to new devices, or they just give up. The problem with toughing it out is that it can actually be painful to hear all the music when your not using it. Then a new digital hearing aids your enemy! Giving up does not help anything either.

When this is the case, the best way for you to adapt to the digital hearing instrument is gradually. Professional can tone it down so that the sound is comfortable, and then gradually introduce more sound over time as you adjust. It may take several visits to the office for adjustments until you get the maximum benefit from digital hearing devices. But if you persevere, digital hearing aids will reward you with a much better hearing.