They may forget to speak in a manner helpful to you. One way to overcome this is to explain that you are really interested in hearing what they have to say and that you would like to use a cue, like tapping your ear or your mouth, to remind them of the best ways to communicate with you.
You might choose quieter restaurants, or ask your place of worship to carpet the social hall to reduce reverberation, you might move to a quieter location to have a conversation.
Anticipate difficult listening situations and think about your communication strategy. Your audiologist can help you with these strategies. Tell your family, coworkers, and friends that you communicate most easily if you can see their face.
This is actually true for everyone! It is not uncommon to misunderstand what someone says if your attention is on something else, like an email or a TV show. Again, this is true for everyone! Remind people to say your name or tap you on the shoulder so you can be ready to listen. Communication takes two people. If you are using hearing aids and paying attention, you are fulfilling your end of the effort to communicate effectively, and you can feel good about that.
Keep in mind that communication habits are hard to change. The definition of Aural Re habilitation is the helping those affected by acquired hearing loss after speech and language development as opposed to Aural Habilitation which is the initial method of helping children born with paralinguistic congenital hearing loss. Both processes start with the case history, which moves onto the hearing evaluation, once a diagnosis is completed selection and recommendation of a device is provided to the patient during the Hearing Aid Evaluation.
Consideration of the type of Aural Rehabilitation method will take place throughout this process, which will be determined on the needs of the patient as well as the needs of the family members. I encourage my patient to bring someone to the Hearing Aid Evaluation for support, but more importantly to learn as much as I can about the patient and the way their hearing loss affects them.
In this day and age where so much focus is now on hearing loss and cognitive decline inclusion of family and friends during the rehab process is so important. Teaching both the patient and their loved ones about hearing loss, the devices, and how it can improve their quality of life, as well as how to approach each other before interaction begins can lighten the anger and frustration that comes with the communication breakdown which can lead to isolation for the patient.
This is why I have plenty of tissue boxes in my hearing aid room as these discussions can become very emotional.
The hearing aids and the adjustments to these devices are just the first step in the Rehabilitation process. This will lead to providing communication strategies for all situations to help improve their ability to communicate with others. Once this step is complete, the person with hearing loss can then begin to tackle obstacles by trying different possible solutions in their challenging environments with the help and support of their audiologist.
Some strategies include using assistive listening devices, trying communication strategies, undergoing auditory training sessions, employing relaxation techniques and attending peer support groups. An audiologist can also provide communication strategies that people with hearing loss and their family members can employ for better communication. Auditory training includes working with a professional, such as an auditory training specialist, speech-language pathologist or teacher of the deaf.
These professionals are specially trained to help with various aspects of verbal communication. Relaxation techniques are valuable for preventing listening fatigue. Try yoga, meditation, regular exercise, and mindfulness breathing exercises to help stay relaxed.
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