{"id":1164,"date":"2021-11-09T17:37:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T23:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinauditoryspecialists.com\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2021-11-09T17:37:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T23:37:23","slug":"how-hearing-aids-help-you-better-understand-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinauditoryspecialists.com\/how-hearing-aids-help-you-better-understand-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"How Hearing Aids Help You Better Understand Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Just because you hear a sound does not necessarily mean you understand it. Think about a time when you\u2019ve been at a loud gathering or a dinner at Moonshine Grill<\/a>. Everyone is talking, laughing and having a good time. Other conversations are happening all around you, and people are bustling about. The waitress come to the other end of the table to ask a question. You can hear that she is talking, but you can\u2019t quite make out what is being said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the fundamental difference between hearing and understanding. If you suffer from hearing loss, you may notice moments like these happening more and more frequently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Simply hearing a sound requires far less focus and concentration than understanding what that sound is. If you struggle just to hear the sound because of hearing loss, that makes understanding all the more difficult. If you add in background noise that must be filtered out<\/a> on top of that, you are simply asking your brain to do too much work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Speech can be especially hard to understand if you have hearing loss. Most age-related hearing<\/a> loss is high frequency hearing loss. It affects your ability to hear high-pitched sounds, and can make speech comprehension more difficult, especially in noisy conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFocus and Concentration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n