{"id":3310,"date":"2013-06-18T11:14:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T11:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.63.138.122\/~ahs\/?p=3310"},"modified":"2022-06-07T12:40:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T19:40:40","slug":"do-i-need-two-hearing-aids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/do-i-need-two-hearing-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I Need Two Hearing Aids?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do I need two hearing aids?<\/h3>\n

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We hear this question regularly from\u00a0patients who feel that if they correct only their\u00a0worse-hearing ear, things will be much better. But\u00a0our hearing relies on two ears in more ways that\u00a0you might think.<\/p>\n

Localization\u2014or knowing where a sound is coming\u00a0from\u2014is only possible with two ears. Trying to hear well without this critical spatial component of\u00a0natural hearing is very difficult. Additionally, think\u00a0of how important it can be to know where a siren\u00a0or a scream is coming from. People who lack this\u00a0component in their hearing are seldom satisfied\u00a0with their hearing.
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Hearing with two ears also helps enormously when\u00a0trying to understand speech in noisy situations.\u00a0Our brains are quite good at helping us selectively attend to the ear that\u2019s better receiving desired\u00a0sounds (speech, for example), while giving less\u00a0attention to undesired sounds or background noise.\u00a0Put simply: People do not hear well using only one\u00a0ear, and for people with hearing loss<\/a>, two hearing\u00a0aids create a much more natural and effective better-hearing experience.<\/p>\n

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