A Bridge to Better Hearing >> Principle Three: Aim For Improvement, Not Perfection
AIM FOR IMPROVEMENT, NOT PERFECTION
 Your Improvement Will Be Through Small Steps
Once your hearing has diminished, you will never hear like you once
did. This is true no matter what type of hearing loss you have or
what kind of hearing aid you have purchased. Hearing aids do not
bring your hearing back to normal, but they do provide measurable
improvements and allow you to live an improved life.
Life is filled with taking small steps to achieve great
improvement. A beginner at any skill – learning to play the
piano, hitting a baseball, shooting hoops, or even beginning to walk
after a broken leg – isn’t as good as she will be. Focus
on the degree of improvement, and be encouraged.
"Setting realistic expectations is very important. Patients should celebrate the percentage of their hearing improvement measured against where they heard days before their fitting, even though their hearing will never again reach perfection."
If you become disappointed, refer back to your AIDED and UNAIDED scores
on the audiogram provided by Jones Hearing. As a result of looking
back, you can be encouraged how far you’ve come. Improvement
is a day-to-day process.
Stay positive!
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