A BRIDGE TO BETTER HEARING

Jones Hearing has developed this informative guide to assist you on your road to better hearing. In it we outline six principles to achieve better hearing.  

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1.  Accept Your Hearing Loss

Your success depends on your attitude.
You may have presented yourself as a candidate for hearing aids for a number of reasons: because of the insistence of a loved one, an embarrassing incident, or a threat to your career. Accepting your hearing loss is the first principle of successful hearing.
  >> Learn more about Principle One

2. Take Initiative and Learn

Your willingness to learn ensures success.
Patients who take their own initiative -- learning all they can about their loss and actively participating in their treatment plan -- do the best. About 80% of how well your hearing instruments work is up to you. Taking the initiative and learning is the second principle of successful hearing.
  >> Learn more about Principle Two

3.  Aim for Improvement, Not Perfection

Your improvement will be through taking small steps.
Once your hearing has diminished, you will never hear as you once did. This is true regardless of your hearing loss or type of hearing instruments you purchased. Focus on the percentage of improvement and be encouranged. Aiming for improvement, not perfection is the third principle of successful hearing.
>> Learn more about Principle Three

4.  Learn to Use Your Hearing Aids

Your dedication will help you achieve success.
Patients who achieve success with hearing aids share a common trait -- dedication. This skill takes time, practice and persistence; but the results are well worth it. Achieving improved hearing is very important...don't rush the process. Learning to use your hearing instruments is the fourth principle of successful hearing.
>> Learn more about Principle Four

5.  Accountability to Your Hearing Professional

Accountability is crucial to successful hearing.
Accountability to your hearing professional is one of the most crucial steps in accomplishing your goal of learning to hear better with hearing aids. Your hearing professional understands and cares enough that they won't let you give up. Accountability to your hearing professional is the fifth principle of successful hearing.
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6.  Help Others Make the Transition

Your success will inspire others to hear better.
Now that you have achieved successful hearing with your hearing aids, our hope is that you feel inspired to help others who are going through this same experience. Helping others on their journey is the sixth principle of successful hearing.  
>> Learn more about Principle Six