User's Manual

Tips for Better Communication

Your hearing care professional will recommend an

appropriate schedule to help you adapt to your

new hearing system. It will take practice, time and

patience for your brain to adapt to the new sounds

that your hearing system provides. Hearing is only

part of how we share thoughts, ideas and feelings.

Reading lips, facial expressions and gestures

can help the learning process and add to what

ampliﬁcation alone may miss.

Please review the following simple

communication tips:

For You

• Move closer to and look at the speaker

• Sit face-to-face in a quiet room

• Try different locations to ﬁnd the best place

to listen

• Minimize distractions

• Background noises may be frustrating at ﬁrst;

remember, you have not heard them for a while

• Let others know what you need; keep in mind that

people cannot “see” your hearing loss