A Hearing Aid Can:
- increase a child's ability to participate more fully in group and social situations
- help to hear in certain situations that are difficult or dangerous
- allow a child to hear and understand speech in most situations
- help to hear high-pitched sounds in speech
- enable a child to hear distorted sounds as clear and distinct
- enable a child to hear extremely soft sounds
- allow a child to hear speech clearly when there is a lot of background noise (e.g., in a classroom)
- restore normal hearing or give the ability to hear a complete range of sounds
- let a child hear only what he or she wants to hear (all sound is amplified)
- Microphone: picks up sound and sends it to the amplifier
- Volume Control: dial use to modify loudness of the hearing aid
- Battery: power source ~ caution - check batter often, average life is 7 days
- Earmold/Plastic Tubing: custom made parts of the aid that directs the amplified sound into the ear
