{"id":2388,"date":"2014-10-28T17:19:45","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T23:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/blog\/?p=12"},"modified":"2023-11-15T09:56:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:56:55","slug":"when-do-you-need-a-hearing-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/when-do-you-need-a-hearing-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"When Do You Need a Hearing Aid?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many first-time hearing aid wearers have wondered for many months if their hearing was bad enough to qualify for a hearing aid.&nbsp; Hearing loss can be difficult to detect because it occurs gradually.&nbsp; Some people don&#8217;t realize how often they ask others to repeat themselves or notice how high the television volume needs to be for them to hear comfortably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step to knowing if a hearing aid is needed is by having a hearing test performed by an audiologist under the supervision of a board-certified physician like at South Valley Ear Nose &amp; Throat.&nbsp; The test is painless and relatively brief.&nbsp; The test results help our physicians understand the level of hearing loss and determine the treatment and types of hearing devices to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making the first appointment is often the most difficult step.&nbsp; It may be hard to admit that a person needs help.&nbsp; We understand.&nbsp; If you or a loved one feel that hearing needs to be checked, we encourage you to make an appointment for a hearing test at South Valley Ear Nose &amp; Throat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please call us today to speak with a South Valley Ear Nose &amp; Throat audiologist to understand more about hearing tests and hearing aids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many first-time hearing aid wearers have wondered for many months if their hearing was bad enough to qualify for a hearing aid.&nbsp; Hearing loss can be difficult to detect because it occurs gradually.&nbsp; Some people don&#8217;t realize how often they ask others to repeat themselves or notice how high the television volume needs to be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2635,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388\/revisions\/2635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}