Everyone’s heard the stories about the person who spends a fortune on
hearing aids and lets them sit, unused and nearly forgotten, in a
bedroom drawer.
"It’s a common story," says MJ DeSousa, vice-president and chief
audiologist at Listen Up! Canada, a chain of hearing clinics across
Ontario. "They say about 12 per cent of hearing-aid owners don’t wear
them – they put them in the drawer.
"It’s unfortunate and, I think, due in large part to lack of
follow-up," she says. "One of the most important things people need to
understand about hearing aids is that’s it’s not a simple device you
just put in your ear and everything is better. There’s...
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