I hate to burst
everyone’s bubble, but the truth is, if you have bilateral hearing loss,
wearing one hearing aid is going to be about as effective as wearing one
contact lens. Anyone who wears
contacts knows you need to wear two lenses or your vision doesn’t appear
corrected. Just like eyes, the
ears are designed to work as a team.
You can buy just one hearing aid, but you won’t feel like you’re getting
your money’s worth if you have hearing loss in your other ear. I’ve had a few unfortunate hearing aid casualties
that have resulted in having to wear one aid until I could get the other
replaced, and let me tell you, that was a beast. I actually got a lot of headaches because everything sounded
so “unbalanced.”
So if you have bilateral
hearing loss, save yourself the frustration and just get two right off the
bat.
