These classes are offered to our patients at no-charge. They are designed to assist the hearing impaired individual in adjusting more easily to hearing aid use. The program is presented in a small group format and is tailored to the needs of the group. Studies have shown that individuals who have participated in an AR class are more satisfied with their hearing aid performance. That is our aim here at Hearing & Speech. We offer the only AR class in the Evansville area.
Goals for the program are:
- to come to a better understanding of what hearing loss is and how it affects communications, relationships and self-esteem.
- to give folks with normal hearing an idea of what the hearing impaired population is dealing with on a daily basis.
- to help you find a way of making your difficult listening situations more tolerable.
- to alleviate some of the frustrations that the hearing impaired individual has come to expect.
- to get the hearing impaired population back to participating in the activities they have given up due to frustration.
- to address expectations for hearing aids in various settings
- to come up with listening strategies that are easy to use.
- to get more satisfaction out of your hearing aids.
- to learn about insurance, discount plans, how they work and how they differ.
For more information, contact Angela Esterline @ (812) 425-1500.
