I run into it almost daily-folks who don't wear hearing aids by choice. "I can hear fine without them," they say. While I do agree that wearing hearing aids is a choice that is left best to the user, I always recommend wearing them during all waking hours. Children in 8th grade or below should be made to wear hearing aids by parents. That is my personal and professional opinion. I get the argument all the time, "I don't need to wear them, I can hear fine without them."
Students might can hear fine without them, but they can hear much better with them in. How to argue with the "it makes no difference" claim-let me give a basic scenario...
Say I have a personal calendar on my desk...Leaving it on the desk makes it useless. Using it makes life better. How do I know this? I only figure it out after using it. Now take the same principle and apply it to hearing aids. The only difference is, you MUST wear aids during all waking hours for at least a few months in order to notice a difference. Trust me-they will make the difference over time, once you learn to listen with your hearing aids.
That is my professional opinion, and my personal fact.
