Live Speech Mapping
Understanding Live Speech Mapping in Colorado Springs, CO
Undergoing the process of live speech mapping can enhance the effectiveness and longevity of your hearing aids. Your audiologist can evaluate precisely how your hearing aids are functioning and make sure that they work perfectly for your specific condition, needs, and environment. Colorado Springs Ear Associates offers hearing aid programming and live speech mapping in Colorado Springs, CO. We believe that this process greatly improves our patients’ satisfaction with their hearing aids and improves their comfort and quality of life. Call now to set up a consultation for hearing aid services.
What Is Live Speech Mapping?
Live speech mapping is a method of hearing aid verification and adjustment. Your audiologist will use your own voice to fine-tune the performance and settings on your hearing aids. Older methods of hearing aid verification relied on the use of beeps and tones. Using live speech mapping is more personalized, accurate, and effective. We can properly calibrate and amplify speech at your eardrum level for a better experience.
Who Needs Live Speech Mapping?
You can benefit from live speech mapping if you are being fitted for new hearing aids due to hearing loss or if you need to adjust existing hearing aids. We recommend it for patients who:
- Are having trouble understanding speech
- Don’t feel like their hearing aids are working as well as they should
- Are using hearing aids for the first time
- Have specific hearing- or listening-related challenges
- Are young and/or can’t fully vocalize the effectiveness of their hearing aids
- Need a more personalized hearing aid fit
The Importance of Live Speech Mapping for Hearing Aids
We believe that live speech mapping is a crucial part of the process of fitting and adjusting your hearing aids. The benefits of live speech mapping include:
- Highly precise calibration and fitting
- Ability to obtain and utilize real-time feedback
- Individualized adjustments to your hearing aids
- Objective measurement of the effectiveness and performance of your hearing aids
- Improved ability to hear, understand, and focus on speech
- Greater clarity and ability to follow conversations
- Reduced listening effort
- Better quality of life and experience using hearing aids
- Improved confidence and satisfaction
What to Expect from the Live Speech Mapping Process
Before we begin, we will have a consultation during which we discuss your health, lifestyle, home and work environments, hearing loss, and specific concerns or questions. To perform live speech mapping, we will place a very thin tube into your ear canal. The tube has a small microphone at the end of it. This microphone will measure how your hearing aid amplifies sound. We will use your speech or the speech of a loved one or friend to test the performance of your hearing aid. The results are displayed on a screen that shows you what you are hearing. This allows us to make highly precise adjustments in real-time, and your adjustments will be perfectly tailored to your needs and environment.
Learn More About Live Speech Mapping and Hearing Aids
If you are concerned about how well your hearing aids are working and think that you need adjustments, we can help. Our experienced team of ear specialists at Colorado Springs Ear Associates offers expert, highly personalized hearing aid services. In addition to hearing evaluations and testing, we also offer hearing aid testing and adjustments, fine-tuning and personalization, and live speech mapping in Colorado Springs, CO. Call us now or contact us online to schedule a consultation. We can also assist patients who are experiencing sudden hearing loss or serious hearing loss, are concerned about their risk of hearing loss, or need to be fitted for hearing aids for the first time.