Jinsi ya kutumia vifaa saidizi vya kusikia

Ni muhimu :

• Eleza faida za kutumia vifaa saidizi vya kusikia
• Teach a person how to use their hearing aids correctly.

If a person needs assistance to use their hearing aids, encourage them to involve their family members or caregiver.

Faida za kutumia vifaa saidizi vya kusikia

Eleza kwamba vifaa saidizi vya kusikia vitakusaidia kusikia na kuelewa usemi.

Kuna faida nyingi za kutumia vifaa saidizi vya kusikia. Wanaweza:

• Make it easier to communicate with family, friends and work colleagues
• Protect you against potential hazards such as approaching cars
• Increase your confidence to be involved in social activities, improving your mental health and wellbeing
• Benefit your brain health and reduce the risk of dementia.

Building up use

Eleza kwamba inachukua muda kuzoea kuvaa vifaa saidizi vya kusikia kwa mara ya kwanza. Mara ya kwanza, sauti zingine zinaweza kuwa kubwa sana au zisizo wazi. Hii ni kawaida.

Unaweza kukabiliana na kuvaa vifaa saidizi vya kusikia kwa kuvitumia mara kwa mara na kwa kusikiliza sauti yako na sauti nyinginezo.

Kutumia vifaa saidizi vya kusikia

It is important to teach the person how to use their hearing aids including how to:

1. Identify the parts
2. Turn on and off
3. Adjust the volume
4. Put on and take off
5. Replace and look after battery.

Sehemu za vifaa saidizi vya kusikia

Start by explaining the hearing aid case contains the working parts.

Onyesha sehemu tofauti za kifaa saidizi cha kusikia:

• kipaza sauti ambayo hukusanya sauti
• Hook ya sikio ili kuunganisha kifaa saidizi cha kusikia na ukungu wa sikio
• Earpiece of earmould which goes in their ear
• Fungua mlango wa betri ili kuonyesha betri ambayo huwezesha kifaa saidizi cha kusikia na kuiwasha/kuzima
• Volume control
• Swichi ya programu inayotumika wakati wa kupanga kifaa saidizi cha kusikia.

Demonstrate which hearing aid is for each ear. A colour marker shows which side:

• Red marker is for right ear
• Blue marker is for left ear.

Turning on and off

Washa na uzime kifaa saidizi cha kusikia kwenye sehemu ya betri. Utahitaji kuweka betri kwenye sehemu ya betri.

• Turn on: Close the battery compartment.
• Zima: Fungua sehemu ya betri kikamilifu. Hakikisha kifaa saidizi cha kusikia kimezimwa wakati hakitumiki.

Adjusting the volume

Baadhi ya vifaa saidizi vya kusikia hurekebisha kiotomatiki sauti kulingana na mazingira ambayo mtu yuko.

For manual volume adjustment:

• Press the rocker switch up or roll up the volume wheel to increase volume
• Press down the rocker switch or roll down the volume wheel to decrease the volume.

kifaa saidizi cha kusikia kinaweza kutoa sauti kuashiria mabadiliko ya sauti.

Kuweka kifaa saidizi cha kusikia

Kabla ya kuweka kifaa saidizi cha kusikia, kinapaswa kuzimwa kwa kufungua kidogo mlango wa betri.

Put on earmould first:

• Shikilia kifaa saidizi cha kusikia kwa sehemu ya chini ya ukungu wa sikio
• Use your right hand for right ear and left hand for left ear
• With your other hand gently pull your ear up and back – this will make it easier to insert the earpiece
• Gently push the earmould into your ear canal – twist it slightly until it sits well.

Kisha, tumia mkono wako mwingine kutelezesha kifaa saidizi cha kusikia juu ya sehemu ya juu ya sikio lako.

Kuondoa kifaa saidizi cha kusikia

• Kwanza inua kifaa saidizi cha kusikia na ukitelezeshe juu ya sehemu ya juu ya sikio lako
• Then hold the tube close to the earmould and gently pull it out.

Battery life

Eleza: Kwa wastani, betri itahifadhi kifaa saidizi cha kusikia hadi wiki mbili kabla ya kuhitaji kubadilishwa. Betri inayoweza kuchajiwa inaweza kuhitaji kuchaji kila siku.

Teach the person how to:

• Increase battery use time
• Replace the battery.

Check and store battery life

When the battery is low the sound becomes weaker or you will hear an alert signal.

To increase battery use time:

• Ondoa betri usiku kucha na uhifadhi kwenye kisanduku cha vifaa saidizi vya kusikia
• Ondoa betri ikiwa huna nia ya kutumia kifaa saidizi cha kusikia kwa siku kadhaa.

Replace battery

To remove the old battery:

• Open the battery door
• Push the battery out through the bottom or use the battery magnetic tool to lift it out.

To replace with a new battery:

• Remove the protective sticker on the top, plus (+) side of the replacement battery
• Insert with the plus (+) symbol facing up in the battery door.

Some batteries are shaped. Position the:

• Flat surface on top
• Surface with a small bump at the bottom.

Baada ya kuingiza betri, sauti hucheza wakati wa kuwasha. Punguza sauti kabla ya kuweka kifaa saidizi cha kusikia.