Hearing Aids and Speech Therapy Centers

  From crossing the street with confidence to having conversations in noisy places, there are important advantages to hearing with both ears . Make an appointment   The importance of hearing with both ears Ears work as a team, and the brain needs both to process speech and locate sound direction. Hearing with both ears is known as binaural hearing. If you can only hear in one ear (unilateral hearing) it’s difficult to perform the tasks listed below. Also See: Cochlear implants Understand Speech in noise If you can only hear in one ear it makes it more difficult to pick up on quiet speech in a noisy environment. Hearing with both ears also makes it easier for your brain to practice selective listening. This means you can focus on the conversations you want to hear. Also see: Speech Therapy Locate sound Not being able to tell where sound is coming from may cause problems. For children, it can be hard to understand the teacher in class or the coach on the sports field. For adult...