正文翻譯

Do hearing aids really work?

助聽器真的有效嗎?

評論翻譯

Michele Westfall
Thanks for the A2A, Philip.

感謝邀請回答。

The average hearing person typically thinks that hearing aids (and yes, cochlear implants too) function like eyeglasses. Put one on, presto, 20/20 eyesight & 100% hearing.

聽力正常的人通常認(rèn)為助聽器(是的，也包括人工耳蝸)的作用跟眼鏡一樣。戴上它，馬上就恢復(fù)20/20的視力和100%的聽力。

Unfortunately, that's not the case.

不幸的是，事實并非如此。

It may be 20/20 for eyesight, but it's never 100% for hearing.

視力可能是20/20，但聽力永遠(yuǎn)不會是100%。

What hearing people need to understand is that hearing is a BRAIN activity. Meaning that it is the *brain* that interprets the sounds and decides how to respond to this or that sound. The ear is just a "receiver," if you will. Sounds travel through the ear channel, to the brain.

健聽人需要明白的是，聽力是一種大腦活動。也就是說，是大腦來解釋這些聲音，并決定如何對這個或那個聲音做出反應(yīng)。如果你需要的話，耳朵只是一個“接收器”。 聲音通過耳道傳到大腦。

Put on a hearing aid...and sounds become louder. But it doesn't help the brain interpret these suddenly-louder-sounds. . Louder sounds are annoying...and did nothing for me, since I didn't recognize them and wasn't able to interpret or identify them.

戴上助聽器...... 聲音會變得更大。但它并不能幫助大腦解讀這些突然間變大的聲音。更大的聲音很煩人……對我沒有任何幫助，因為我不認(rèn)識他們，也不能解釋或識別他們。

That's why I stopped using hearing aids at the age of 10...and I haven't worn one since then. It's been a nice life since then. :-)

這就是為什么我從10歲起就不再使用助聽器了……從那以后我就再也沒佩戴過助聽器。從那以后，我過得很好。:-)

By way of personal anecdote, my hearing aids make one-on-one conversations in a quiet area much more accessible. I am also able to enjoy birds chirping and rain falling when it is quiet and peaceful enough to hear them. But they don't help me in bars, for example, or an auditorium, or anywhere else with bad acoustics.

個人親身經(jīng)歷，我的助聽器讓我在安靜的地方一對一交談變得更加容易。我也能欣賞到鳥兒的啁啾和雨聲，當(dāng)環(huán)境足夠安靜和平和時便能聽到它們。但在酒吧、禮堂或其他音響效果不好的地方，助聽器對我便沒有幫助。

We have basically three types of hearing aids, BTE (Behind the ear) that are consist of a hard plastic case worn behind the ear and connected to a plastic earmold that fits inside the outer car. The second one is ITE (in the ear) which are fitted completely outside the ear and are used for mild to severe hearing loss.

我們主要有三種類型的助聽器，耳背式助聽器（耳掛型）它包括一個硬塑料外殼，戴在耳朵后面，并連接一個塑料耳模，適合放在外面的車?yán)颷譯者注：這里outer car應(yīng)該是打字錯誤，感覺應(yīng)該是outer ear，適佩外耳。outer car車外感覺怎么也說不通]。第二種便是完全耳內(nèi)式助聽器（耳內(nèi)式），它完全安裝在耳朵外，用于輕度至重度聽力損失。[譯者注：這里應(yīng)該是答者搞反了，驗配過助聽器的朋友應(yīng)該知道，目前市面上耳背式(BTE)的功率要遠(yuǎn)大于完全耳內(nèi)式(ITE)助聽器，且完全耳內(nèi)式(ITE)助聽器并不是答主所說的完全安在耳外，應(yīng)該是耳內(nèi)才對。另外，大部分完全耳內(nèi)式(ITE)助聽器才是用于輕度至重度聽力損失。]

And the last one is Canal aids which fit into the ear canal and are available in two styles. Hearing aids work differently depending on the technology used in it like they are either analog or digital. Now a days Digital hearing aids are in use and their converts sound waves into numeric codes same like of computer processors. Now to find out which hearing aid will be best for you will depend on the severity of your hearing loss. You should consult a professional Hearing Aids Expert near your area and they will examine your hearing loss and will recommend your hearing aids according to that.

最后一種便是耳道式助聽器，它適配耳道，且有兩種款式可供選擇。助聽器的工作方式取決于所使用的技術(shù)，比如它們是模擬技術(shù)還是數(shù)字技術(shù)?，F(xiàn)在數(shù)字助聽器已經(jīng)在使用中，它們可以像計算機(jī)處理器一樣將聲波轉(zhuǎn)換成數(shù)字代碼?，F(xiàn)在要找出哪種助聽器最適合你，這取決于你聽力損失的嚴(yán)重程度。你應(yīng)該咨詢附近的助聽器驗配師，他們會檢查你的聽力損失，并據(jù)此推薦給你助聽器。