When you have a new hearing aid fitted it can be quite an unusual experience at first. After being used to the reduced range of sounds accessible to you before, this range suddenly increases and the kind of noise you can hear changes.

This is often experienced as echoing or sharp noises, which can be unpleasant or uncomfortable. It’s really important to not be disheartened if this happens for you though as it won’t last and there are things your audiologist can do to help reduce them in the meantime.