Handling Hearing Aid Volume Control Problems

When you start to experience issues with your hearing aids volume, it can be quite irritating. The whole point of having hearing aids is to ensure that you can hear the things around you without having to strain, right? So, when something goes wrong, it can cause some frustration – but luckily, there are a handful of things you can check. We’re going to be going through some of the basic troubleshooting that you can do to try and handle hearing aid volume control problems.

Check for Signs of Excessive Earwax

The first thing that we would recommend is that you check for signs of excessive earwax. This can cause volume issues with your hearing aids because it will distort the sound that is able to come through. If this is the problem, a quick clean should be able to sort the problem out and things should go back to normal. Make sure that you clean your ear and the device thoroughly, but also extremely carefully to avoid any damage to either.

Try Adjusting the Volume

This one might sound super obvious, but so many people don’t think to try and adjust the volume. Depending on the hearing aid that you have, there might be a volume button on the device itself, so start here first. If this is broken, then you are either going to need to look into getting them repaired or replaced, but you’re not going to be able to do this on your own.

A lot of hearing aids can now be controlled through smartphones, so you might want to determine whether or not changing this helps. Try turning the hearing aids up and down, or changing their settings to see if this yields any better results.

Seek Help from an Audiologist

If you can’t figure out what the problem is, then it might be time to speak to a professional. Book an appointment with your audiologist as soon as you can and explain what the problem is to them. They should be able to examine the device and determine what is wrong with it and the required repairs. In some cases, they will be able to fix the issue here and there, but in others you are going to need to send them off to the manufacturers to fix.

Your audiologist may recommend a hearing test if they cannot find anything wrong with the hearing aids. This could be because people’s hearing changes over time, and there might have been a change in the level of hearing which has led to the hearing aids being too quiet.

In most cases, there is not going to be any need to seek professional help as a volume control issue isn’t usually a cause for concern unless you can’t find the problem. More often than not though, the general problem is one of the things that we have listed above. If you are ever in doubt, then getting in touch with your audiologist is going to be the best course of action to be on the safe side.