Me pātai tonu koe, "I aha koe i kōrero ai?" me te kore e taea te whakarongo mārama ki ngā kōrero a ētahi atu? Ka riria koe e rātou mō te "whakaiti i te oro" ina mātaki pouaka whakaata koe me tō whānau? Tērā pea nā te mea ka nui rawa te oro o te pouaka whakaata. Koinei ngā tohu tuatahi e tīmata ana te ngoikore o tō whakarongo. Kāore he mea hei whakama, hei wehi rānei. He maha ngā tāngata ka pāngia e tēnei mate i te pakeketanga, i ētahi atu take rānei. Ko te mea pai rawa atu, he tino pai ngā otinga mō tēnei. Ko te otinga matua ko te whakamahi i tētahi taputapu whakarongo, koinei te mea e mōhiotia ana e tātou katoa he 'taonga whakarongo'.

Me pēhea te whiriwhiri i tētahi taputapu whakarongo e pai ana ki ahau?

Āe, me kī kei te whakaaro koe ki te hoko i tētahi taputapu whakarongo. Ina haere koe ki te toa, ka kite koe i ngā momo me ngā rahi o ngā taputapu whakarongo. Kātahi pea koe ka whakaaro, "Āe, ko tēhea o ēnei te mea tika māku?" He pātai tika tēnā. He iti noa ngā mea hei whakaaroaro māu i te wā e whiriwhiri ana koe i te mea tika māu. Koinei ngā mea me kōrero koe ki tō tākuta, ki tō tohunga whakarongo rānei.

• Te taumata o tō ngaronga o te rongo: He ngawari, he āhua noa, he kino, he hōhonu rānei tō ngaronga o te rongo? Mā tēnei taumata ka whakatau te kaha o te āwhina whakarongo e hiahiatia ana e koe.
• Te rahi me te āhua o ō taringa: Kāore e rite ngā taringa o te katoa. Nō reira me whiriwhiri e koe tētahi e pai ana ki te āhua o tō taringa, ā, he pai hoki ki te mau.
• Te mahi a ō ringaringa me ō matihao: He mea tino nui tēnei. He tino iti ētahi o ngā taputapu whakarongo. Me tino pūkenga koe ki te whakamahi i ō matihao ki te whakauru i ēnei ki roto i tō taringa, ki te whakawhiti i te pākahiko, me te horoi. Mō te kaumātua, mō te tangata rānei he wiri ōna ringaringa, he raruraru hononga rānei, he uaua pea te whakamahi i tētahi taputapu iti pēnei.
• Hangarau Hou: He tino matatau te nuinga o ngā taputapu whakarongo i ēnei rā. Ko ētahi ka taea te whakahou , arā, ka taea te utu pērā i tō waea. Ko ētahi ka taea te hono atu ki tō waea atamai mā te hangarau Bluetooth®. Kātahi ka taea e koe te whakautu waea me te whakarongo puoro tika mai i te taputapu whakarongo.
• Ōu manakohanga me tō momo noho: Hei whakamutunga, he mea nui ōu manakohanga. Kei te hiahia koe ki tētahi mea iti e kore e kitea e ētahi atu? Kei te hiahia rānei koe ki tētahi mea nui ake engari he ngāwari tonu te whakamahi? Ki te mahi koe i waho, ā, he nui te werawera, he mea pai kia whiriwhiria tētahi e ātete ana ki te wai.

He aha ngā momo matua o ngā taputapu whakarongo?

Ki te whakarapopoto, e rima ngā momo matua o ngā taputapu whakarongo. He painga, he ngoikoretanga hoki tō ia momo. Me titiro matatau tātou ki ia momo i roto i tēnei ripanga.

He taputapu whakarongo kei te wātea (ka taea te hoko kore utu) i Sri Lanka?

I ngā whenua pēnei i te Hononga o Amerika, kua whakaaetia inaianei te hunga he ngoikore te whakarongo ngawari ki te ngoikore te whakarongo ki te hoko i tētahi taputapu whakarongo mai i tētahi whare rongoā, me te kore he whakahaunga. Ka kiia ēnei he "Over-the-counter (OTC)" taputapu whakarongo.

Heoi, he mea tino nui tēnei - ka tūtohutia anake ēnei mō te hunga he ngoikore te rongo . Mena he iti rawa tō rongo, he tohu rānei kei a koe pērā i te mamae o te taringa, te whanoke, me ētahi atu, me toro atu koe ki te tākuta, me tirotiro hoki ō taringa. I Sri Lanka, he pai ake te toro atu ki te tohunga ENT i mua i te hoko i tētahi taputapu whakarongo, me whai i tētahi whakamātautau whakarongo, me te whai i ā rātou tohutohu.

Me whakaaro koe ki ngā pākahiko? Ka taea te whakahou? Ka taea te whakakore?

Āe, tino tika. I mua, ko te nuinga o ngā taputapu whakarongo he pākahiko iti, he rite ki te pātene, ka tangohia ina mutu te whakamahi. Engari i nāianei, he maha ngā taputapu whakarongo hou, matatau, he pākahiko ka taea te whakahou .

He tino watea tēnei. Pērā i te waiho i tō waea atamai kia monohia ki te taura hei utu i te pō, i a koe e moe ana, ka honoa tō taputapu whakarongo ki tana rihi (teihana taunga) ā, ka utua katoatia i te ata. Kāore koe e manukanuka ki te kawe tonu i ngā pākahiko iti mai i te toa me te whakawhiti. Nō reira, he mea tino watea tēnei mō te tini o te tangata, inā koa ko te hunga kaumātua.

He aha te taputapu whakarongo pai rawa atu mō tōku āhua motuhake?

Ehara te āwhina whakarongo i te mea he taputapu noa iho hei whakanui i te oro. Ka taea te "whakarite" kia rite ki te take me te momo o tō ngoikore o te whakarongo. Mā tō tākuta e whiriwhiri te mea e tika ana māu.

• Kei te rongo tonu koe i te tangi e tangi ana i roto i ō taringa? (Tinnitus): Ka rongo tonu ētahi tāngata i te tangi e tangi ana i roto i ō rātou taringa. Ka kiia tēnei ko te "Tinnitus". Kei ētahi taputapu whakarongo matatau he hangarau motuhake e kiia nei ko te "āhuatanga huna" ka taea te pehi i tēnei tangi.
• He mate pēnei i te mate a Meniere tōu?: He mate tēnei e puta ai te whanoke me te ngaronga o te rongo nā te pēhanga i roto i te taringa o roto. I ētahi wā ka ngaro te rongo o te hunga whai mate nei. Nō reira, me whai āwhina whakarongo rātou ka taea te urutau ki ēnei huringa.
• Kāore e taea te rongo i ētahi auau oro? (Ngaronga o te whakarongo auau teitei/iti): Kāore e taea e ētahi tāngata te rongo i ngā oro teitei (hei tauira, te waiata manu, ngā reo o ngā tamariki nohinohi). Kāore e taea e ētahi atu te rongo i ngā oro iti, pērā i te reo pā. Kia kitea tēnei e tō whakamātautau whakarongo, ka taea e koe te whakarite i tō taputapu whakarongo kia whakanuia noa ngā auau oro kāore e taea te rongo.
• Nā te hapa io rānei? (Ngaronga whakarongo ā-ira): Ko te nuinga o te tangata he momo ngaronga whakarongo tēnei. Ka puta mai i te kino o ngā pūtau rongo i roto i te taringa o roto. Ka taea hoki te whakarerekē i ngā taputapu whakarongo kia rite ki tēnei.

Me aha ahau mēnā kāore au e whiwhi i tētahi whakaoranga mai i ngā taputapu whakarongo?

Tērā pea kāore ētahi tāngata he tino kino te ngaronga o te rongo e whiwhi i ngā hua e hiahiatia ana mai i ngā taputapu whakarongo. Mēnā he pērā, kaua e manukanuka. Inaianei kei reira ngā otinga hauora matatau mō tēnā.

Hei tauira, kei reira ngā tāpiringa cochlear me ngā tāpiringa taringa e mau ana i te wheua . He uaua ake ēnei i ngā taputapu whakarongo noa, ā, ka whakauruhia mā te pokanga. Mena kāore koe e whiwhi hua nui mai i ngā taputapu whakarongo, ka taea e tō tohunga tiaki whakarongo te whakamārama i ēnei atu kōwhiringa ki a koe.

Āhea ahau me toro atu ki te tākuta?

Mena kei te ngoikore tō whakarongo, ā, kei te pā ki tō oranga o ia rā, ki tō mahi, ki ō whanaungatanga whānau rānei, me toro atu ki te tākuta tonu, kaua e whakaroa.

• Ki te mea kei te whakaaro koe kua ngaro tō whakarongo.
• Mena kei te whakamahi kē koe i tētahi taputapu āwhina whakarongo, me toro atu ki tētahi tohunga whakarongo kia rua ngā wā i te tau hei tirotiro i tō oro me ngā whakatikatika e tika ana.
• Mena ka pāngia koe e ētahi atu huringa o tō whakarongo, e ētahi atu tohu rānei (pēnei i te mamae o te taringa, te whanoke rānei).