Kei te rongo koe kei te kōrero hāhā mai tetahi ki a koe ina kōrero koe ki a rātou? Me whakanui ake rānei te reo o te pouaka whakaata i tō ētahi atu? Mena he mea noa tēnei ki a koe, tera pea he raruraru rongo tōu. Kaua e manukanuka, he pai ngā otinga mō tēnei. I tēnei rā kei te kōrero tātou mō tētahi otinga nui, arā, ko ngā Āwhina Whakarongo, kua whakangawari ake i te oranga o te tini tāngata.

He aha te taputapu whakarongo? He aha tana mahi?

He kupu ngāwari noa iho, he taputapu hiko iti te taputapu āwhina whakarongo e whakanohoia ana ki roto, ki muri rānei i tō taringa. Ko tōna kaupapa matua he whakanui, he whakanui rānei i te nui o ngā ngaru oro i te taiao e karapoti ana kia mārama ai te whakarongo. Mā tēnei ka māmā ake te kōrero a te tangata he ngoikore te whakarongo ki ētahi atu, me te mārama hoki ki ngā oro e karapoti ana i a rātou.

He tino māmā te mahi a tēnei taputapu. E toru ngā wāhanga matua:

• Hopuoro: Koinei te mea e hopu ana i ngā oro o waho.
• Whakakaha: Ka whakanuia e tēnei wāhanga te oro e kohia ana e te hopuoro ki te taumata e taea ai e koe te whakarongo.
• Kaikōrero/Kaiwhiwhi: Ka tukuna te oro kua whakanuia ki te taringa mā tēnei kaikōrero iti.

Whakaarohia he rite ki tētahi pūnaha oro iti. Ka hopukina te oro, ka whakanuia ki te taumata e hiahiatia ana, kātahi ka tukuna ki ō taringa.

Ngā momo pākahiko e whakamahia ana mō tēnei

Ka whakamahia ngā pākahiko hei whakakaha i ngā taputapu whakarongo. Ko ētahi e hiahia ana ki ngā pākahiko iti ka taea te tango. Engari he maha ngā taputapu whakarongo hou e haere mai ana me ngā pākahiko ka taea te whakahou . Arā, pērā i tō waea atamai, ka taea e koe te utu i a rātou i te pō, ā, ka taea te whakamahi i te ata. He tino māmā noa iho.

Ko wai te mea tino pai ki te whakamahi i te taputapu āwhina whakarongo?

He tino whai hua ngā taputapu whakarongo mō te hunga whai mate e kiia nei ko te ngaronga o te rongo sensorineural . He kupu hauora tēnei, engari e pā ana ki te ngaronga o te rongo i puta mai i te kino o te taringa o roto, o te io whakarongo rānei e hono ana i te taringa ki te roro. He maha ngā take pea o tēnei mate.

• Te koroheketanga
• Ko ētahi mate (hei tauira, te mate huka)
• Ngā mate taringa
• Te noho roa ki te haruru nui (hei tauira, te mahi i roto i ngā wheketere)
• Ngā pānga taha o ētahi rongoā

Mena kei te ngoikore tō turi nā tēnei take, he otinga pai pea te whakamahi i tētahi taputapu whakarongo.

Ko wai mā te tirotiro taringa me te tāuta i ngā taputapu whakarongo?

He tohunga tēnei kua whiwhi whakangungu motuhake mō tēnei. Ka karangatia ia e mātou he tohunga whakarongo.I te nuinga o te wā, ka tukuna koe e tō tākuta whānau (PCP) e tō tākuta taringa, ihu, me te korokoro rānei (tohunga ENT) ki tētahi pēnei.

Ka whakahaerehia e te tohunga whakarongo he whakamātautau whakarongo tuatahi. Mā tēnei ka whakatauhia te taumata me te momo o te ngaronga o te rongo kei a koe. I runga i ngā hua o te whakamātautau, ka whakatauhia e rātou mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki tētahi āwhina whakarongo, ā, mēnā koinā, ko tēhea momo āwhina whakarongo te mea pai mōu. Kātahi ka whakauruhia e rātou te taputapu ki tō taringa kia pai ai te uru me te whakamarie.

Ngā taputapu whakarongo kua tohua, ā, e wātea ana i runga i te kaute

E rua ngā momo taputapu whakarongo matua e taea ana e tātou te kōrero.

1. Ngā taputapu whakarongo kua whakaritea: Ka whakaritea ēnei e te tohunga whakarongo i runga i tō pūrongo whakamātautau whakarongo. Koinei ngā mea tino whai hua mō te nuinga o te hunga he ngoikore te whakarongo ngawari, he ngoikore te whakarongo waenga, me te ngoikore nui. Nā te mea he mea hanga motuhake ēnei , me toro atu koe ki tō tohunga whakarongo i te iti rawa kotahi i te tau hei whakatikatika anō.

2. Ngā taputapu whakarongo kore utu (OTC): E kiia ana he pai ēnei mō te hunga he ngoikore te whakarongo. Ka whakanui noa i te oro, engari kāore e taea te whakarite kia tika mōu.

Nō reira, kia tino mōhio ai koe ko tēhea momo te mea tika māu, he mea pai, he mea haumaru hoki te toro atu ki tētahi tākuta, ki tētahi tohunga whakarongo rānei.

Ngā painga me ngā huakore o te whakamahi i ngā taputapu whakarongo

Ngā painga matua

• Te kaha ki te whakarongo pai ki ngā oro i ngā taiao rerekē (hei tauira, i roto i te mano, i te wāhi marino).
• Te ngāwari o te kōrero me te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero ki ētahi atu.
• Te kaha ake ki te mārama ki ngā kōrero a ētahi atu.
• Te whiwhi i te mana motuhake.
• Mō ētahi tāngata, ka iti iho pea te tangi tonu o ngā taringa (tinnitus) .

Ētahi raruraru, ngoikoretanga rānei

He āwhina te āwhina whakarongo mō te ngaronga o te whakarongo, ehara i te rongoā . Ko te tikanga o tēnei, kāore e taea te whakahoki i tō whakarongo ki te āhua noa 100%, engari ka taea e ia te āwhina i a koe ki te whakamahi pai i tō kaha o nāianei.

• Tērā pea ka roa ētahi marama hei taunga ki tēnei.
• I te tīmatanga, tērā pea ka nui ake te tangi o tō ake reo ki a koe (engari ka taunga tō tinana ki tēnei reo i muri i ētahi wiki o te whakamahinga).
• I ētahi wā, he iti te utu nui o ēnei.
• Mena ka puta he uauatanga ki te whakarongo i ētahi taiao (hei tauira, ngā wāhi tino haruru), me mahi anō pea e te tohunga whakarongo ngā whakatikatika.

Kia pēhea te roa e taea ai te whakamahi? Ā, āhea ahau me toro atu ki te tākuta?

Ki te tiakina pai, ka roa pea te whakamahi i tētahi taputapu whakarongo kotahi mō te 6-7 tau. Ko tētahi atu painga o ngā taputapu hou, mēnā ka rerekē te taumata o tō whakarongo i roto i te wā, ka taea e koe te whakarerekē i te mea o mua me te kore e hoko i tētahi mea hou.

Mena kei a koe ēnei tohu e whai ake nei, he wā pai tēnei ki te kōrero ki tō tākuta mō ngā taputapu whakarongo.

Te rerekētanga i waenga i ngā taputapu whakarongo me ētahi atu taputapu whakarongo

Haunga ngā taputapu whakarongo, kei reira anō ētahi atu momo taputapu whakarongo. He rerekē tetahi i tetahi.

Ko tō tākuta, ko tō tohunga whakarongo rānei anake ka taea te hoatu i te tohutohu pai rawa atu mō te taputapu e tika ana māu.