Ko wai tēnei tohunga whakarongo? Kia mōhio tātou he aha rawa tēnei!

He uaua ki a koe te whakarongo ki ngā kōrero a tētahi, ā, me tono atu koe kia "kōrero anō"? Kei te ahua rānei koe kei te raru koe i roto i tētahi rūma kī tonu i te tangata? Tērā pea ka rongo noa koe i te tangi i roto i ō taringa, kei te ahua rānei koe kei te ngaro tō taurite. Mēnā he mea noa ēnei ki a koe, he mea nui tēnei tuhinga ki a koe. I tēnei rā ka kōrero tātou mō tētahi tohunga e āwhina ana i ngā raruraru whakarongo me te taurite. Koia te tohunga whakarongo, te Kaiwhakarongo rānei.

Ki te kī ngāwari, ko wai tēnei tohunga whakarongo?

He tohunga hauora te tohunga whakarongo kua whiwhi whakangungu motuhake ki te tātaritanga, te whakahaere, me te rongoā i ngā raruraru e pā ana ki te whakarongo me te taurite . Inaa, ka taea e rātou te āwhina i ngā tāngata o ngā reanga katoa, mai i ngā pēpi hou ki ngā kaumātua, me ngā raruraru whakarongo me te taurite.

Ka tātaritatia tō raruraru mā roto i ngā whakamātautau motuhake, ka whakaratohia ngā otinga e tika ana, pērā i ngā taputapu whakarongo, ā, ka tukuna hoki he aratohu. Ko te tikanga ka uru atu rātou ki tēnei mara me te mātauranga me te whakangungu matatau, tae atu ki te tohu motuhake me te tohu tākuta mai i te whare wānanga.

He aha ngā mea ka taea e koe te tumanako ina toro atu koe ki tētahi tohunga whakarongo?

Ina toro atu koe ki tētahi tohunga whakarongo, he maha ngā huarahi hei āwhina i a koe. Anei ētahi o ngā mahi e mahia ana e rātou:

• Te tirotiro taringa: Ka whakamahia he taputapu motuhake hei tirotiro i te roto o tō taringa, te awa taringa, me te pahu taringa.
• Ngā Whakamātautau Whakarongo: Ka whakahaerehia ngā whakamātautau maha hei whakatau i te pai o tō whakarongo. Kātahi ka whakamāramahia ngā hua ki a koe i roto i te huarahi māmā.
• Te Tohutohu: Whakaakohia koe mō tō hauora whakarongo. Mena he raruraru, whakamāramahia ngā maimoatanga me ngā huarahi whakahaere pea.
• Ngā taputapu whakarongo me ētahi atu taputapu: Ka tirohia e mātou mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki tētahi taputapu whakarongo, ki tētahi mea rānei pērā i te whakatō cochlear, ā, mēnā e tika ana, ka āwhina i a koe ki te whakauru tika.
• Ngā taputapu hangarau āwhina: Ka whakamōhiotia koe, ka whakangungua hoki ki te whakamahi i ngā taputapu pēnei i ngā taputapu e whakanui ana i te oro o te waea, i te pere tatau rānei, i ngā taputapu rānei e whakakā ana i te rama ina tangi te pere tatau.
• Whakangungu whakaora: Ka tukuna koe ki ngā whakangungu whakaora pēnei i te pānui kōrero me te whakawhanake i ngā pūkenga whakarongo.
• Te tirotiro i te tinnitus: Mena he tangi tonu kei roto i ō taringa (tinnitus), ka tirohia e mātou te take, ka tohutohu hoki i a koe mō ngā tikanga whakahaere kore-hauora.

Kia mārama tātou ki te rerekētanga o ngā tohunga taringa rerekē.

Ina pāngia tātou e te raruraru taringa, tera ētahi wā kāore e taea e tātou te whakatau ko wai te tangata hei toro atu. Mā tēnei ripanga koe e āwhina ki te mārama ki te rerekētanga i waenga i te tohunga whakarongo, te tohunga taringa, ihu me te korokoro (ENT), me ētahi atu.

Āhea koe me toro atu ki tētahi tohunga whakarongo?

Ki te whakaaro koe he ngoikore tō whakarongo, he pai ake te toro atu ki tētahi tohunga whakarongo. Anei ētahi tohu noa:

• Me whakarongo tonu ki ngā kōrero a ētahi atu.
• Te āhua nei kei te ngunguru, kei te kōrero pōhēhē rānei te hunga e karapoti ana i a koe.
• He uaua ki te mārama ki te kōrero ina nui te haruru e karapoti ana i a koe.
• Te rongo tonu i te tangi, te haruru, te haruru rānei i roto i ngā taringa (Tinnitus).
• Te whanoke i ētahi wā, te kore taurite (te pororaru) me ētahi atu raruraru.

Hei tāpiritanga, he mea tino nui kia tirohia ō taringa e te tohunga whakarongo i ia wā mēnā kei a koe tētahi, ētahi rānei o ngā āhuatanga e whai ake nei:

• Te noho roa ki te haruru nui (hei tauira, ngā wheketere, ngā puoro nui).
• Ngā mate taringa maha, ngā mate rānei i roto i te taringa.
• Te whakamahinga roa o ētahi rongoā ka pā ki te whakarongo (ototoxicity).
• Te ngaronga o te rongo tuku iho.
• Ngā whara o te upoko.

Me aha i roto i tētahi āhuatanga ohorere?

Ki te pāngia koe e te whanoke, te pororaru rānei, me tētahi, neke atu rānei o ngā tohu e whai ake nei, he tohu pea tēnei nō tētahi mate kino. Mēnā ka pāngia koe e tēnei āhuatanga, me haere tonu koe ki te Tari Whawhati Tata (ETU) o te hōhipera tata .

• Te ānini nui ohorere
• Te mamae o te uma, te uaua rānei ki te manawa
• Te ngoikore o ngā waewae, te ngaro o te māramatanga
• Te hemo
• Tirohanga takirua
• Te tere o te manawa, te koretake rānei o te manawa
• Te pōhēhē, te kōrero pōturi rānei
• Te uaua ki te hikoi
• Te ruaki tonu
• Ngā huringa ohorere o te whakarongo
• Te ngoikore, te māuiui rānei o te kanohi

Ngā pātai hei pātai i te hui tuatahi

Ina toro atu koe ki tētahi tohunga whakarongo, ka pātai rātou mō ō tohu me tō hītori hauora, ka tirotirohia ō taringa, ā, ka whakahaerehia he whakamātautau whakarongo. Kia puta mai ngā hua, kaua e mangere ki te pātai i ō pātai. Anei ētahi pātai ka hiahia pea koe ki te pātai:

• He aha i ngoikore ai taku whakarongo?
• Kia pēhea te kaha o taku ngaronga whakarongo?
• He rangitahi, he pumau rānei tēnei āhuatanga?
• Me whai āwhina whakarongo ahau?

Mā te pātai i ēnei pātai ka mārama ake koe ki tō āhua, ā, ka āwhina hoki koe ki te whakamahere i tō maimoatanga. Mena he mate hauora te take o tō raruraru, ka tukuna koe e tō tākuta whakarongo ki tētahi tohunga tika (pērā i te tākuta ENT).