SINGAPORE — If you need to get a hearing aid in Singapore, the process of buying one and getting it fitted is not as straightforward as it is in the United States, where you may just buy them at pharmacies, for instance. It was just last year that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved over-t
SINGAPORE — If you need to get a hearing aid in Singapore, the process of buying one and getting it fitted is not as straightforward as it is in the United States, where you may just buy them at pharmacies, for instance.
This is to ensure that they meet appropriate standards of safety, quality and efficacy before they are sold or supplied to Singapore, the authority said.Responding to queries from TODAY, HSA said: “Hearing aids are intended to be prescribed and used under the supervision of a hearing care professional, for example, an audiologist.
Online checks by TODAY revealed that for as little as around S$35, it is possible to pay for a “medical grade” hearing aid from e-retailers and have it delivered right to one’s doorstep in just one or two days. No hearing test is needed. “Wearing ill-fitting hearing aids can lead to discomfort and irritation, poor sound quality, and in serious cases, cause further damage to the ear.
“Adult children may also get such hearing aids to let their older parents try to see how well they can adapt to wearing hearing aids before investing in the real thing. But that’s like comparing apples and oranges,” she said.We spend a lot of time on counselling because of the expectations and adaptation that come with wearing a hearing aid. It’s not as simple as putting on a pair of glasses.
At Hearing Partners, for example, patients are usually asked to return for follow-ups at least four times in the first year, Ms Lee said. The Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study in 2017 found that people with hearing loss were 2.3 times more likely to develop dementia or mild cognitive impairment. Those were among the reasons why Ms Daphne Neo’s hearing loss went untreated for more than two decades. Now 36, she works as a financial consultant.
Even though hearing issues did not severely affect Ms Neo’s learning and speech development while growing up, it affected her social interactions.Ms Neo said: “I couldn’t hear clearly so I would respond to questions wrongly or weirdly — I could tell from the other person’s expression.
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