Kutaya kwa kumva kwa zaka zokhudzana ndi zaka zimakhudza pafupifupi mmodzi mwa anthu atatu omwe ali ndi zaka zoposa 65, ndipo chiwerengero chimenecho chimawonjezeka pamene mukukalamba, kudumpha kwa awiri mwa atatu okalamba omwe akusowa thandizo lakumva ndi zaka 70. Chiyambireni moyo, chiwerengero za anthu omwe ali ndi vuto lakumva ndizovuta. Kafukufuku wasonyeza kuti kutaya kwakumva kumathandizira kuzinthu zina zazikulu kuphatikizapo kuvutika maganizo, kudzipatula, kusamvetsetsana, komanso kuvutika maganizo .
Ngakhale ziwerengero izi, osachepera theka la akulu akulu omwe amafunikira thandizo lakumvetsera amawagula iwo. Mtengo ukuganiza kuti ndi chinthu chachikulu chomwe chimalepheretsa anthu kugula zinthu zothandizira kumvetsera, chifukwa pokhapokha pokhapokha ndalama zothandizira kumvetsera ndalama zokwana madola 2,500. Zothandizira kumvetsera nthawi zambiri sizimaphimbidwa ndi inshuwaransi . Zina mwazinthu zingaphatikizepo momwe njira zothandizira kumvetsera zikuonekera (anthu akuchotsedwa ndi mawonekedwe awo) ndi zovuta za kupezeka pamsonkhanowu kuti ayese kuyesa ndi kuyesedwa. Okalamba ena amangofuna kukhalabe akutsutsa chifukwa chakuti kumva kumvetsera kumakhudzana ndi kukalamba.
Panopa ku United States, a FDA samalola zipangizo kuti zigulitsidwe mwachindunji kwa ogula monga "zothandizira" kotero makampani athandiziridwa ndi izi powagulitsa ngati "malonda omveka bwino" kapena PSAPs. Mosiyana ndi zothandizira kumva, PSAPs zimagulitsidwa mwachindunji kwa anthu popanda thandizo kapena malangizo a katswiri wa zamamvetsera ( audiologist ), ndipo ndi otsika mtengo kwambiri.
Zamakono zomangamanga zogulitsa zimagulitsidwa pafupifupi $ 150- $ 300 pa chipangizo. Koma kodi amagwiranso ntchito?
PSAPs ndi OTC Kumvetsera Zothandizira
Malingana ndi kafukufuku wa 2017 wofalitsidwa mu American Journal of Audiology, PSAPs inali chabe yocheperapo kusiyana ndi zothandizira kumva zomwe zinagawidwa ndi kusinthidwa ndi katswiri wamagetsi, (pogwiritsidwa ntchito kuti amve kumva pang'ono).
Chifukwa cha kuchepa kwakukulu kwazomwe kuli koyenera kunena kuti kupanga zida zowakomera pamsonkhanowu kungapangitse kuti anthu okalamba athe kufikako, zomwe zingachititse kuti anthu ambiri amvetsere. Chotsatira chimodzi chochititsa chidwi cha phunziroli, komabe, ndi kuti ophunzira adapatsidwa mwayi wogula zida zawo zomvetsera kumapeto kwa phunziro, ndipo zothandizira kwambiri zomwe zinaperekedwa ndi katswiri wa zamagetsi zinali zochepa kwambiri kugula kusiyana ndi zochepetsedwa- mtengo wa PSAPs.
Chifukwa cha momwe zipangizo zothandizira kumva zimayendetsedwa ku United States komanso chifukwa chakuti pali pulogalamu yamakono pamsika, luso lamakono lomwe likupezeka silinagwiritsidwe ntchito kuti lipange zothandizira kumva, monga matelefoni osakaniza ndi mabakiteriya opatsirana . Kampani imodzi yomwe imagulitsa PSAPs, Doppler Labs, ikuyesera kupanga zothandizira kumva zowoneka bwino komanso zothandiza. Amapanga zipangizo zomwe zimagwirizanitsa ndi foni yamakono ndipo zimatha kulakwa mosavuta ndi zipangizo zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kusindikiza nyimbo kapena kutumiza foni. Kusintha njira yomwe FDA ikuyendetsera zothandizira kumva zowonongeka kungathandize kukhazikitsa mpikisano wambiri mu mafakitale ndipo potsirizira pake kumayambitsa kusintha kwa makina akumva okha.
Palibe chifukwa choti manyazi ndi maonekedwe ndizofunika kwambiri chifukwa chake akuluakulu akuluakulu amamvetsera akuthandizira, koma anthu ena amaganiza zowonongeka zomwe zimakhala zokongola kapena zowonjezereka. Ngati mtengo unagwera pa zothandizira kumva, ndipo iwo angagulidwe ku pharmacy yanu yapafupi, anthu ena mumalondawa amawawona kuti akugwirizana ndi mafashoni. Mwinanso mungasankhe chithandizo chomwe mumagwiritsa ntchito tsiku limenelo pogwiritsa ntchito momwe mukugwirira ntchito yanu.
Kodi OTC Kumva Zothandizira Zidzakhala Liti?
Mu chiwonetsero chachilendo cha bipartisanship, mu 2017, oimira angapo omwe amatsogoleredwa ndi Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) ndi Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) adayambitsa chikalata ku Senate kuti asinthe njira yomwe FDA imayendera zothandizira kumva.
Lamulo lomwelo linayambika mu Nyumba ya Oimira ndi Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass) ndi Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn). Ntchitoyi imatchedwa "Over-The-Counter Hearing Aid Aid Act". Ngakhale kuti a Democrats ndi a Republican akuwoneka kuti ali pambali ndi malamulo, makampani ena othandiza kumva ndi magulu otsutsa amatsutsa.
Anthu omwe amatsutsa zothandizira kumvetsetsa amapeza kuti posawona katswiri wa zamagetsi, anthuwa amalephera kupeza coaching chofunika chomwe chingathandize kuthetsa kumva kwawo. Kusamalira kutayika kwakumva sikungokhala zothandizira pakumva, katswiri wa zamagetsi angakuphunzitseni kuĊµerenga milomo. Anthu omwe akufuna kukonza zothandizira kumvetsera amatsutsa kuti odwala angapitirize kupeza uphungu kwa katswiri, kupereka malipiro a ntchito, koma kuti kusintha kosintha malamulo kudzatsegula msika, phwando la achinyamata, kubweretsa mitengo, ndi kutsogolera kuti zinthu ziziyenda bwino m'kampani yamakono. Miyezi ndi zaka zomwe zikubwera kudzabweretsa kafukufuku wochuluka ndi zokambirana pa mutu uwu, zomwe zidzakwaniritsidwa kuti, pamapeto pake, zidzamveka bwino kwa mamiliyoni a anthu.
> Zotsatira:
> American Journal of Audiology. Zotsatira za Mtundu Wowonjezera Utumiki ndi Kugulira Mtengo pa Zomvetsera Zowathandiza Mu Okalamba Achikulire: Malo Osauka Amodzi Awiri Amodzi Omwe Amagwira Ntchito Pachipatala. Http://aja.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=2608398. Kusinthidwa kwa January 2017.
> Kodi ndi Nthawi Yomvera Zothandizira Kuti Zigulitsidwe Over-the-Counter. Shots Health News kuchokera ku NPR. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/24/524946910/is-it-time-for-hearing-aids-to-be-sold-over-the-counter. Kusinthidwa April 2017.
> Kutsegula msika ku zithandizo zowonjezera zowonjezera: Chinachake Congress chingavomereze. Hill. http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/333734-opening-the-market-to-over-the-counter-hearing-aids-chinachake. Kusinthidwa kwa May 2017.