They are worried that those suffering hearing loss are being fitted with the wrong types of aids and then quit using them because they are 'useless, painful, or both'.

Consultant ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon Euan Murugasu said, 'The wrong hearing aid or an improperly fitted one is, in a way, worse than having no hearing aid at all.'

Read Judith Tan's full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.