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I have had a hearing problem for years. I finally scheduled an appointment at the Audiologist for hearing aids. The Wife on the other hand has excellent hearing but does have a listening problem.
I have had a hearing problem for years. I finally scheduled an appointment at the Audiologist for hearing aids. The Wife on the other hand has excellent hearing but does have a listening problem.
I have a listening problem. I deliberately and consciously tune out those who refuse to look at me, speak slowly, and keep their hands from in front of their mouth. I will ask nicely 3 times. ONLY.
My husband on the other hand has a habit of talking. Not speaking to anyone, just letting his thoughts come out of his mouth. It's fine for the kitties and dogs, they think he blabbers all the time anyway. I have learned that he does ... blabber. So I have stopped listening to him. We have an agreement that he keeps forgetting: get my attention before you speak to me, yet he will insist he has told me something or ask "did you hear me?" My answer to that is, "I cannot hear, I must listen." I say that no fewer than 10 times every day. At least I no longer have to say, "...so get my attention first."
Yes, I saw an ENT and had a hearing test first. They recommended the audiologist.
Movie dialogue is difficult for me sometimes even with hearing aids. A lot depends on the acoustics of the theater. Ironically, the promos they play before the feature are so loud, I sometimes have to cover my ears.
Though I am losing hearing, I'm still quite sensitive to loud noises.
I am guessing not too many people (even those who wear hearing aids) know what kind of things a smartphone app for a particular hearing aid can accomplish with this relatively new technology.
Any one of you using this Bluetooth technology care to chime in with your favorite feature?
I have the Bluetooth/iPhone connection with my hearing aids. This technology seems to be changing quickly. I had my mine in for repair and got a newer one on loan and it had added features in just over a year's time.
I like the hands-free phone call answering. Actually, any sounds that come to your phone can be directed to your hearing aids such as voice mail. If you have music on your iPhone you can listen via the Bluetooth link. One of the features I like is listening to audiobooks downloaded to the iPhone.
The app that resides on your iPhone and manages and keeps track of the battery levels, sound volume, bass or treble balance, and directional adjustments. I have four basic programs -- a universal setting, a conversation setting, a television setting, and a privacy setting. I like the privacy setting because it blocks out unwanted sounds. I watch a lot of PBS and always had trouble with British accents but the television feature has corrected that problem.
There is an adjustment period of a few weeks or longer while your brain gets accustomed to the new hearing aids. Therefore, your earliest experience will improve over time if you wear your hearing aids every day. Part of the confusion of hearing loss is the brain's attempt to fill in the blanks for missing words. Once you get accustomed to the hearing aids your brain doesn't have to guess at words as it learns to trust what it hears.
I went to sams club and bought a pair of hearing aids for 2k, liberty hearing aids out of philly I have had many hearing test by Drs. but the test I got at Sams club seemed to be the best one and they really worked , I could hear things like my turn signals blinking ,and birds singing it was the best 2k I ever spent
Yes. I was given a hearing test prior to my release from the military, and had some difficulty with it. I had been with artillery and tank units, but a year at division HQ was probably responsible for the damage to my hearing, due to twelve hours on/off with a radio earpiece with the squelch off.
The VA determined that I needed either hearing aids or an operation; it was my choice. They gave me a couple of weeks to think about it, and I decided upon the operation. I returned to the VA to give them my decision. While in the waiting room, I heard the person sitting next to me moaning in pain. As I turned to look at him, I saw a bloody bandage behind his hear, as he rocked back and forth in pain. Right or wrong, I figured that this guy had "the operation" and I wanted no part of that.
Now 55 years later, my hearing hasn't gotten any worse, although I developed tinnitus along the way. (Oddly, that doesn't bother me.) There are certain actresses on TV that are hard for me to understand - Megan Mullally from Will & Grace, for one - and when I'm spoken to by someone in another room, fuggetaboudit. It's a minor annoyance that I don't even think about until my girlfriend shouts, "Turn the TV down!"
Hearing aids are one of the most profitable medical rip offs today. They basically are miniature amplifiers that cost less than $50.00 to manufacture. It's the outrageous costs of advertising those products that raise the prices and the high commissions paid out.
Those full page weekly ads in the newspapers, the TV ads and the dozen or so mailers you get in the mail each month are what you're paying for.
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