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overthepond · 11-15-2008, 12:56 PM

Welcome to the AD...

1. what hearing aids do you wear? Sometimes wears Unitrion analouge in left ear, always wears Cochlear Nucleus Freedom in right ear
2. How good are they?Most Ha's i had weren't too bad but they weren't enough, I have tried many on the market nothing is loud enough, Unitrion is Okay, it's only enough to hear some environmental sounds, I Prefered Widex senso (digital) out of all of the HA's i had but it wasn't loud enough for my left ear so had to change.
3. Do they help you hear everything you want? Unitrion does not give me the sounds i needed like speech which is why I have Cochlear Implant...
4. Are they uncomfortable?I do find HA's uncomfortable at times when the mould starts to get old they become itchy, As really deaf i used them to max but it keeps whistling which is annoying. I don't have much beneift of using HA but do with CI. Wearing CI is a little heavier than HA's i get tired achey ear at the end of the day but otherwise have no problem with it.
5. What degree hearing loss do you have Left is 120db loss, no high freq recorded, Right is 95db loss, no High Freq recorded Pre Implant operation but don't know what it is post op.

11-15-2008, 12:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
overthepond Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Great Britain Posts: 1,270	Welcome to the AD... 1. what hearing aids do you wear? Sometimes wears Unitrion analouge in left ear, always wears Cochlear Nucleus Freedom in right ear 2. How good are they?Most Ha's i had weren't too bad but they weren't enough, I have tried many on the market nothing is loud enough, Unitrion is Okay, it's only enough to hear some environmental sounds, I Prefered Widex senso (digital) out of all of the HA's i had but it wasn't loud enough for my left ear so had to change. 3. Do they help you hear everything you want? Unitrion does not give me the sounds i needed like speech which is why I have Cochlear Implant... 4. Are they uncomfortable?I do find HA's uncomfortable at times when the mould starts to get old they become itchy, As really deaf i used them to max but it keeps whistling which is annoying. I don't have much beneift of using HA but do with CI. Wearing CI is a little heavier than HA's i get tired achey ear at the end of the day but otherwise have no problem with it. 5. What degree hearing loss do you have Left is 120db loss, no high freq recorded, Right is 95db loss, no High Freq recorded Pre Implant operation but don't know what it is post op.