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DeafDoc1 · 11-15-2008, 06:36 PM

1. what hearing aids do you wear? Phonak Naida V UP (UltraPower)
2. How good are they? They are powerful and have sound compression, but I still have little/no speech discrim with them.
3. Do they help you hear everything you want? No, they give me environmental awareness. If there are competing sounds, it just sounds like noise to me.
4. Are they uncomfortable? No, although it's taking me a little time to get used to full shell soft earmolds. I used to wear acrylic and had no problems with them. I did find it a bit cumbersome when I tried the integrated FM system; the longer units sometimes rubbed me a bit.
5. What degree hearing loss do you have Profound--100-120 dB low frequencies, NR high frequencies.

Seems like my audie subscribes to the idea that "if your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail". In other words, the greatest thing she has to offer is amplification. Therefore, everyone with hearing loss must have HAs. I attended the ALDA conference a few weeks ago. In talking with others, it seems like people often feel that they must wear HAs even if they offer little help. It was nice to get "permission" to not have to wear them.

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DeafDoc1 hiding in plain sight Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,005	1. what hearing aids do you wear? Phonak Naida V UP (UltraPower) 2. How good are they? They are powerful and have sound compression, but I still have little/no speech discrim with them. 3. Do they help you hear everything you want? No, they give me environmental awareness. If there are competing sounds, it just sounds like noise to me. 4. Are they uncomfortable? No, although it's taking me a little time to get used to full shell soft earmolds. I used to wear acrylic and had no problems with them. I did find it a bit cumbersome when I tried the integrated FM system; the longer units sometimes rubbed me a bit. 5. What degree hearing loss do you have Profound--100-120 dB low frequencies, NR high frequencies. Seems like my audie subscribes to the idea that "if your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail". In other words, the greatest thing she has to offer is amplification. Therefore, everyone with hearing loss must have HAs. I attended the ALDA conference a few weeks ago. In talking with others, it seems like people often feel that they must wear HAs even if they offer little help. It was nice to get "permission" to not have to wear them. __________________ What's up, Doc?