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Old 04-04-2009, 08:47 AM   #4 (permalink)
shel90
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Originally Posted by Hear Again View Post
deafdude,

It does no good to hear environmental sounds if a person can't understand speech (unless a person accepts being able to hear environmental sounds only).

Besides, the more environmental sounds a person hears, the more difficult it is to understand speech in noise.

I am that person!

I never found turning my hearing aids to the max when talking with hearing people a problem. I use lipreading and some of my hearing combined. I cant do one without the other.
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