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I share a house with someone who does not work because they are on SSI. Well, I have to get up and go to work and have my bed shaking alarm clock set for 6 am. You probably already guessed that this person has complained about the alarm clock. This is the alarm clock I need so I can get up...

I recently received my Nucleus 5 Upgrade and so far I am happy with it. The main improvement ,besides the smaller size is the fact that the product is more rugged. I had three cracked controllers in less than two years with the Freedom so it will be nice not to have to deal with that issue...

I was on a plane and my ear started to itch so I took out my hearing aid ($2900 Oticom SUMO DM) and put it in my carry on bag. Well, I get home , empty the bag and NO HEARING AID! :eek: I have contacted the airline and so far no luck. I am sick to my stomach about this. :barf: This will...

The surgery (CI for right ear) went well. I have not had too much pain but I did get a little sick to my stomach after drinking some cranberry juice. I feel better after taking the pressure bandage off. To anyone else having the surgery I would recommend: 1. Sleeping in a recliner 2...

Some of you might be interested in this. I just saw this on the news and thought I would provide the web address to the video. I hope this addy works. It It is a shame they did not mention using a CI with HA because some people could probably benefit as much with a CI/HA combination. The...

I recieved voice mail from my dentist's office reminding me of an up coming appointment. I have a Captioned phone and my Dentist's last name begins with a K but on the screen it said Dr. Kevorkian. WRONG NAME! :eek:

I will be deciding on what implant I am going to get soon. I am curious to know what system some of you chose and what was the main reason. I also have some other questions: Do any of you have the Freedom mini BTE? What kind of battery life are you getting with it? If you are using the...

Here is the address: Auris Medical Initiating Clinical Trial with Tinnitus Drug

Has anyone seen the movie Babel? I saw the movie last weekend and enjoyed it. First of all it had subtitles as the story or rather stories take place in several countries. IMHO, The Movie is about language barriers and other barriers to communication(Deafness). One of the characters is a...

I will be starting a trial with Power Hearing aids and have some questions. I have a severe to profound loss, should I expect good speech understanding for TV, Radio and movie theaters, with the power hearing aids or did good speech understanding get left at mild to moderate? I have not...

Has any one tried a Captel phone? I am going to apply to get one through CTAP (California Telephone Access Program). I HATE using the phone :pissed: and captioning would be nice. Here is a web address if anyone else is interested. CapTel - The Captioned Telephone.

I have been noticing lately that with my current hearing aids things are sounding terrible. It seems to have gotten worse the last couple of months. Things sound scratchy and distorted. Music is the worst. I am going to get new ear moulds and hearing aids in the new year. Is there anything I...

:eek3: A few days ago I was rudely awakened by an alarm. I thought the smoke alarm so I jumped out of bed sending my small dog flying off the bed. I raced into the livining room to get the remote to shut the alarm off. I kept pressing the power button to shut the alarm off and I suddenly...

I spent my day getting hearing tests a CT and talking to an otologist. The plan is to try new hearing aids and then be evaluated for a CI I have an appointment in March for the evaluation. I could do that sooner but I want to try the hearing aids first as my current hearing aids don't help...

I am going to be trying some new hearing aids soon and I have a progressive hearing loss. I have an 80 db loss in both ears with abysmal word discrimination. I hate the idea of forking over $6000 and then finding that the aids are useless in a year or two. With the hearing aids I have now...

Hi all! I was able to get my audiograms from the past 5 years together and I was shocked to see how much hearing I have lost in that time. My left ear was normal and my right ear had a moderate loss. I now have a severe loss in both ears. It is scaring me because it looks like it could be...

I have been wearing digital BTE for over 3 years. I seemed to be doing good and wear them 16 hrs a day. Well I seemed to have hit a bump in the road so to speak. In the past few weeks I have been treated for an infection in the ear canals. I had a reaction to the drops and ended up with...