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    Are BelTone Hearing Aids Junk?

    I'm probably the only person who will give you a positive report on Beltone. :aw: That was the brand my parents went with when they discovered my hearing loss in the 1960's (I was 4 at the time). So it was what I grew up with and that's what sounded normal to me. My Beltone HA's always...
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    Books about deafness & CI

    I just finished Bridge to Sound With a 'Bionic' Ear, by Cynthia Farley. It's really more of a compilation of stories from people who either received a cochlear implant or are a parent of a child that received one. Interesting reading! I've also read the books mentioned earlier: Rebuilt, Hear...
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    Hearing aids for profound losses

    I have to admit (to the original poster)...I'm so glad you asked this question! I was one of those people who thought "profound" hearing loss meant that you didn't hear at all. I used to have a moderate-to-severe loss in my left ear and profound in my right. I couldn't hear anything at all in...
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    Bilateral Implants

    Hi everyone, I'm new here (this is my first post!) so I hope I'm doing this correctly. :-) I just recently became deaf -- it's been about 6 or 7 weeks now, I guess. Up til then I wore bi-CROS hearing aids, with my left ear being the one I actually heard things in and the right ("dead") ear...
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