Hearing Aids

dreamer90 · 02-07-2012, 12:07 PM

hearing aids makes things louder, it doesnt make people speak CLEARER...i stopped using it years ago.

candybrowneyes · 02-07-2012, 12:25 PM

ok

Babyblue · 02-07-2012, 12:52 PM

Hearing aids I wear, makes things louder and clearer. I wear them on a daily basis. I do take breaks from them in the evening, since it can become overstimulating.

Guess it varies, depending on the individual.

Frisky Feline · 02-07-2012, 01:04 PM

same what babyblue says so. I still wear my HA.

**Bottesini** · 02-07-2012, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dreamer90

hearing aids makes things louder, it doesnt make people speak CLEARER...i stopped using it years ago.

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Originally Posted by candybrowneyes

ok

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Originally Posted by Babyblue

Hearing aids I wear, makes things louder and clearer. I wear them on a daily basis. I do take breaks from them in the evening, since it can become overstimulating.

Guess it varies, depending on the individual.

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Originally Posted by Frisky Feline

same what babyblue says so. I still wear my HA.

Hearing aid wearers, unite!!

lovezebras · 02-07-2012, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dreamer90

hearing aids makes things louder, it doesnt make people speak CLEARER...i stopped using it years ago.

Well then..thanks for sharing? Lol

Sarfarigirl2011 · 02-07-2012, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by dreamer90

hearing aids makes things louder, it doesnt make people speak CLEARER...i stopped using it years ago.

same here with my old Oticon Gaias LOL but now my Safaris makes everything so clear!

green427 · 02-07-2012, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by dreamer90

hearing aids makes things louder, it doesnt make people speak CLEARER...i stopped using it years ago.

Glad we got that cleared up. Back to our regularly scheduled programming.

**LDNanna** · 02-07-2012, 09:52 PM

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eggyman · 02-17-2012, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by dreamer90

hearing aids makes things louder, it doesnt make people speak CLEARER...i stopped using it years ago.

Whoo hooo you want a gold medal for that

Vorsia · 02-17-2012, 11:39 AM

To dreamer90
I hate my hearing aids i hate when people look at them and i hate the way they sound ,but i need them ..its a love hate relationship...we need them for sound Sound Awareness....some of us need them but hate them..i have kids so i need to know .. whats going on around me ,and live in the city...

RoseRodent · 02-17-2012, 04:33 PM

My old ones never made anything any clearer but the new ones do.

threedeejay · 02-28-2012, 01:51 PM

It depends on this. The kind of hearing aid you are using. Analog? Digital? The programming you have. The amount of time you have spent tweaking it. It is time consuming to get the right fitting, but well worth it in the long run. I had maybe, 20 or so more programmings until I reached the right golden spot.

Beach girl · 03-03-2012, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by RoseRodent

My old ones never made anything any clearer but the new ones do.

What are you using now? Good to see you back, by the way. I remember you were having difficulties with your previous aids.

RoseRodent · 03-04-2012, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Beach girl

What are you using now? Good to see you back, by the way. I remember you were having difficulties with your previous aids.

Think I ran into you on another thread, nice to be missed IYSWIM.

I got fed up with everything for a while cos everyone seemed to have nice hearing aids that did all sorts of things and mine... well, could have thrown them on the ground and rolled my wheelchair over them repeatedly until they were ground to dust. The old audi had this weird idea of averaging the loss across all frequencies to decide how powerful an aid is required, which left me ludicrously underpowered and her claim was the problem was caused by me wanting an OVER powerful hearing aid! Since i have a 70dB gap between my best and worst frequencies I have no idea what she was playing at taking an average.

I got changed to a Nathos SP now, which is a Naida V SP rebranded for the UK health service and fiddled with internally so it's not compatible with private iPFG programming. I have good thresholds in high frequencies but because of distortion and recruitment I have no usable hearing. If I can hear it it hurts me and all noises above 2kHz sound identical anyway. I got set up with enough power and the Soundrecover on so I can hear high frequencies without feeling like I just got shot in the auditory nerve. It almost actually means something!

Beach girl · 03-04-2012, 06:05 PM

Yay! Sounds like progress, then! Glad to hear it.

sup3rrm0m · 03-10-2012, 01:35 PM

candybrowneyes - I've been trying to reach you! I've spent a couple hours trying to get in this forum and loading AIM to see if I could reach you. I saw a very old post you had about some HP-53P hearing aids you had. Do you still have them? Please email me at sup3rrm0m@yahoo.com.

green427 · 03-10-2012, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by sup3rrm0m

candybrowneyes - I've been trying to reach you! I've spent a couple hours trying to get in this forum and loading AIM to see if I could reach you. I saw a very old post you had about some HP-53P hearing aids you had. Do you still have them? Please email me at sup3rrm0m@yahoo.com.

She does not hang out here much anymore....try PM and it should go to her email.

sup3rrm0m · 03-11-2012, 12:38 PM

Thanks Green - I don't have the option to send a private message to her. In looking at the FAQs - either she has disabled it or the administrator has disabled me from using it. Do you know how I can reach the administrator to check it out on my end?

LoveBlue · 03-11-2012, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sup3rrm0m

Thanks Green - I don't have the option to send a private message to her. In looking at the FAQs - either she has disabled it or the administrator has disabled me from using it. Do you know how I can reach the administrator to check it out on my end?

I think you need X number of posts before you can PM anyone.

sup3rrm0m · 03-13-2012, 04:52 PM

oh my! guess I'll be chatting it up with you all trying to find candybrowneyes! I'm not much of a quitter...:-)

kyte · 03-16-2012, 01:35 AM

To Vorsa !!!!!

Hi Vorsa, I would like to tell you that there also hidden hearing aids available in the market now, as the name suggests hidden, i.e., they are very small in size and are not visible to others, and are as efficient as simpler ones. So now you can opt for those hidden hearing aids if you feel bad someone watching at you with a strange look at your hearing aids.

MichellePasinat · 03-20-2012, 06:26 AM

I agree with you dreamer90. Hearing aids make things louder..Whenever you expertise a listening to loss, don’t delay visiting an audiologist.

MosDeaf · 03-22-2012, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by MichellePasinat

I agree with you dreamer90. Hearing aids make things louder..Whenever you expertise a listening to loss, don’t delay visiting an audiologist.

I'm not 100% sure what you're trying to say here, but I've had bad experiences with audiologists. The ones I have dealt with are more concerned with selling their products than actually helping me. They act more like used car salesmen than doctors.

Sarfarigirl2011 · 03-22-2012, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MosDeaf

I'm not 100% sure what you're trying to say here, but I've had bad experiences with audiologists. The ones I have dealt with are more concerned with selling their products than actually helping me. They act more like used car salesmen than doctors.

DeafCaroline can help you here, been in the same spot til she found one that she liked!

sisu · 03-31-2012, 12:03 PM

I like my hearing aids. I have purchased all but one set from Costco and have always been satisfied, at least I can hear most of what people are saying to me. I can't afford to go beyond what my insurance allowance is or I'd try the 3K version of what I have now. I just purchased Bernafon Chronos 7 with the Bluetooth Sound Gate 1.4 device. Only had then since this Thursday and so far very impressed. As far as folks looking at them, I don't care and if someone were to decide to be rude well lets just say at 61 I've been in the dirt with people before. I will not tolerate rudeness to myself, friends, or my dogs...

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02-07-2012, 01:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Frisky Feline Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 20,542	same what babyblue says so. I still wear my HA.

02-17-2012, 11:39 AM	#11 (permalink)
Vorsia Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: ny Posts: 225	To dreamer90 I hate my hearing aids i hate when people look at them and i hate the way they sound ,but i need them ..its a love hate relationship...we need them for sound Sound Awareness....some of us need them but hate them..i have kids so i need to know .. whats going on around me ,and live in the city...

02-17-2012, 04:33 PM	#12 (permalink)
RoseRodent Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Scotland Posts: 339	My old ones never made anything any clearer but the new ones do.

02-28-2012, 01:51 PM	#13 (permalink)
threedeejay Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Southern California Posts: 20	It depends on this. The kind of hearing aid you are using. Analog? Digital? The programming you have. The amount of time you have spent tweaking it. It is time consuming to get the right fitting, but well worth it in the long run. I had maybe, 20 or so more programmings until I reached the right golden spot.

03-04-2012, 06:05 PM	#16 (permalink)
Beach girl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: northern Virginia in winter; NC in summer Posts: 3,760	Yay! Sounds like progress, then! Glad to hear it.

03-10-2012, 01:35 PM	#17 (permalink)
sup3rrm0m Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 4	candybrowneyes - I've been trying to reach you! I've spent a couple hours trying to get in this forum and loading AIM to see if I could reach you. I saw a very old post you had about some HP-53P hearing aids you had. Do you still have them? Please email me at sup3rrm0m@yahoo.com.

03-11-2012, 12:38 PM	#19 (permalink)
sup3rrm0m Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 4	Thanks Green - I don't have the option to send a private message to her. In looking at the FAQs - either she has disabled it or the administrator has disabled me from using it. Do you know how I can reach the administrator to check it out on my end?

03-13-2012, 04:52 PM	#21 (permalink)
sup3rrm0m Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 4	oh my! guess I'll be chatting it up with you all trying to find candybrowneyes! I'm not much of a quitter...:-)

03-16-2012, 01:35 AM	#22 (permalink)
kyte Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 12	To Vorsa !!!!! Hi Vorsa, I would like to tell you that there also hidden hearing aids available in the market now, as the name suggests hidden, i.e., they are very small in size and are not visible to others, and are as efficient as simpler ones. So now you can opt for those hidden hearing aids if you feel bad someone watching at you with a strange look at your hearing aids.

03-20-2012, 06:26 AM	#23 (permalink)
MichellePasinat Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 11	I agree with you dreamer90. Hearing aids make things louder..Whenever you expertise a listening to loss, don’t delay visiting an audiologist.

03-31-2012, 12:03 PM	#26 (permalink)
sisu Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Eastern WA/ Alaska Posts: 11	I like my hearing aids. I have purchased all but one set from Costco and have always been satisfied, at least I can hear most of what people are saying to me. I can't afford to go beyond what my insurance allowance is or I'd try the 3K version of what I have now. I just purchased Bernafon Chronos 7 with the Bluetooth Sound Gate 1.4 device. Only had then since this Thursday and so far very impressed. As far as folks looking at them, I don't care and if someone were to decide to be rude well lets just say at 61 I've been in the dirt with people before. I will not tolerate rudeness to myself, friends, or my dogs...