Hi guys, new member here. Thought I would ask a question since I'm planning to get new hearing aids soon. I'm 24 years old and I've been using my Phonak PicoForte 3 BTE analog hearing aids for around 15-20 years? Got them when I was 4-5 years old. The left aid broke around 6 years ago so I've been using a single hearing aid in my right ear for quite so time. Unfortunately it seems like it's not going to last me very long so I figured it's time to get new ones.
I had a hearing evaluation done yesterday and I have severe to profound hearing loss in both ears, so my audiologist recommended the new Oticon Chili BTE digital hearing aids for me. Nothing is set in stone yet as I still have to send in paperwork to see if my insurance will cover it but it seems likely at this point.
So the question I'm asking, and I did ask my audiologist this as well, is that will I see a big difference switching over? I read a lot of horror stories from here and other websites saying digital will take quite some time getting used to and that I'll have to "re-learn" sound again, but at this point I'll accept anything. My analog hearing aids aren't as good as they used to be and I have a very hard time hearing speech/conversations and it sucks to be honest. Will the digital hearing aids be that big a difference? Especially since I stuck with analog for 20 years lol.
Sorry if this has been asked a million times before, thanks for any responses!
I had a hearing evaluation done yesterday and I have severe to profound hearing loss in both ears, so my audiologist recommended the new Oticon Chili BTE digital hearing aids for me. Nothing is set in stone yet as I still have to send in paperwork to see if my insurance will cover it but it seems likely at this point.
So the question I'm asking, and I did ask my audiologist this as well, is that will I see a big difference switching over? I read a lot of horror stories from here and other websites saying digital will take quite some time getting used to and that I'll have to "re-learn" sound again, but at this point I'll accept anything. My analog hearing aids aren't as good as they used to be and I have a very hard time hearing speech/conversations and it sucks to be honest. Will the digital hearing aids be that big a difference? Especially since I stuck with analog for 20 years lol.
Sorry if this has been asked a million times before, thanks for any responses!