Don't wear ultra powered hearing aids too often!!!

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As we and our mothers all know - do NOT go to loud rock concerts. Right? Rock concerts are around 115db. This is a couple of hours per now and then of exposure. Research proves that this causes hearing loss. THIS IS SHORT TERM.

The hearing aids you wear on a daily basis, for hours and hours at end are at like 90db. That can't be great at all. I am currently imaging that it actually damages your hearing because of long-term exposure to loud noises.

It's all a conspiracy to get you to lose more hearing, then to make you buy more products I say!
 
:lol: Well I do wear UP on my ear that is still working.

Won't they really defeat themselves and just get nothing if I lose it all from the UP?

And since the loss in that ear is at 90db, could it really make it worse? My auditory nerves are patchy and bad anyway so I don't care, but that does not seem like it would hurt anything.
 
Doesn't really apply if you have stable hearing loss!! I've had hearing aids for 20 years now and it hasnt changed.
 
PFH, that's interesting that you say that, because my husband (hearing) has often wondered the same thing.

I think the difference is that Lissa and Botts said, it doesn't apply if you have stable hearing. Plus, don't all digital hearing aids have a sort of fail-safe system where if a sound goes above a certain dB rating, they cut off? So if you actually are in a noise-heavy environment, they won't amplify noise beyond what your ears can handle, and sometimes will just cut off amplification entirely.
 
Mine are set at about 100db, I'm guessing. I do mute them when I'm around loud noises like disturbing my neighbors with the lawnmower while I take a queit walk around - and around - and around my yard. :D
 
Interesting theory, funny thing is audiologists tell you its the opposite... I was told by not forcing my daughter to wear hers it would cause her hearing to get worse yet it didn't now that she is wearing them again they say her hearing nerve is dying, maybe your on to something
 
Beach girl said:
PFH, that's interesting that you say that, because my husband (hearing) has often wondered the same thing.

I think the difference is that Lissa and Botts said, it doesn't apply if you have stable hearing. Plus, don't all digital hearing aids have a sort of fail-safe system where if a sound goes above a certain dB rating, they cut off? So if you actually are in a noise-heavy environment, they won't amplify noise beyond what your ears can handle, and sometimes will just cut off amplification entirely.
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But still, man. 100 db. They tell you thats ok to be constantly exposed to 90-100dbs everyday?
 
blank canvas said:
Interesting theory, funny thing is audiologists tell you its the opposite... I was told by not forcing my daughter to wear hers it would cause her hearing to get worse yet it didn't now that she is wearing them again they say her hearing nerve is dying, maybe your on to something
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Its wild, man, wild... I tell you.
 
Bottesini said:
:lol: Well I do wear UP on my ear that is still working.

Won't they really defeat themselves and just get nothing if I lose it all from the UP?

And since the loss in that ear is at 90db, could it really make it worse? My auditory nerves are patchy and bad anyway so I don't care, but that does not seem like it would hurt anything.
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If one doesn't care, why even bother purchasing them? Just wondering.
 
posts from hell said:
If one doesn't care, why even bother purchasing them? Just wondering.
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Hmm..... It's something I am used to wearing. Because I can see out of the side edges of my left eye, I actually do feel more secure if I can hear cars.

I want to be independent and because of eye disease, I think I would be so frightened when trying to go out and about alone, I would just freeze in place and people could use me for a hat rack.

I am adjusting to major loss of sight.

I am sure if the nerve dies to my right ear I will cope, but now it makes me feel safe. If it is only an illusion, that's ok, because it is helpful to me as I suffer severe anxiety.
 
Ermm, mine's maxed out UP's and my hearing had been same since i was first dx at age of 2 years.... nearly 32 years!
 
To follow this sounds as if to don't use glasses crutches canes gloves shoes since they will make yall in a worse condition and to buy a stronger product for profit.... Sounds wacko??
 
Bottesini said:
Hmm..... It's something I am used to wearing. Because I can see out of the side edges of my left eye, I actually do feel more secure if I can hear cars.

I want to be independent and because of eye disease, I think I would be so frightened when trying to go out and about alone, I would just freeze in place and people could use me for a hat rack.

I am adjusting to major loss of sight.

I am sure if the nerve dies to my right ear I will cope, but now it makes me feel safe. If it is only an illusion, that's ok, because it is helpful to me as I suffer severe anxiety.
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Then you do care :)
 
posts from hell said:
And that is related to this, how?
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That is my understanding of what the topic is about. :roll:
You are saying when I get my hearing aids I am going to lose more hearing wearing them.
Same as if I wear glasses I am going to lose more sight.
 
special K said:
That is my understanding of what the topic is about. :roll:
You are saying when I get my hearing aids I am going to lose more hearing wearing them.
Same as if I wear glasses I am going to lose more sight.
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I am still failing to see the connection.

Perhaps because I don't think glasses intensify light that are being transmitted through the lenses into your eyes. They simply correct what you are seeing. Perhaps if we're talking about wearing night vision goggles during the day..... But I doubt that's what you're talking about.

If I am mistaken, you are free to correct me.
 
For continuous exposure (hours at a time) the danger level kicks in at 85dB for someone with normal hearing. That's not even restricted to UP hearing aids, most of your mild to moderate aids are going to output at that kind of volume cos otherwise you don't get any useful gain. The first bits of hearing that go are the frequencies above the speech area, so for me it's better to completely lose my 12kHz frequencies faster for a few more years of being able to make out what is happening at 1kHz since 1kHz is a whole lot more use.

For me, not so much an issue because I have a mixed loss, I've got 40dB of internal earplugs going on to protect my cochlears from loud sound, hence we can put on more gain than with a 100% SN loss.

I don't know what the specifics are with plan SN loss but it does seem to be that the danger area is hearing aids with a maximum output above 130dB, those with under 130dB MPOs provided they are fit correctly to someone who needs them they don't really cause any additional loss, no idea why and I can't find the research at this time of night. When you get to 130+ there are in-pack warnings that they might cause additional loss even when correctly fitted, but by that point is everyone interested in hanging onto an extra 5dB residual hearing or do they just crank up the gain? Is it worth preserving something for the future or more worth hearing now? Will the bit you lose be a bit you use anyway? Will it actually happen to you personally or will it always remain a mathematical and statistical risk that doesn't actually happen anyway?
 
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