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Hi. I found this place whilst searching for information about hearing aids.

My motivation for joining is that I have long hair which I used to hang conveniently behind my ear. Now with my aid my hair falls off and drapes over my face, so I brush it back with my hand and the aid squeaks with a bit of feedback - until it realises and stops! It also crackles a lot as my hair brushes it all the time. I'm wondering if that's just life - tough! just get on with it. Or is there something non-obvious to a newbie to HA's I can do?

I've only had my HA for a week, getting on with it really well now can wear it all day. I often turn it down in supermarkets or other noisy environments, but it's brilliant to hear things like the birds again, or what people are trying to say to me!

Beth
 
welcome to AD :)
I never had that problem with my new hearing aids though but I had that problem with my old Siemens.
 
Thanks.
This is an NHS Oticon Spirit Zest. I have high frequency loss too, anything over 2KHz and my audiogram goes straight down to -60db.
 
Cut your hair or tie it back if it interferes with your microphones.
 
Yeah I trimmed my hair a bit, and tried pinning it back with grips and stuff but it still gets free or my hair brushes it anyways. Short hair... I may get divorced if I do that!
 
So the other day my aid decided to crackle and buzz of it's own accord! Went back to the Audiologists yesterday and they replaced it, programmed the new one and sent me on my way. Brilliant.
What has surprised me is how much and how quickly I have become dependent on it, even tho my hearing loss is relatively minor compared to so many of you on here.
 
ElizabethOldham said:
So the other day my aid decided to crackle and buzz of it's own accord! Went back to the Audiologists yesterday and they replaced it, programmed the new one and sent me on my way. Brilliant.
What has surprised me is how much and how quickly I have become dependent on it, even tho my hearing loss is relatively minor compared to so many of you on here.
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never had that problem with mine but I'll keep an eye out if that happens.
 
:welcome: to AllDeaf forum. It is better to take your hearing aids off if you are planning on combing your hair or trying to pin your hair up. Then you can put the hearing aids back on again. It is like the same for glasses when you need to take the glasses off and whatever need to fix your face or eyes. Then you can put the glasses back again. You don't need hearing aids every second you need to hear. :roll:

Now that you are here, I hope you enjoy reading and posting all the threads here. See you around here. :wave:
 
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