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I consider myself hard of hearing. I have no hearing in my left ear and borderline severe in my right. adam

You need to let your audie know how you feel. keep a journal for the next week or so and write down anything that your not happy with. She should be open to making an ajustment. My 2 cents. adam

Is there some type of literature out there that compares the companies side by side?

I wear mine pretty much all day. If I know i won't be talking or seeing anybody in my office for a while, i will take them out just for the peace and quiet. When I was first told i had to get them, I said ok but NOT bte's. I didn't want anybody to see them as I was embarrassed. Then after a...

I agree with everyone on this though I think the ENT might have worded it a little differently. it's all in the delivery, as they say.

Well it looks like I am going to need new HA's. She gave me a choice of two, one being less expensive. Either the Exelia or the versata. I already have Bi cross aids so it is "only" going to cost me $2000 for the cheaper one. Unfortunitley they do not take payments, it's all or nothing. That...

can someone tell me what bimodal is?? I'm not up on all the lingo used on the site.*Adam

bottesini, I have a profound loss in the left ear. up until a few weeks ago it was about 110db I had to have a Labyrinthectomy in October which destroyed any residual hearing that i had in that ear. The loss in my right ear is at around 70db. I started to lose my hearing in both...

bottesini, You have a very similar loss as I do. Wich hearing aids do you use? do you consider yourself hard of hearing or Deaf/deaf? adam

I have a profound loss in the left ear (0 residual hearing) and I have a borderline severe loss in the right ear. I believe it is around 70db loss. Adam

rokicki what type of CI do you have? I am not familiar with the CI models and companies. adam

Thank you both so much for replying. I will definitley look into the website. Thanks again. Adam

I have heard that this organization will help fight insurance companies to approve covering CI'S but if you get them to help you, you can only get a CI that they tell you to get. Is that true? Adam

Do you or can you wear your CI while exercising? I would imagine they are like HA's in that you can't get them wet. Adam

I will be having surgery tomorrow morning. They will be doing a Labyrinthectomy. Basically what they are going to do is remove the vestibular (balance) system from my left ear. I have had many problems with vertigo and fistulas. I've had a number of surgeries but still having very problematic...

I came across it surfing the net.** Adam

the only thing my audie would offer was a type of credit card for the HA's, but then I would have to pay interest on top of the cost. I chose no and waited until I could come up with the money. adam

Our youngest son was very slow to learn how to speak. We taught him signs so he could communicate with us. That was 10 years ago. It really got me interested in the language as I think it is a very beautiful language. Back then my hearing was perfect. Now I have a profound loss in my left ear...

If you are eating out with a hearing person, do you get mad if the waiter or waitress talks to the hearing person about what you want? Why or why not? Adam I am hard of hearing and that happened the other day to me. It irritated me a little bit because I missed most of what she said at...

Bottesini, No I do not have otosclerosis. I had had problems with a perilymph fistula which is a whole in the inner ear. This is why I have a profound loss in that ear. I have already had three surgeries and was just diagnosed with another fistula. I also have BPPV (benign proxamal...