Moon-child
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I have been struggling to get used to my new digital aid. I have been back to my audiologist for many adjustments but I cannot seem to get used to it, cannot seem to re-program my brain as she calls it.
I am back to using my old analog, it helps me with sounds when I am lip reading.
For 19 years of my life no one figured out I was severely herd of hearing, so I am not used to or liking hearing all the sounds with my new digital, it is way too over stimulating and it causes me headaches, ear aches and stress down my neck. If the digital was all I had, I would not wear it. Walking in the snow with my son, my brain hears the squeaky boots on snow sounds and not his voice at all. audiologist says this is because my brain does not know suqweaky boots on snow sounds so is trying to figure it out, but it has been weeks of trying my digital aid daily and I barely evver make it past 10 minutes, the stress and overstimulation is untolerable for me.
After years of having stable hearing in the severely hard of hearing range, these last few months my hearing is rapidly decreasing.
I am becoming more socially isolated, if that is possible, I am already a hermit.
I am going to go get some counselling to help me adjust, but my question of the day is: do any of you ever just throw out your hearing aids. I see so many threads on the latest CI transplants, on new aids and such. but does anyone ever just 'give up' on hearing?
I have stopped going to my b/f's family dinners cause I am sick of not hearing, being isolated in a room full of people sucks right. I can only do 1X1 in conversation if I can see the other persons lips and if they don't have an accent.
I need to take more sign courses and find a way to get to know the deaf culture, as I have always had difficulty fitting in with the hearing and have never been exposed to the deaf culture, cept here at this site.
I guess today I am feeling stressed out about it all, and thankyou for this site and having a place to rant and express myself.
Comments and opinions are welcome here, thanks for listening.
I am back to using my old analog, it helps me with sounds when I am lip reading.
For 19 years of my life no one figured out I was severely herd of hearing, so I am not used to or liking hearing all the sounds with my new digital, it is way too over stimulating and it causes me headaches, ear aches and stress down my neck. If the digital was all I had, I would not wear it. Walking in the snow with my son, my brain hears the squeaky boots on snow sounds and not his voice at all. audiologist says this is because my brain does not know suqweaky boots on snow sounds so is trying to figure it out, but it has been weeks of trying my digital aid daily and I barely evver make it past 10 minutes, the stress and overstimulation is untolerable for me.
After years of having stable hearing in the severely hard of hearing range, these last few months my hearing is rapidly decreasing.
I am becoming more socially isolated, if that is possible, I am already a hermit.
I am going to go get some counselling to help me adjust, but my question of the day is: do any of you ever just throw out your hearing aids. I see so many threads on the latest CI transplants, on new aids and such. but does anyone ever just 'give up' on hearing?
I have stopped going to my b/f's family dinners cause I am sick of not hearing, being isolated in a room full of people sucks right. I can only do 1X1 in conversation if I can see the other persons lips and if they don't have an accent.
I need to take more sign courses and find a way to get to know the deaf culture, as I have always had difficulty fitting in with the hearing and have never been exposed to the deaf culture, cept here at this site.
I guess today I am feeling stressed out about it all, and thankyou for this site and having a place to rant and express myself.
Comments and opinions are welcome here, thanks for listening.