In for what everyone is using. I had my hearing tested last week im good till the sound passed 2000 on the chart. which means I cant hear any high tones 90% loss in one ear Im great with low frequency. They priced a set of ReSound Linx 5 hearing aids for 4240.00 0% financing for 18 months. I knew they were high but wasn't ready for that. These have an app for apple that will Bluetooth, not a selling point for me. They said the hearing aides would take the higher frequency and tone it down to a manageable db and pass it in a lower tone that I could hear. Going to get a few more prices before I decide to or not.
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I guarantee y'all if you call my dad you won't be disappointed or be paying 4k for hearing aids.....his office is on s. Austin ave but he also will come to your house and do testing and appointments
He's had customers that have dealt with him since he's opened shop, his business is based off of repeat customers and referralsComment
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There was an experimental antibiotic used on me when I was burned. It destroyed the high frequency nerves in my ears. There hasn't been a lot of research in this part of the hearing loss. Hearing aids don't do me a lot of good, they just raise the volume of everything. I know it is aggravating for other people who are around folks with a hearing loss, but they NEED to know how bad it is for the folks WITH the hearing loss. It SUCKS!Comment
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Go and visit your local hearing loss resource specialist. It's free and they have tons of resources that you'd probably like to have. A couple of programs that you'd qualify for sure.Comment
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If it wasn't a 6 hr. drive. If im ever in the area I will defiantly give him a callOriginally posted by Danimal14 View PostComment
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yep...took my wife on one of my "test" days....she was able to listen in on the tones, and see me hit light..and do the work test...she said i really am deaf!Originally posted by trad"doc"53 View PostComment
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Thanks Danny.Comment
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I have been a daily wearer of hearing aids for the past few years. I have a good friend in the business. He has a NewSound Hearing Center franchise. He was independent and sold out to them a few years back. I have over 50% hearing loss in mid-tones and upper mid-tones (where women and children most often speak)... After a series of hearing tests that incorporated both tone and voice recognition, I was fitted with a behind the ear unit from Audibel and have been EXTREMELY pleased with them. I didn't realize what I was missing! This latest generation will sync with my phone and allow me to use it hands free. They are solid state programmable and though they have units that fit totally inside the ear, I chose the behind the ear units for some of the available options. Real hearing aids DO NOT HAVE VOLUME CONTROL KNOBS now a days. They are programmed to match your hearing profile and the environment. For instance mine have 4 select-able programs that I can change depending on my environment... For instance I have one I call "Outdoors" that I use when I'm hunting and I can hear a gnat fart a hunert yards with them set to that program. Draco, I'd suggest you go see the Georgetown guy and get the TBH deal if possible, but make sure you are getting the latest technology. Here's a link to the type I'm using and they're good enough they put me back to squirrel hunting in the East Texas woods! Before that, I couldn't hear a squirrel bark if he'd been sitting on my shoulder. Now, if he squeals or barks a couple times, he might as well come on and get in my huntin' sack! Great for deer hunting... I can hear birds and things rustling round in the leaves and I'm back like a kid thinking every armadillo is a sounder of hogs comin'!!
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If your job requires you to be able to hear well then go through DARS, Department of Rehabilitative Services, they can help with the price and may actually get them for you for free. I am on my second pair through them, both were at no cost to me. Do not go through Beltone, Simpson, or Audibel, use a reptuable audiologist. Also the the behind the ear worked better for me, they are Octicon. By law you have 30-45 day trial period and can get a full refund if you are not happy.Comment
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I'm 40 and been wearing aids since 3. I have a different type of hearing loss than the normal issues. I've only heard certain sounds and am accustomed to those sounds. I've tried the fancy Bluetooth, telephone selector, background cutout, etc gadgets!! I actually wear the simpliest aids cause I need a lot of power for my "window" of hearing loss. The fancy one with all the bells and whistle are cool, but they haven't made them powerful enough for me. I've got 80% loss in each which is primarily high and low so soft voices or long distance talking, or other room talking doesn't work for me and Selective hearing like GeezyRider said
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So don't try to get the fanciest one or let them talk you into them right off the back. Try different ones if you can. Kinda like buying a car. You test drive it before committing to it.
I currently use Starkey and they've been great for me.Comment
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My brother-in-law must have posted this, using my computer this morning. If yall have any questions about it send a PM to Treehunter.Originally posted by bbt82z View PostComment
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Mine are like splitbeam's....Comment
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I wear one--as one ear is normal for a 68-y.o. Got my first while still on active duty and now get them thru the VA. They CAN NOT make your hearing normal again, because once you've lost the cilia (tiny hairs) in the inner ear that pick up the sound waves for transmission to the brain, they don't grow back. They can make sounds louder and somewhat easier to hear and understand, but it will never be like it was before. The audiologist/tech will tune the aid to your loss--meaning if you have trouble hearing sounds at 1500 and 2000 cps frequencies, they'll up the amplification of those frequencies instead of across the entire range. The worst problem for me is an environment with lots of background noise--such as a restaurant. Makes it nearly impossible to participate in conversations with folks at my table.
I've posted this before, but shooting--double protection--plugs and muffs. DON'T go to rock concerts w/0 earplugs, DON'T wear your earbuds with the source turned up so loud others can hear it (death sentence for hearing with enough time/exposure--and don't let your family do it either). For you guys working in noisy environments--construction, auto mechanics -- you know who you are -- wear hearing protection. I used to teach Noise Hazards at the Army Aviation School, and still remember one scientific study that talked about folks that had lost a sense--smell, sight, hearing, etc. The conclusion of the study, based on surveys of many, many folks, was that loss of hearing was the worst from a social standpoint, and I agree.Comment
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and scooter rider will find they get less fatigued if the wear ear plugs too....Comment
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