Yes, I got a good price. Just because a HA is dated, doesn’t mean it doesn’t work. I know a guy that looks for 30 yo analog aids, because he likes them. Easy for him, his loss is almost flat.
I go to the ear doctor, but I don’t normally see the audiologist.
I have had a bone removed from my left ear. There is a cavity that holds moisture, so it needs to be cleaned out sometimes. My right ear developed loss on its own. The curves are almost identical.
I use audiogram direct to program my aids. Being in audio and RF all my life I understand db, dynamic range, compression, etc. I know what I hear, the audiologist kind of knows. You can’t fix dead regions, but you can try to band-aid them. That is probably why they are called hearing aids. They don’t make your hearing normal. They try to compensate for your loss. They can’t fix a loss of dynamic range. I sure wish they could!
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I had my t-coil turned on but with my Madia P90 UP hearing aids it is not easy to use so I put my cordless phone on speaker phone and turn up the volume on my hearing aids. It is still not very good sound quality and I have to ask people I am talking to to repeat themselves quite often. Unfortunately, most cordless phones are Bluetooth HSP (Headset Profile) and a very old version. Phonak hearing aids use a HFP (Hands Free Profile) and a much new version. Many years ag they use to make an adaptor that went in series with the incoming phoneline and the cordless phone base that made any cordless phone compatible with a transmitting/receiving ear bud. They are no longer on the market from what online searching I have done. I sent a request to Phonack Customer Service to have them look into making an in-series adaptor between the phone line and base unit of cordless phone bases that would be Bluetooth compatible with their Bluetooth hearing aids and hopefully with other manufactures hearing aids. I find that Phonak is not an overly friendly customer service orientated company so it would help if more people who use cordless phones would copy this and send it on to Phonack Customer Service so they will see the need for this product. As a passing thought this device could also be used with office phones to make them compatible with cell phone ear buds.