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Hearing Aids
#1

Yo! Experts! I am new to this site and am looking for assistance. I have a life-long hearing loss in both ears, what I have heard referred to as a “cookie bite”. I am fine on the low end and high end (just slightly lower than normal) but dip immediately in between to a low of aboot 60db. Loss again after 6000 to aboot 40db. After being told some 30 years ago that hearing aids would do me no good I consigned myself to being deaf and gave up. After 29 years of wedded bliss my better half convinced me to reexamine the issue.

I have been told that I am a good candidate for the newer digital units and it has been suggested (through Hearing Planet) I start with a Phonak Versata. I have an appointment with another vendor (Costco) on Friday.

  1. Any suggestions aboot other things I ought to try,

  2. Things I need to avoid,

  3. People I should avoid

  4. Who can give me real suggestions on how I can deal with life if I don’t like hearing what y’all hear every day as I have not heard it before.

I am a practical joker, so you can be serious or yuk it up. Lord knows, everyone always assumed I was stupid.

#2

Renderit -

And I thought I was a procrastinator!

A lot has happened in electronics in the past 5 or 10 years. Certainly, there has been tremendous change in hearing aids in the past 30. Hopefully, there are aids out there that will help your situation. I expect that, after you have tried some new aids, you will be saying “I should have done this years ago!”

Best of luck in your quest. Keep us posted.

#3

They say there are. Now that true equalization has finally hit this segment of technology I can supposedly enjoy the fruits of invention that occurred 40 years ago. DSP technology which happened some 15 years ago, etc. I supposed in another 30 years someone will figure oot that lasers can automatically adjust one for perfect hearing on anybody with one fitting!

#4

Renderit, my only suggestion is to stay away from chain brand hucksters, namely Audibel and Beltone.

#5

Thanks. I will…