Thanks for the great info. Days that I don’t go to the gym, I usually go on long 4 or 5 mile walks while listening to podcasts. Sometimes it’s quite windy so I am quite curious to learn about how any brand HA handles 25 to 35 mph wind gusts. The clarity of streaming will also be important to me, too, because besides any wind noise, all sorts of other background noises, e.g., planes, copters in the air, dogs barking, shoes padding on street, jacket rustling as arms swing back and forth, keys jingling on belt loop, all make it harder for me without HA correction yet to understand what’s being said in a podcast. So I’m hoping the right HA (with the right type of phone BT) will have great warble-free streaming and help cancel out some of the background noise as well. As it is, I’m cranking up the volume of what I’m listening to a bit too much (get the Android sound level/hearing loss warning and back off a volume level or so). So hopefully, the right HA’s will actually help spare whatever hearing I’m risking with my current podcast listening/strolling habits. (BTW, I find wearing AKG earbuds gives clearer speech sounds than Sony or Bose headphones, wind and all - although earbuds are supposed to let in more background noise than headphones?! - By running the Android Hearing Test app, the AKG’s seem to have more output in the higher range frequencies where my uncorrected hearing acuity is lacking than the Bose and Sony headphones do so maybe that explains my curious improved clarity result with earbuds vs headphones)
Besides the wind and walking noises, the other major type of noise I want to find out how to deal with is power tools. I have a few tools for which I now wear both ear plugs PLUS gun muffs over my ears and I’ll go out in 90 to 100 deg F weather. So I’m interested in what one does with HA’s in extremely noisy environments and how the HA’s will take being enclosed in a 100% humidity environment with ear muffs over them. If there is a great thread here on noise protection while wearing HA’s, maybe somebody could point me in the right direction. TIA! And if you are a power tool user, TJ, I’d love to hear how you deal with your ReSound Forte’s and wearing ear protection.
P.S. It occurs to me, too, perhaps in certain power tool situations with the ear occlusion required, there is no point in wearing HA’s and just taking them out for the duration of tool use might be the best solution.
UPDATE I found these two “oldie but goodie” threads for starters on HA’s and power tool noise. Will have to check out some more threads.
https://forum.hearingtracker.com/t/active-noise-cancelling-headphones/15345 (some conclude ear muffs best)