I am so frustrated that I came home today and just screamed out loud to vent when no one was home. I
I did have my hearing aids reprogrammed, a new sensogram was done, the rep came to help, and my husband came to verify my complaint. I cannot tell in the office what the hearing aids will do in different environments. I did verify the painful frequency was eliminated by going with my husband to the echoing lobby.
When I left the office the painful sounds were gone, but I thought sound seemed more muffled. I thought the domes gave much clearer speech when I had worn them previous to being fitted with the the ear molds, but I was told we’d work on one problem at a time. When I got home, I realized that the right hearing aid was sounding louder than the left. I was getting the occluded effect in the right hearing aid and my voice sounded like it was underwater on the right side of my head. I changed the wax guard and ensured that the vent in the right hearing aid was completely open. It was.
I called my audie who told me to listen to the TV. That did not have the occluded effect (only my voice and only in my right ear/right side of my head). She told me to remove the ear molds from the receivers and put on the double domes. I did so. Suddenly speech (on the car radio) was much clearer, but I now still have the occluded effect in my right hearing aid (so everything sounds louder in my right ear than in my left ear and I still hear my echoey voice in the right side of my head). This is my first experience with the sounds of my hearing aids not being in balance.
I cannot be seen again for three days, but I’m leaving the domes on. I do NOT want to go back to those $%^&* ear molds. It seems to me that every correction is making my situation worse.
Current problems:
- Sound is not balanced between the two hearing aids. The right hearing aid amplifies louder than the left hearing aid.
- The right hearing aid has an “occluded effect” which make my voice sound underwater on the right side of my head.
sigh