CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW???????????
TINNITUS RING LIST!.............
Posted on 04/29/2025 9:45:33 PM PDT by Red Badger
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW???????????
TINNITUS RING LIST!.............
RING!...................
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I sure hope these hearing aids come out soon.
The traditional solution to the Cocktail Party Problem is to smile and nod alot.
Unless it’s full of gays..............
My hubby needs hearing aids. I have been wondering what is a good option currently available?
Once the source code is licensed..................
Is he a veteran?
I got mine from the VA. Programmable and changeable via Bluetooth with a smartphone. In the civilian world they would be $2500 each ear.
Stay away from the El Cheapos advertised on TV. They are garbage. A ripoff................
“For individuals with hearing loss, the difficulty of selective listening can be so extreme”
These folks should talk to my wife.
She’s been using selective hearing waaaaay before her hearing aids were put in.
Got mine from COSTCO.
Even though I’m eligible for TRICARE for LIFE (health care for veterans), I’m not eligible for VA because of income limits.
Others may complain about my hearing loss, but it doesn’t bother me a bit. I’ve heard enough, already.
What?.....................
I SAID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SWEEP WITH ME? I’D LIKE TO SWEEP TOGETHER!
Funny. Just watched that one again the other night.
To my shock, this syndrome just started happening to me. No fun.
Part of the problem is the semiconductors used in making the devices. They typically run on 1.5 volt cells. That doesn’t leave a lot of overhead for a high signal to noise ratio.
There is an old technology from back in the 80’s and 90’s that was called ‘COMPANDING’ which was a way to increase the signal to noise ratios in solid state electronic devices.
I don’t know if these new modern hearing aids use this circuitry or not but it might prove useful again.............
a better solution is to avoid them ...
My poor MIL is overwhelmed in a group setting, meaning more than two people with her at a time. A couple of years ago, when she turned 95, we gathered all of her children for a week long celebration. There were 8 of us with her, her 5 children and some of the spouses. It was fun (most of the time), but when we were all together she was just dazed. I don’t think she understood a word of what was said.
It may be too late to help her, but you never know. She’s a stubborn lady and has a goal of making it to her 100th birthday, which will be in 3 years. She’ll turn 97 next week. Still at home, but with caregivers that come during the day.
One of my complaints with these new computerized hearing aids is they have a overload protection circuit.
When either hearing aid receives an overly strong input, lets say loud car horn or a child screaming, they will suddenly go mute for a few seconds until the sound level diminishes, and only on the side that the sound comes from. While this may sound like a good thing for them to do to protect what’s left of your hearing, it does get annoying at times. Especially when just one side goes then your spatial awareness goes all to one side or the other like stereo headphones balance being turned full left or right.
And most annoying of all is when they do this and you can’t even hear what it was that made them do it in the first place.
They are overly sensitive to high pitched sounds that I and most people my age cannot hear anyway. Like say a dog whistle which we can’t hear but dogs do, the same thing happens with the hearing aids. It has full spectrum frequency response that is way beyond what my ears can or could ever hear. If it picks up a loud ‘sound’ in these frequencies it will react exactly the same way as if it was in the lower ranges and suddenly cut off for a few seconds until it goes away. And you get disoriented for those few seconds.................
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