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| April 23, 2009
| cva66snipe
Posted on 04/23/2009 12:30:40 AM PDT by cva66snipe
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To: Graybeard58
The central heat and air is taking some getting used to. I remember years ago though I could hear it running. As for the house phone I use an over the head headset with boon mike. The cell phone is touchy though as well as trying to modulate my own voice now when talking. I don't talk loud enough so they say :>} I wish I could see my youngest grandson again. He wears them also. I didn't realize it when he lived with us but I was more deaf then him. I'd like to put some ear mold impression putty in his moms ear for a few days so she'd know what it's like not to hear.
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posted on
05/22/2009 5:46:51 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgement? Which one say ye?)
To: Hot Tabasco
LOL my poor wife has done that with me for several years now. Frustrating for her and me both. I was getting to the point of reading lips while trying to hear her. Now she says she has to be careful what she says around me LOL.
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posted on
05/22/2009 5:49:41 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgement? Which one say ye?)
To: cva66snipe
A grenade took out my right ear in ‘71 and my left has been slowly catching up to it. The VA keeps me supplied with Starkey digitals and they are outstanding! I still have trouble hearing children and high female voices, but It beats the near-deafness I have without them.
My dog ate them once but that’s a story for later.
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posted on
05/22/2009 6:04:41 PM PDT
by
chesty_puller
(70-73 USMC VietNam 75-79 US Army Wash DC....VietNam was safer.)
To: chesty_puller
My dog ate them once but thats a story for later.
Yea, right. Along with your homework I'll bet.......LOL!
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posted on
05/22/2009 6:08:41 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(This country isn't going to hell in a handbasket, it's riding shotgun in an Indy car....)
To: chesty_puller
I went with a Virtue digital {same company makes Starkey}. I've been on my hands and knees before trying to locate my grandsons battery I dropped so the dog wouldn't get it. I'm going to start my VA paperwork pretty soon and let the next set be on them. With my rating in the Navy hearing loss was a fact of life. I was also a 13-B in the guards and had a full battery fire mission go off near me when I was asleep one night.
I'm glad now I went with BTE and not in the canals. The BTE's are about as small as I can see to deal with and I sure don't want anything deeper either.
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posted on
05/22/2009 6:22:13 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgement? Which one say ye?)
To: cva66snipe
Mine are BTE also. Brand name "Zon", I'd never heard of it before. The guy at the hearing center told me they had batteries for $5 per 8 pack but Wal-Mart had them cheaper, he gave me two 8 packs to go. The first two batteries lasted 8 days, the only time I took the hearing aids out so far was shower, sleep and hair cut.
I went over to W-M and their size 312 was $7.79 per 8 pack and the only brand they had was Eveready, it had some B.S. on the packaging about being "green", probably why they cost so much. I avoid buying any product that hypes the word green, if at all possible. I don't buy Windex any more for that reason.
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posted on
05/22/2009 7:40:56 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(38 shopping days to Graybeard58's 64th. b/day. Selah.)
To: cva66snipe
This is what I use. Highly recommended.
To: Graybeard58
Zon is Starkey also according to a site called aidrite. For batteries I’d go with Enegizer or Duracell. They generally seem to last longer from my experience and I like the dispenser they use.
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posted on
05/22/2009 7:51:10 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgement? Which one say ye?)
To: cva66snipe
I've heard of batteries in the nose, but to stick batteries in one's ears?
To: Revolting cat!
LOL with wearing glasses and hearing aids I still remember the movie Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder did. Pryor’s blind and Wilder’s deaf. So far it’s glasses, corrective shoes, false teeth and now hearing aids. So what happens at 60 do I really want to know? :>}
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posted on
05/22/2009 8:06:46 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgement? Which one say ye?)
To: cva66snipe; chesty_puller
While traveling a couple of days ago we stopped at a motel. My grand daughter and I headed for the pool. She went to the shallow end but I wanted to get used to the water fast, so I dove into the deep end and swam down to her.
I put my finger in my ear to get the water out and had an “oh s***” moment. A hearing aid was in my left ear but none in my right ear.
Me and a couple of teen age boys spent the next half hour diving and looking for it in the deep water, one of the boys finally found it, I gave them $10 apiece and they were happy and so was I.
They are water proof and the left one dried out quickly but the one that stayed on the bottom of the pool didn’t dry out until the next day. I stuck it in my car air conditioner vent and that dried it out in about a half hour or so.
They are insured for loss but I believe it’s a $250 deductable apiece.
I am so used to having them in, I forget they are there.
To: Graybeard58
I was sitting around the other night and my left one went dead. Just a month or two old I thought Oh great I'm in for trouble they'll be in the shop more than my ears. Turns out on a BTE aid there is a filter in the tube between the ear mold and the ear aid. Mine had some how gotten turned sideways and blocked the tube.. The tech hooked it up and it worked but no sound then saw the filter turned...
I'm still doing a lot of tuning between environments. Driving with a window down is torture and I cut them down with the S/C on full. Still a lot better then not hearing the things I was missing though.
BTW For BTE ear molds I have a quick way to dry them after cleaning them. Every few weeks I soak the ear pieces. The I use a can of computer cleaner with the tube to blow the water out. The Hal-Hen Mini Dry Aid canister gets used after that to make sure no moisture remains.
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posted on
07/11/2009 8:11:57 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgement? Which one say ye?)
To: leprechaun9
...the COMPREHENSION level is 90% in one ear, but only 10% in the other. What causes a lower comprehension level?
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posted on
07/11/2009 8:17:21 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
( Obama Administration: Soft & Sweet with Enemies. / Tough & Unfair with Friends.)
To: Graybeard58
BTW the main thing when you get them wet is to imediately get the battery out. This prevents damage by short circuits due to water. Wipe the battery area good first though. Next is use computer cleaner. I don’t recommend using a hair dyrer unless a person is experienced at this as you can overheat the device. I’ve dried out cell phones, pagers, even a police scanner.
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posted on
07/11/2009 8:22:53 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgement? Which one say ye?)
To: cva66snipe
You can also wash your key board in a dish washer, I’ve done it. Take it out before the drying cycle and let it dry in the sun. It worked for me.
To: Graybeard58
I haven’t tried that one yet :>} I’m surprised it doesn’t do a number on the warp board though.
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posted on
07/11/2009 9:00:56 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgement? Which one say ye?)
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