[HiJinx]

My parents sold hearing aids and really liked the tuneable aids from Starkey Labs...

A co-worker wears BTEs with a small tube that goes into her ear canal from the hearing aid - she has no trouble using the phone or listening to her MP3s. She is prone to migraines, and noises such as you describe that bother you bother her as well - I don’t know if she has noise-cancelling features in her aids but I suspect they’re available.

Question - with the amount of loss you have, is the VA an option? The provided a similar set to my boss at no cost...

[cva66snipe]

Thanks I hadn't heard of Starkey so that helps me out somewhat. I'll have to have tuneables no doubt about that. One setting definitely for stores LOL. I thought about VA but it's getting to the point I need them now. With my Navy and Army NG jobs I would likely qualify. My worse losses go with the equipment I worked around. High pitched Chillers and in the NG’s 155 Howitzers. I was already on the hearing conservation program when I left the Navy in 1980. I had a slight loss then if/when they would ever locate the records.

[buck61]

A co-worker wears BTEs with a small tube that goes into her ear canal from the hearing aid

I screwed up big time.
The VA offered me the BTEs and I opted for the in ear type. They are uncomfortable and, I have already lost one doing my daily routines’.
Have talked with those who have the BTEs and they are very satisfied.
If any-one is a vet, I would suggest they go immediately and apply for one. The cuts Os’ doing with the military will stop a lot of service the VA has been providing. The info. on the cuts came to me through a VA employee.