[dfwgator]

Eh?

[gw-ington]

Signs You Should Start Shopping for a Hearing Aid

What?

[Red Badger]

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW??????................

[sphinx]

I like having plausible deniability.

[gloryblaze]

When eyeglasses came out OTC, some tried to scare the crud out of everyone for not going to the real eye doctor who would probably save them from going blind before they knew it!

[pepsi_junkie]

About a year ago my wife told me she had noticed significant hearing loss in me. So I went to get checked and the doctor told me I had moderate to sever age-related high frequency loss. He said because I still hear low frequencies well I'd hear men well but I'd probably not be able to hear my wife very well.

I said "Okay, is there any downside?"

[colorado tanker]

I see an audiologist, which I find very helpful. She gave me prescription hearing aids, but more important fitted them to my ears and ear canal and fine tuned them to address the frequencies where I have the most loss. They are pricey but I can adjust them from my phone for different environments and volumes. I often attend meetings in large rooms and properly adjusted they are super helpful there.

Plus, my kids no longer say "oh Dad" because I don't have to keep saying "what"?

[Blueflag]

The Phillips hearing aids I got at Costco are wonderful. Got a REAL hearing test as part of the cost, and other ‘free’ follow on services.

$1799 turn key, with 3 yrs of replacement insurance.

Also reimbursed by my employer.

Free*. Heck of a deal

[Rural_Michigan]

They changed the definition of hearing aids and called it a win:

https://www.libertynation.com/did-you-hear-that-right-hearing-aids-without-a-prescription/

Sen. grey beaver took Bose money to make it happen.

[DannyTN]

I’ve clicked on this article 3 times and I don’t hear a thing.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

What was that?

[Conan the Librarian]

Due to a childhood disease (now fixed by tubes) I don’t have the little bones in my left ear, and, an ear canal that you can drive a truck through (I had to start charging for parking). A wonderful doctor found a solution for me, and, I got about 70% of my hearing saved. Lasted until my mid-50s.

Just before I retired, I had a post for a bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) installed in my skull (titanium so it doesn’t set off metal detectors). No way a OTC hearing aid was gonna work for me, but, this is next to perfect. And it’s listed as a prosthetic, not, a hearing-aide, so, insurance covers it.

First time since I was a small child I can hear real stereo!

[ApplegateRanch]

Last time we were at Sam’s, there was a free earing test booth.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"...may have damaged hearing from frequent exposure to loud music or noisy environments and work places."

Do these count?
1. Bringing a sledge hammer down on a full roll of caps when I was about 11
2. A bicycle tire exploding at the service station when I was about 12
3. Rifles with no hearing protection
4. Wood shop and metal shop with no hearing protection
5. Working in power plants with no hearing protection
6. Attending big car races (e.g., CanAm and TransAm series) with no hearing protection.
7. Fireworks with no hearing protection
8. Big name rock concerts, front row in front of two-story tall speakers, with no hearing protection
9. Hours behind a lawn mower without a muffler
10. And, and, and, and...

When my ears rang temporarily after really loud noises as a kid, I just thought it was normal. Nobody ever told me it would become permanent. I'm surprised my ears don't bleed.

[knarf]

What ?

SURELY you expected THAT one . . . DINcha' ?

[halfright]

Just got new HA...didn’t now how deaf I was...These things rock...Bluetooth and iphone app. $600 out of Pocket...Insurance picked up $1000

[Billthedrill]

Three old guys are out jogging. First one sez, "Sure is windy out here." Second one sez, "Wednesday? It ain't Wednesday, it's Thursday!" Third one sez, "Thirsty? Hell yeah I'm thirsty. Let's go get a beer."

Well, at least it has a happy ending.

[Deplorable American1776]

A sign: You make sense of Biden or Fetterman... :-)

[CFW]

I’m glad to see that hearing aids will be sold over-the-counter. It’s about time. I’ll wait a year or so to really look into them since I suspect the price will drop dramatically in a 10 to 12 months.

Being on the plus side of 60, a lot of conversations in our house-hold have a lot of “Huh?” and “What did you say?” and “Say that again?”. (That’s in addition to the “do you know what I did with so-and-so”, and “where did I put my coffee cup. It was in my hand a moment ago”.)

[ConservativeMind]

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