That’s not quite the way it works.
When my dad was in his 60’s back in the day, there would be 5-7 people sitting around the dinner table all chatting away but dad remained mute. He didn’t talk. After dinner, he would talk one on one pretty easily. I always wondered about that until my hearing started to go bad in my 60’s. What I’ve noticed is that in one on one conversations with or without hearing aids —I can follow the conversation fairly well. But at a crowded table with many people talking—I understand almost nothing. Now I know why my dad was mute. He could not tell what anyone was saying. It was all just a hubub in the ears.
Now hearing aids have a setting for a crowded room so you can hear the person sitting right next to you over the noise.
It was all just a hubub in the ears.
Now hearing aids have a setting for a crowded room so you can hear the person sitting right next to you over the noise.
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I have the Phonak hearing aids. I didn’t want to get them but my but my wife kept thinking she told me stuff that I didn’t think she told me. I haven’t had the problem of not understanding the conversation in a crowded room. To me everything is just normal I just hear better. What I really like is the little noises that I didn’t realize I had lost. I especially enjoy hearing the birds again. Hearing grandkids in another room is fun too. I like the extra feedback I get when driving. I can hear other cars coming up along side me and little noises the car makes.
I got my Phonaks at the VA and they tell me they are the best hearing aids made. I don’t know one from another but these are good.
Exactly what I experienced until I got my hearing aids from Costco.