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Hearing Loss: Come introduce yourself and connect with others
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IMO, no matter what level of hearing loss one has, they need to not be embarassed in telling people and becoming an advocate for better service, such as an assistive listening device at a bank tellers window, or govt office counters, doctor offices counters and in exam rooms, hospitals, etc...
I'd be interested in trying out the aids you have, but I know it varies from person to person how well a certain HA might work. For some, certains one's work great, for others not as well due to level of hearing loss, type of hearing loss, and other factors.
Fortunately I'm only at the moderate to severe level of hearing loss, so far.
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@h2h Thank you for pointing out that different brands of hearing aids are very likely to work differently for each hard of hearing person. There is no "One best brand".
I'm a unique example of that as I'm bimodal. I have a Cochlear Americas cochlear implant. I use a hearing aid in the other ear. Cochlear Americas partnered with ReSound hearing aids for compatibility. That wasn't the case when I was implanted in 2025. They all worked together, but that was before BT streaming.
I have tried the compatible brand with little success. Yes, it helps with streaming, but in general use it doesn't. I am still using the Widex brand of hearing aid. I will try again when the time is right, but this is my reality.
It's interesting that I test at 100% understanding with both devices in sentence recognition. That goes down slightly with background noise. With only the CI, it's at 93%. With just the hearing aid it's way down like 30%. My brain has adjusted to the products I use, and I need both devices to get the most.
We are all different. It's obvious that the human brain is capable of making adjustments. I wonder how quickly I might adjust if I decided to use the compatible brand regardless.
I feel blessed to have access to the remarkable technology that's available to use now. I love telecoils! I look forward to Auracast! It's important to pay attention to all that is in development. It was soooo different when I was diagnosed with progressive sensorineural hearing loss in the 1960s!!
Julieo4