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@yesindeed

Hello I am new to the group, I encountered my hearing loss do to and illness 4yrs ago, I was diagnose with sepsis(bacteria in the blood) was treated with an strong antibiotic(vanamyacin)which took my hearing that was the trade off, was given 48 hrs. to live, thanks to that antibiotic but did not know I would be affected. I am so thankful that I am hear to share my story. Left ear 48 right 80 and with this tinitis, I wear HA. My first experience with ha which i purchased through the audiologist were I feel was not what I was looking for with the money I invested and they lasted 2 1/2 yrs I vowed to myself I was going to find a place, so I was all on Amazon buying these HA items all they seemed to do was amplfy so I found a place where I could pay less and get the results I wanted, BBB rated them A+ so gave them a try bought a cheap pair think it was $400 didn't like them wasn't what I wanted returned got another pair $600 didn't like these either so I upgraded
and got the better quality I love them,$1000.00 for the pair, the clarity, channels, the volume you control were as your hubby maybe watching a show with you and to you it's loud or too low you can control it for your liking without disturbing him, I have had them for a 1yr 1/2 I just love them and the company are very caring .

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@yesindeed Hi, and welcome to Connect.
I am happy that you have been able to find something that helps you, with the bonus that it's reasonably affordable. I have fairly expensive HAs because I have a more severe loss. It's considered to be profound in one ear for high frequencies, and severe in the other ear for high frequencies. Words with the S sound in them basically come in that range so it makes understanding a lot of speech difficult. The aids I have were supposed to be the best for clarity when I got them, about 2.5 years ago.
I believe my hearing took a dive also, either from health problems or medications because although I already had a hearing disability it got significantly worse.
JK