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Hi JK, I think word recognition tests can be misleading since the audiologist can set the volume up too loud and in a quiet setting. Although it's a good test for comparison year to year. Mostly I can understand conversations if the speaker is talking directly to me. If a 3rd person enters the conversation, I cannot understand the speaker and lose interest.
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@jymm I agree, word recognition can be very subjective, but in my case it has been consistent with two different audiologists and it is obvious when I am trying to converse. In a quiet setting I too can usually understand what is being said, but add background noise or another conversation going on and I’m lost.
I don’t lose interest, I lose patience, so I drop out. It’s difficult when it’s as impossible as if a different language was being spoken.
JK