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Loss of hearing clarity: Solutions or strategies anyone?
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Hi. My hearing loss has worsened since I have gotten older. I have always had difficulty making out words. I can hear the tone, but can’t make out the word. Is that what you’re talking about? There are some things you just cannot change about this. It is always helpful when communicating one on one for the person to speak directly in front of you. There are times though when I think for sure I understand what they said, and then I find out it was totally wrong.
All in all, you are not alone. 😁
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I certainly agree that conversations are easier when people do not turn their backs while talking to me. There are tone levels that some individuals have that I always have difficulty hearing well and if they turn from directly facing me, I can hear their voice, however muffled and unable to distinguish their words.
@joangela My hearing loss is similar to yours. My hearing of sounds has not degraded much but the clarity/comprehension has. When this was first diagnosed about 2.5 years ago I ended up getting the Oticon Opn1 hearing aids which at that time were the most advanced in helping with clarity. They have recently come out with an OPN S which is supposed to be 15% better.
I would imagine that by now some of the other big names like Phonak have similar advancements in clarity. I still have trouble but it was a big improvement over the Phonaks that I had previously. I loved the Phonaks for directionality, the Oticons do not do that as well, but I can live with that.
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You might want to watch the TEDx video that I posted a couple of days ago. It is likely relevant to your issues.