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How does hearing loss change you?
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Jun 22 9:15am | Replies (172)Comment receiving replies
I am not sure if this is the right thread to be writing on but here is a problem I have noticed the last 6 months. Yesterday I was taking a walk on a scenic path. I have BTE Phonaks about 2 years old. Wind whistling is an issue. Walking on gravel I could hear every step. I could hear the dogs neck chain clanking back and forth. I could hear the birds in the trees loud and clear. But my families voices are very hard to hear and distinguish. Hearing aids help if you are one on one with a person but every place else is very tough. I realize that hearing aids are really just help but not a total solution. All the high tech programming they can do I believe is overrated.....they are simply amplifiers. I also realize that everyones hearing loss is unique to their own selves. I am sure that my greatest hearing loss is in the frequency where voices are and that birds chirping/etc my hearing loss is not that extensive.....anyway just wanted to throw that out there. Have a nice day!
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Yes, people in the hearing world just have no clue. Have tried to fake it. It just doesn’t work. I understand what you are saying. The most important thing, our loved ones, are the most difficult for us to understand. Just pray for patience.
It’s true that hearing aids are amplifiers but there are programs for different environments as well as adjustments that can be made within the programs. My Resound aids have noise filter and speech clarification, which I find extremely helpful. I just tell people I am adjusting my hearing aids when I have my smartphone out during conversations. My friends are used to it.
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@scottk Hearing voices, particularly in a group setting or restaurant is the biggest problem that most hearing aid users have. I'm glad you were able to hear the sounds of nature though. One thing I really miss is hearing the lap of the water on the rocky shore at a lakeside cabin we have. That was a beautiful thing to wake up to in the morning. I can hear it with my aids in of course, but when in bed I don't have them in.
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