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Well, you floored me....you are beyond active....got tired reading all the things you are involved with. Known about Van Gogh for years...thanks for bringing that up....it’s such an interesting thing to tell people. Love the idea of a book about learning to live in a quieter world. Was wondering if there are similar books on this topic already published.
I’ve worn Phonaks for years and switch to the directional mic program quite often. I encourage you to try Live Transcribe for your Android phone. I did not care for Otter. The app is not perfect by any means but I have found it a tremendous help in many situations. When my granddaughter graduated high school in May, I “heard “ the entire graduation program because there was one person at a time at the mic. Same with a separate awards ceremony. I was about 7 to 8 rows away in an auditorium and just held the phone in my lap. I’ve used it in my doctors office so I don’t miss anything. It keeps the conversation for 3 days. I’ve used it when a salesperson has an accent. It’s free.
I switch to Tcoil when using GPS on my phone in the car...I have earlinks that slip over the hearing aid behind the ear. ..not made anymore however. I have a hearing loop that, if I slide it up closer to my head I can hear the voice. I don’t understand it but I am looking at the directions and it is an audible clue for me.
I’ve trialed several assisted devices associated with Phonak , except for the Roger products , and have not found them helpful at all. I can’t imagine adding Menieres and recruitment to an existing hearing loss. Looking about over your post, I would most likely go the CI route myself. I just need to reassured about the magnet’s effect on my eye.
I think you are amazing! I do believe that app would help in meetings....if you could slide it around the table....worth a shot.
FL Mary
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@imallears I had Phonaks before my current oticon aids. I found the directionality of the phonaks to be amazing. We could be in a noisy restaurant and with that on I could hear the other people at our table better than they could hear each other! My audiologist switched me to the Oticons because at that point they had the best technology for clarity which was where my hearing took a dive.
Is Live Transcribe available for all HAs or just Phonaks? I also have an IPhone.
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Next meeting of the Instream workgroup is next Tuesday, and I intend to test drive Live Transcribe during it. I need to practice with it first, but just trying it out with TV it seems far, far better than Otter. I used Otter during one meeting, and found that it lagged far behind the actual conversation plus just couldn't "understand" any of the tech terms. It was downright useless, even looking at it afterwards to try to recapture some of what I'd missed. I bought a cheap tablet three months ago, downloaded Live Transcribe, but found that the tablet had a virtually useless mic. That led me to exploring options for mics, bought one paired to my aid, but just gave up on the tablet. I figure if I keep throwing $$$ at the problem, I'll find something that works for me!
Big problems are being tired all the time and being so caught up in trying to understand that I CRS (you know, can't remember S***)! As I get closer to, yikes, 80, perhaps the memory thing is just part of the overall picture, but it certainly has ramped up since my hearing went further south. I wonder if I'll still be loading 600-700 pounds of bread every week, or driving for a couple of hours to do instream data collection work on a wild little river when I turn 80...