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Strategies & Realities - Hearing Loss in Social Settings
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Jan 24, 2022 | Replies (71)Comment receiving replies
Social gatherings are difficult for people with hearing loss. Even family gatherings can be stressful. How do you feel about this? I would love to know more about the coping strategies you use.
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If you use hearing aids, do you use a dehumidifier box to store them in? Hearing aids definitely can be affected by humidity and moisture.
I've never heard of that being a problem. Does anyone else know that answer to this question?
When I was wearing analog aids and living in New York my hair was long…shoulder length. I remember getting static electricity when I removed a woolen hat or my hair swished back and forth against my ears. I would hear a crackling noise that was temporary and sometimes feel a sensation when I touched my hair. It didn’t happen all the time and it had to be really dry air.
Static electricity can occur when two objects are rubbed together . If I remember right it was due to an imbalance of ions. Anyway, 40 something years later and living in Florida and wearing digital aids, it is rare that I have experienced static electricity and can only remember a few times I got a “shock”. It would seem to me that CIs , having more electronics than hearing aids, might be sensitive to static electricity but I know of no one who has ever mentioned it.
I never connected the possibility of interference because nothing ever happened to my aids .
Over thanksgiving my son (who wears aids) had static electricity on his shirt and we were trying to rub dryer sheets over the material. So, I don’t think , especially with how sophisticated aids and CIs are today, that this would be an issue. If it was, we would be hearing more about it.
My thoughts …FL Mary
I'm fairly new at this, but would like to know more. I'm looking for aids to replace my 6.5 year old ones. (my first ever pairs) They are Widex Uniques, and I'm still having a lot of trouble in rooms, or auditoriums.
My daughter bought me an Samsung a02s phone, and I'd like new aids that work with it. I'm still learning to use it, but I've read that it will link with my aids. (At my age of 83, I'm not very well versed in technology)
Is there a way to find out how it will help me, and where should I look for the right aids?
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Does anyone feel their hearing problems vary with the hunidity?