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Strategies & Realities - Hearing Loss in Social Settings
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Jan 24, 2022 | Replies (71)Comment receiving replies
Truthfully, over the past 60 years of wearing bte aids, I have found that reducing the volume level of the h. aids helped me hear conversations better. Perhaps that people talk a little louder in a noisy environment.
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Hi,
I also discovered this past year that turning the volume down on both aids greatly helped in understanding in noisy environments like restaurants and the gym. It also reduces auditory fatigue.
I was in Disney Springs Christmas weekend for dinner and Cirque du Soleil. It was extremely noisy, crowded, with constant music and would have overwhelmed me if I had not turned them way down. Did the same thing the next day at Brunch in a high ceiling restaurant. Really enjoyed the whole weekend and I am so glad I discovered this strategy. I didn’t think it would work. If anyone does try that, give it a minute or two to kick in. I hope you will be pleasantly surprised.
Glad you brought it up as I didn’t
think to mention it here
FL Mary
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The distance between the listener and the speaker can make a big difference. That's why hand held mikes work well. I am bimodal, with both a cochlear implant and a hearing aid. I find that I have to turn the HA volume down to best use the CI in noisy settings. I need them both working though.