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Anyone using any Phonak wireless accessories?

Hearing Loss | Last Active: Oct 26, 2022 | Replies (39)

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@sunnyone

WOW! What a remark! Lots of education needed! Excellent points about how much information we don't get that could be helpful. And the technology is not easy and can be tricky to figure out. Even more extra effort required for the hearing impaired person and technology is advancing thank goodness!

Feeling out of the loop and isolated in social situations is a horrible feeling!! Its easy to understand why people avoid those situations, especially without the assistance of helpful devices.

I am trying to do everything I can to help myself in tough noisy situations so I can converse with my grandboys at dinner wherever we are...at home or our favorite sushi restaurant. I feel fortunate to have the Roger ON iN. I am hoping that they and my son can help me get the TV aspect of the Roger device clarified.

I don't care who knows about my hearing loss!! The more people are aware and can perhaps understand why I don't respond to a question, or move out of the way in the store aisle, or need things to be repeated, the better. I am constantly telling people daily that I have a major hearing problem on the phone, in stores, offices, restaurants etc. Thank goodness for Blue Tooth! Having a visible device is another way of demonstrating disability and building awareness for everyone.
Thank goodness for forums like this where we can help each other!!

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Unfortunately those remarks and stigmas that lead to them are still very real today. Are you familiar with HLAA? (The Hearing Loss Assn. of America, Inc.) This organization is doing a remarkable job to effect positive change. Most of the assistive technology that is available today is there because members of HLAA have educated about it and advocated for it. There are chapters all over the country.

You understand the value of peer support. HLAA's mission is to share information, educate, provide peer support and advocate. The organization focuses on people with hearing loss who choose to remain in the hearing mainstream by using technology. The majority of HLAA folks are people with adult onset hearing loss. The annual national convention of HLAA is exceptional. Lots of information at: http://www.hearingloss.org

There may be a chapter in your area. What part of the country do you live in?