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Cookie-bite hearing loss is indicated when an audiogram results are shaped like a bell or the letter “U” and indicates mid-range frequency hearing loss. It is a type of sensorineural hearing loss caused by damage to the inner ear or nerve that transmits auditory information to the brain.

The 'speech banana' diagram at the link below shows where typical sounds fall on an audiogram. An individual's tests will show the types of sounds that are missing with a particular audiogram. The most common audiograms are sloping from the left to the right. Most people lose the higher frequency sounds but are able to hear the lower sounds, thus men's voices are easier to understand than women's and children's. The sounds that exist within 'the speech banana' are the consonant sounds that clarify speech understanding.
https://ohns.ucsf.edu/audiology/education/peds
Do you have a copy of your audiogram?

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Yes I do...Attached. Your comments or suggestions for where I see someone who can fit me with hearing aids that specifically address my hearing loss would be greatly appreciated. I don't think mine help me much because they uncomfortably amplify the high and low unless I turn them down in which case I get less benefit I have the Phonak Audéo M. I am in the SF Bay Area and have Kaiser but willing to go outside of Kaiser to get better help.
Thank you!

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Hearing Test copy (Hearing-Test-copy.pdf)