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I'm completely new to the world of hearing aids. Advice please.

Hearing Loss | Last Active: Oct 25, 2023 | Replies (103)
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@beryl2

Hello
My ENT doctor who I go to for cerumen removal always asks how my hearing aids are doing. His practice also includes audiology but I don’t use them so I think he may be a bit miffed about that. Anyway his practice also deals with earlens but after reading all the literature decided at 83 I wasn’t interested and told him so. He persists in bringing it up saying several of their patients have been helped a lot by it at which I said that I would like to talk to them. I got no answer from that.
I also posited to him that since my problem was not the level of sound I can hear (which the lens amplifies) but understanding the words due to an aging auditory nerve it seems. His answer to that was that any amplification helps. I hope there is someone out there who can join in this conversation. My audiologist knows nothing about earlens as of course it involves surgery. I did find a blinded study but not double blinded but how you would do one I can’t imagine.

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imallears | @imallears | Mar 3, 2023

@bobsi

Hi,

EarLens doesn’t amplify sounds…it vibrates the eardrum. Your ENT is wrong when he says any amplification helps. Amplification is a small part of helping hearing loss and I don’t know why he is pushing EarLens.
I looked into them and , even though I would not be a candidate, I wouldn’t consider them. There are powerful hearing aids available that would be more beneficial but speech perception will always be a problem. Your regular Audi wouldn’t know too much about them so, if you are interested, you would have to see an Audi who specializes in CIs and Bone Conduction implants. Your regular Audi might be able to refer you someone he or she knows. For reference I wear one or two Phonak ultra power Nadia’s but I also wear a Bicros in my left bad ear which is not an aid but sends sound from that side to my Phonak. I occasionally put the Phonak aid in that ear because I would like it to receive sound and “not forget about that ear” as my old Audi said. And, my the way…I am approaching 82.

FL Mary

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