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Cookie Bite Hearing Loss: What is the best hearing aid?
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Jan 24 8:42pm | Replies (35)Comment receiving replies
Everything I have read is that almost everyone with hearing aids has problems in noisy situations. I find this to be true whether a noisy restaurant or gatherings where everyone is chatting. There does not seem to be an answer to this from all I gather in my reading. It is something I guess we will have to live with. I have great difficulty in these situations.
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Background noise is the most common barrier for people with hearing loss. Social settings create noise. So do fans, heat registers, audio devices, etc. One of the first signs of hearing loss is not being able to understand conversation if there is any kind of noise in the area. Often the person with hearing loss thinks others are not 'speaking up', or that they are mumbling. It's not the speaker; it's the listener.
There are some solutions, but you have to be willing to use them. Streamers that are directional can connect to hearing aids and will pick up desired sound while minimizing background noise. Small microphones can be handheld or put on a table or even a companion's lapel to bring sound direct to hearing aids. Many people refuse to use these devices because they show. (That's a whole other discussion.)
For many hard of hearing people add on technology that works with good quality hearing aids is positively life changing.
Did your hearing aid provider tell you about any of those add on technologies?