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How do I choose the best hearing aids?
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Feb 1 8:00am | Replies (143)Comment receiving replies
I have been diagnosed with a hearing loss that involves hearing higher tones and consonants rather than lower tones and vowels. I was told that this is not a typical hearing loss. I have hearing aids but they don’t seem to help that much. Does anyone else have this problem? If so, have hearing aids helped? What kind?
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I have genetic hearing loss.. so I have the "cookie bite" in my hearing ability.
The deepest loss is centered right at human speech... so frustrating.
I was having trouble with 2 kinds of aids, but finally settled on "Bernafon". I have had them for 10 days... very good, but will never be perfect.
Also, I have to be sure to be directly in front of the speaker, and polish my lip reading skills.(difficult with masks)
HOWEVER.. to my horror, it appears that there is a business agreement with iPhone.... the phone only works with the iPhone; and with the android only marginally.
So to use optimally I have to spend more money on a new phone.... oh! and a Mac computer too, to get full connectivity with my communication tools! 😲
There could not have been a deaf or disabled person in those business strategy meetings.... so unfair!
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I can hear the high and low tones, but not the center tones. My hearing aids do not help that much either. It is terrible not to hear what people are saying to you.