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Old 05-04-2015, 09:47 PM   #26017
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Originally Posted by covingtoncat73 View Post
Ugh! I am deaf! My better quality hearing aid is my older hearing aid, 7 years old, actually, and it stopped working.

My second hearing aid was much less expensive and I don't like it as much. I got it in November and it stopped working yesterday! I tried several different batteries. This is awful. It makes it so hard to communicate. I fought getting those things for so long and now I really miss them when I don't have them.
Being deaf can be a blessing or a pain depending upon your needs at the time. I often turn my off so I can enjoy the peace and quiet in a nice location that happens to be a bit noisy, turning them on only if I have to communicate.

Let me recommend the company called "HearSource." http://hearsource.com/ The will repair any brand of hearing aid for a flat fee of $99 regardless of what needs to be changed to fix it. They sell their own 'assembly' of hearing aids, using the same internal parts that the big brands use, but without the brand name so the price is 1/3 of what the brand names sell for. They also sell their aids along with the computer interface and software so you can adjust them EXACTLY to your own liking, rather than trying to tell the audiologist "gee, that sound a little tinny.... no... now it sounds a little too fuzzy.... well, I'm hearing a sound like biting into tin foil.... well, no... that's too much like my head's in a barrel... the silverware hitting a glass hurts my ears...

Instead of trying to explain, you move the sliders in the software yourself while clanking dinnerware, taking or listening to music, getting the adjustments spot on! The company's audiologist works with you (free) for an hour or two teaching you which sliders control what, so you can always keep your devices working the way you like.

The HearSource hearing aid have four separate programs you can set. I have mine set up as 1. for talking in crowded spaces (directional front mic,) 2. general daily use, 3. playing music with friends (Omani-directional mic,) and 4. watching TV or a movie (compressed highs and lows for voice clarity.) The volume control takes care of the rest!



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