Howard,
I am glad Tom made mention of this. Also, to whom you go makes a big
difference. The guy I went to tried talking me out of it to see how my
hearing went before deciding what I wanted to do. I paid 5 grand and that
covers all visit, cleanings, and anything I might need except for batteries.
The last time I went, my aids were muffled. It helped when he cleaned them
but taking a closer look, he felt the non metallic screens covering the
hearing microphone, used to trap microscopic particles from getting on the
microphone element, looked different than new ones. He replaced them with
new ones for free and I haven't had any more problems. The first year they
are replaceable regardless of cause. I can copy CW clearly from about 200
Hz to the end of my filter at 4 KHz but I have trouble with some words at
speaking frequencies; commonly with funny and sunny, thunder or bummer with
a V and so on. Common hearing loss problems.
Phil.
K0NX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Fowle" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: off topic
> Howard,
> Having a 40 DB loss in my right ear at 4KHz, I know how you feel!
>
> So far as I know, from lectures I heard about 4 years ago, there is no
> hearing aid that will actually pass sound above about 4KHz to your ears.
>
> Since echo location depends on higher frequencies no hearing aid is going
> to
> give you decent echo location.
>
> The hearing aid industry focuses on only one function, that being trying
> to
> help people seperate individual voices from a crowd. I suppose that may
> work, but they don't know or care that we need our ears for other things
> too
> besides being able to hear individuals in a crowd.
>
> So start by telling the sales kreeps you must have frequency response to 8
> or 10 KHz and watch them lie through their teeth.
>
> Hope you find something that works and prove me wrong! <GRIN>
> BTW, the "better" hearing aid dealers will let you return products that
> don't meet your needs, often for a full refund. If a dealer won't do that
> or
> a reasonably close promise, go somewhere else. There are a lot of crooks
> out
> there.
> Tom Fowle WA6IVG
>
> On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 02:27:55PM -0600, howard kaufman wrote:
>> My apologies, because this is very off topic.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am beginning to think seriously about hearing aids.
>>
>> Women's voices with foreign accents are really giving me trouble on the
>> phone.
>>
>> The problem is that all my mobility is done on facial vision, or sound
>> shadows, or what ever you want to call it.
>>
>> I tried my friend's $6,000 hearing aids, and they were amazing.
>>
>> Amazing that is until I couldn't hear the sides of a door jam, or the
>> widening ambience of the stairs in front of me.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is it possible to have hearing aids, and still hear the things or lack of
>> things that I need to hear to be a good traveller?
>>
>> So far, I am able to hear cars soon enough to cross the street safely.
>>
>> Its just the things I use like trees and poles that I don't want to
>> loose.
>>
>> Its not sound, as much as the absence of sound that I listen to.
>>
>> I am sure many of you do the same, and I am sure many of you have never
>> heard what I am talking about.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Howard Kaufman MSW LCSW
>>
>>
>
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