Book Board Chat

Didn't read all the notes about hearing aids, but I want to jump in and say "get them!" I was missing parts of sounds/words, and certain tones and thought I was either losing my mind (who only misses parts of sounds/words?) or that people were mumbling. Finally got a hearing checkup and learned that I needed hearing aids at 54! Things that were particularly difficult was conversation with background noise, especially electronic background noise, and listening to television or the phone. It seems that there's something to do with compression of sound and if the compressed sound ends up being one you can't hear (in a range of tones) then you can't hear that part of the word. Any sound engineers who can explain it better, hop right in.

I tried the full-in-ear-canal ones, which I LOVED, but sadly, my ears did not. I went from never having any ear wax/oil problems to overproduction of ear oils that literally ruined the hearing aids. While they were fixed free, it meant I had to do without them for two weeks at a time. After realizing that this would be an ongoing battle, I opted to get the ones that go over the back of the ear (but small) and had the same technology, same price, no additional charges as I had a three year warranty plan. I love my hearing aids and really notice when I forget to put them in, or sometimes forget to pull them out until I'm beginning to wash my hair and realize that oops, I forgot. Grateful I take baths and not showers!! I also have the drying machine for them, and notice a huge difference in the length of battery life as well as the ability to remove all moisture should I sweat too much, or the accidental oops.

Sorry if this was too long... haven't learned the "shush" feature yet.