Help for Hearing Impairment

Smokes99999

thanks for posting the links

Guardsman

Smokes99999 wrote: »

thanks for posting the links

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Savvy_Sue

Woohoo! Went to get new tubes and open fit moulds today, and intended to ask where in the 'funding cycle' I was. But the chap asked how I was getting on, I explained I hadn't been able to wear my aid much lately because of the cyst in my ear, combined with the general misery of bad throat / cough / cold etc.

So he said "it's a while since we did anything for you, I'll get you booked in for review, that aid probably needs replacing and we may be able to give you better moulds."

Just what I wanted to hear!!!

Firefly

Hmmmm baha or cros? Consultant says these will be the options open to me.

cazziebo

Got an appointment to get a hearing aid fitted next week. apparently I have 60% hearing in the mid range which is where most speech occurs. My problem is hearing when there is background noise, or if the person has an accent I'm not familiar with. In silent environments, I think my hearing is near perfect. (The hearing tests suggest otherwise!)

Any tips? Anything I should question/look out for?

I haven't told any family/friends/co-workers about this. One of the advantages of gradual hearing loss is that I've learned to become a very good listener (in fact, probably hear more now than I did when my hearing was perfect!) How do you tell people? Don't want anyone thinking I'm wearing a hearing aid for fashion purposes a la Morrisey! :rotfl::rotfl:

spenderdave

Don't worry about it, just put the hearing aids in and use them. You will soon get used to them and realise that even though you thought you had good hearing before it is MUCH better with the aids. Very few people will comment and many won't even notice you have them. Apart from a few who think because you have aids you are deaf....

I have had my aids for around 6 months now and don't even realise I have them in, they just do what they were meant to.

lozzer90

On Wednesday I went to an appeal hearing & was told that I wasn't deaf enough to wear hearing aids. I rang the audio dept on Thursday to tell them what had been said & they have gone mad & like they say i've been wearing them for the last 8years & they wouldn't/can't give out aids to anyone.
I think they said it because i'd complained that the loop wasn't working.
Has anyone else ever been told they are not deaf enough to wear aids?

Errata

Much to my utter amazement, the NHS are going to provide me with CIC aids. I was so gobsmacked (the first NHS aid I was offered many years ago was the boom box and cable contraption), I can't remember what make they told me they would be, but they did mutter something about needing a 'button' to hear the telly and phone - which I presume means the CIC aids don't have an induction loop.
Anyone using CIC aids? Any info / tips you can offer will be very much appreciated.

Savvy_Sue

lozzer90 wrote: »

On Wednesday I went to an appeal hearing & was told that I wasn't deaf enough to wear hearing aids. I rang the audio dept on Thursday to tell them what had been said & they have gone mad & like they say i've been wearing them for the last 8years & they wouldn't/can't give out aids to anyone.
I think they said it because i'd complained that the loop wasn't working.
Has anyone else ever been told they are not deaf enough to wear aids?

What sort of appeal hearing was this? Where was it held (work / actual court building / somewhere else completely)?

It's not at all uncommon for loop systems to not work, and no-one know how to use them ...

Savvy_Sue

Errata wrote: »

Much to my utter amazement, the NHS are going to provide me with CIC aids. I was so gobsmacked (the first NHS aid I was offered many years ago was the boom box and cable contraption), I can't remember what make they told me they would be, but they did mutter something about needing a 'button' to hear the telly and phone - which I presume means the CIC aids don't have an induction loop.
Anyone using CIC aids? Any info / tips you can offer will be very much appreciated.

I know nothing, but ... it may be that because they are so small, you get a remote control to operate them rather than having to fiddle with them in your ears or take them out and put them in again whenever you need to change the settings. That may be the button they are talking about.