Some questions on hearing aids...

sunnyone

salsarla wrote: »

Yea it must be my age, plus i dont want people to know i have a hearing problem. Are the siemens reflex m's the mini ones?

They are much smaller than my last aids, honestly no one can see them without me pointing them out even with my very short hair cut around my ears.

I started wearing aids as a teenager and they were huge and very noticable, todays aids are a million times better in both looks and function, though they still have many problems in crowds etc.

Why dont you ask your audologist what alternatives they can provide you with.

Savvy_Sue

salsarla wrote: »

plus i dont want people to know i have a hearing problem.

May I ask why?

Only I'd always rather know if someone I'm talking to has a hearing problem, so that I can make sure I'm doing whatever's necessary to help them hear.

For the last couple of years I've been one of a group of 'mock patients' for assessing GP trainees. They're told we have a hearing loss, so they are supposed to ask whether we can hear them OK or not, and what they need to do to communicate clearly. And still, they look at their prescription pads and MUMBLE! :rotfl:

Hear-Hear

The Siemens Reflex L are the smaller mini-BTE's. They have no volume control (fully automatic), though you can get a Remote Control that enables you to have some flexibility with the volume, especially useful if your experience with hearing aids has always been with a VC. The Reflex M is a larger BTE, and does have a VC. Both are available in a wide variety of casing colours from the NHS Catalogue.

And as sunnyone says above, if you have to have BTE's, they can be combined with a huge variety of coloured earmoulds. Personally, I would always look at the 'pink-tint' - a very very light tint that works really well in most ears. At the other end of the scale, avoid the 'glitter' style of earmould. They look great for the first month or two, but tend to become quite uncomfortable and "gritty" thereafter.

Savvy_Sue

I think both Mother and Brother now have hearing aids without a volume control, and Mother in particular is distinctly unimpressed ...

Errata

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

May I ask why?

Only I'd always rather know if someone I'm talking to has a hearing problem, so that I can make sure I'm doing whatever's necessary to help them hear.

For the last couple of years I've been one of a group of 'mock patients' for assessing GP trainees. They're told we have a hearing loss, so they are supposed to ask whether we can hear them OK or not, and what they need to do to communicate clearly. And still, they look at their prescription pads and MUMBLE! :rotfl:

The simple solution to that is hold your hand up palm out and say "Talk to the hand ! " which I'm definitely tempted to do to the next hospital receptionist that insists on talking to their screen when booking me in.

summerof0763

Errata wrote: »

The simple solution to that is hold your hand up palm out and say "Talk to the hand ! " which I'm definitely tempted to do to the next hospital receptionist that insists on talking to their screen when booking me in.

i really laughed at this "not nasty" just that i have done this before,was a numpty behind me who had "apparently" asked me to move up in the bus queue as she was getting wet from the rain,as i never heard her asking she took it upon herself to very nastily poke me in the back,when i turned she said "have asked you three times to move up" though where she wanted me to move to i have no idea.
i apologised to her and said "sorry am deaf".showed my hearingaids.
numpty said "aye f selective deaf" lol,exchanged a few more pleasantries till i eventually told her to talk to the hand lol.
god some people are so rude.
mind you have had worse said to me through my deafness,but to be honest i ignore most of it,they are the ones with the problem.

Errata

Summer - if you want understanding and sympathy for deafness from the great British public I'm afraid you'll have to use a white stick

summerof0763

Errata wrote: »

Summer - if you want understanding and sympathy for deafness from the great British public I'm afraid you'll have to use a white stick

lol hang them from my ears like earrings,must admit being deaf gives me some laughs;)

amalis

next Tuesday I am going to audiologist to "discuss suitable hearing aids" for me. I am only 28, very sensitive about my look and I am dreading the idea that I will have to wear something visible. Like OP , I dont want people to know I have hearing problems.

summerof0763

amalis wrote: »

next Tuesday I am going to audiologist to "discuss suitable hearing aids" for me. I am only 28, very sensitive about my look and I am dreading the idea that I will have to wear something visible. Like OP , I dont want people to know I have hearing problems.

to be honest nobody really pays attention,better to wear an aid than have to constantly ask people to repeat themselves.

most of new aids are barely noticeable,you get funky moulds if you need them!!