Hearing Aids

[Non-Typical Solutions]

Lots of good info and thanks.....I just want my wife to quit getting mad at me for saying huh, well and then I wouldn't mind hearing the rocks clattering when I have busted a deer, actually, I don't want to hear that cause that means I screwed up again..........I appreciate the info, so I guess the next step is a small loan and an audiologist.

[DubTee]

Well, I took the plunge two days ago and ended up purchasing the aids that the audiologist had picked out for me. Went into the office, they fitted the aids and programmed them for my specific hearing loss, and away we went. Retested my hearing with them on, significant improvement in the ability to pick up tones and clarity of speech. It is very different now, I have always had hearing loss so I just never heard some of the sounds I am hearing now. It seems like I can hear every bird within a quarter mile. I am really anxious to test them in a hunting situation, but I can already tell that it will be very different. Pretty comfortable overall, mine are behind the ear, with a little clear tube running into my ear canal with the speaker on it. I wore them all day yesterday and even played golf with some buddies today, not one person noticed I even had them on. I can tell exactly where sound is coming from directionally, obviously things seem louder but the biggest difference is the sounds I was missing, faint, high pitched, whispers, etc, are really noticable and crisp now. Still gonna be a while before I will be used to hearing these sounds and distiguishing which sounds can be blocked out, plus I just simply need to learn to listen.

[Non-Typical Solutions]

Good to hear, no pun intended.

What do people do who have hearing loss, get hearing aids and still have to work around the high pitched machinery and equipment?

Special ear protection or just the regular muffs over the ears??