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So my dad was right, my hearing now sucks
Posted on 12/14/17 at 10:30 pm
Posted on 12/14/17 at 10:30 pm
Too many years of loud music and driving with the car window down. I think my years of driving a soft top Jeep Wrangler was the final straw. I will eventually have to consider a hearing aide. Do any of them actually work? Everyone I've ever asked that has one says they don't really do much. You would think science and technology would have come up with a prettty good hearing aide by now. Probably not too many people on this board old enough to have hearing loss yet, but curious as to any experience with them.
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Posted on 12/14/17 at 10:32 pm to Ramblin Wreck
How old are you?
Posted on 12/14/17 at 10:32 pm to Ramblin Wreck
That DJ Magic Mike, tho.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 10:32 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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hearing aide
Posted on 12/14/17 at 10:35 pm to Ramblin Wreck
I have a couple of relatives that have them and once they are fitted and working correctly, they work like a damn charm. however, they are not something that you just buy and stick in your ear and all of your problems are solved. you have to have them fitted and adjusted by someone who knows what they are doing. likely takes a number of iterations to get that done.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 10:39 pm to Kafka
...one of the funniest skits from SNL
Posted on 12/14/17 at 10:40 pm to Walt OReilly
51. You don't lose volume, it's certain frequencies that you begin to quit hearing. Pretty soon your stereo will begin to sound like the quality of a drive through speaker and you think people mumbling.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 10:56 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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Do any of them actually work?
of course they actually work.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 10:58 pm to Ramblin Wreck
My hearing is going to be so fricked when Im older.. I listen to music max volume no matter if im in the car or headphones
Posted on 12/14/17 at 10:59 pm to tgr4ever
why? whats the point?
Posted on 12/14/17 at 11:00 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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You don't lose volume, it's certain frequencies that you begin to quit hearing
My dad lost his hearing for high pitched noises at like 35. Claimed it was from shooting guns with no hearing protection in the 50s-60s.
The damn oven timer could be going off right next to him and he couldn't hear it. Or maybe he was just waiting for my mom to get it. Either way it was a good strategy
Posted on 12/14/17 at 11:07 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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it's certain frequencies that you begin to quit hearing.
yep...we generally lose the high pitched stuff first. that is why they have to tune a hearing aid...so that it only amplifies the frequencies where your hearing is deficient.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 11:08 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Yeah they work to a degree.
Hearing aids make things louder but not necessarily clearer. Most of the complaints regard the clarity. Technology for hearing aids has come a long ways. Nowadays they don't just amplify every sound. They can be programmed to amplify certain frequencies and are better at filtering background noise.
At the end of the day though, you can turn up the volume on a shitty speaker, and it's still a shitty speaker even if you have a $3000 amplifier hooked to it.
Hearing aids make things louder but not necessarily clearer. Most of the complaints regard the clarity. Technology for hearing aids has come a long ways. Nowadays they don't just amplify every sound. They can be programmed to amplify certain frequencies and are better at filtering background noise.
At the end of the day though, you can turn up the volume on a shitty speaker, and it's still a shitty speaker even if you have a $3000 amplifier hooked to it.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 11:27 pm to Puffoluffagus
Never good for one of your senses starts to go. Sad.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 12:08 am to Ramblin Wreck
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Ramblin
Ain’t that the truth.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 12:37 am to Ramblin Wreck
I have a genetic condition that caused me to lose my hearing in my mid to late 20's so I have to wear hearing aids in both ears. To answer your questions, yes they work. I wouldn't be able to hear much of anything without them. Best thing for you to do is find a good audiologist and get advice from them. They are expensive and few insurance companies cover the costs and those that do usually only cover a small percentage. I wouldn't go with the cheap ones nor the most expensive. They take some getting used to and are pretty uncomfortable but once you do then they are pretty much second nature. I'm not sure where you are located but If in the Baton Rouge area, I have had pretty good experience with Audibel. Being young and not comfortable with the appearance of them, I got what they call completely in the ear hearing aides. They are not real obvious and most people can't tell that I have them on. Anyways good luck and I hope that I have helped.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 12:38 am to Ramblin Wreck
Bump, bump bump, that's tha sounds of the 15s while they hittin in my trunk. - Kottonmouth Kings
This post was edited on 12/15/17 at 12:44 am
Posted on 12/15/17 at 12:40 am to Ramblin Wreck
I've definitely lost some hearing from earbuds, blasting music in the car, and two years sleeping right under the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.
Most of what people say is bullshite, though, so take it as a mixed blessing.
Most of what people say is bullshite, though, so take it as a mixed blessing.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 12:47 am to Ramblin Wreck
I shot too many guns without ear pro.
Sucks.
Sucks.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 4:58 am to Ramblin Wreck
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not too many people on this board old enough
What did you say?
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