[Elecraft] Tinnitus and the K3 RX EQ and Related Variables

[David Wilcox]

I second the motion about hearing aids and cost.  Get a couple of opinions from different vendors and don’t be afraid to ask your friends.... look closely and many of your friends may have hearing aids that you were not aware of.

My audiologist has been in the business since a kid as his father was the only local audiologist back in the day here in Traverse City.  He knows about us hams and listens to our needs.  His prices are also lower than some of the new pretty ladies who are popping up on every corner in this popular home for senior citizens and paying for TV advertising.

Locally our Sams Club has decent prices and now Costco is in town too.

A good pair of bluetooth hearing aids cost around $5000 but are worth it to me.  I can make adjustments on the fly and also listen to my iPhone without wearing ear buds.  I can also vary the ability to knock down noise in restaurants and on radio or enhance speech.  At music concerts I can adjust them for different auditoriums and even different kinds if music.  With a bluetooth transmitter or the TV ears hooked to my xcvr I can pipe the sound right to my hearing aids. It is great. The VA has hearing aid benefits but their service isn’t local. You have to drive down state to get them and for any adjustment.

I guess the thing I am trying to say is if you have a hearing loss you are losing out on life.  Get tested and at least try them.  There is no charge until you buy.  Also some audiologists take trade ins or have sets from clients who have passed away and will give them to you with a low cost to adjust them to your needs.  Don’t be afraid to ask.  Your family will thank you and life will be much better. I think hearing loss is one of the reasons older hams can get crotchety (my wife says I am both of those). Ha! 

From one who has been there, done that!

Dave K8WPE

David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad

> On Mar 28, 2019, at 12:32 AM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Gwen and all,
> 
> If you find yourself in that situation, get yourself good hearing aids and wear them all the time during your waking hours.  In most cases, that will reduce the tinnitus drastically or eliminate it.
> Your brain will soon figure out that it does not have to invent sounds that produce the tinnitus.  Yes, you will need the help of a good audiologist to get the customized programming for your particular ears set right for you - which frequency bands need amplification and by how much is not a trivial undertaking.
> 
> The DSP programming in modern hearing aids is really amazing.  I don't know how they get so much function in such a small device.
> 
> They are expensive, but well worth it.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
>> On 3/27/2019 9:28 PM, Gwen Patton wrote:
>> I should probably see an audiologist someday. I've had nasty tinnitus as
>> long as I can remember. I spent most of my youth around loud musical
>> instruments, having begun playing brass instruments in 3rd grade. I've been
>> in many loud environments since, even though I don't recall it being a lot
>> of times until around 2001, when I got into shooting. But I always used
>> really good hearing protection.
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