[TheForge] Hearing aids

[Robert Morris]

Don,
What Dan is telling you is truly the best way to go. I have been wearing 
hearing aids for about 12 years. They told me I was too close to the 
explosions when they were going off. Anyway, hearing damage is accumulative 
and the sharp and sudden loud noises at the anvil are some of the ones that 
do the most dammage. Thats why I try to use only Fisher anvils. Anyway, I 
have been the route of miracle ear and of the cheap ones that will let you 
hear a deer walking in the woods at a 1000 yards. All of them do something 
but they are designed for the masses, not the individual. Unless you want to 
also learn sign language, I would suggest you follow Dan's advice. Yes it 
will be the expensive route but it will allow you to hear and I would prefer 
that to the alternative.
Bob M.

>From: PlumDon at aol.com
>Reply-To: Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Hearing aids
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:30:24 EST
>
>In a message dated 1/24/2005 5:16:04 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>dhayes at dthayes.com writes:
>
>I  wear hearing aides, and here are my thoughts:
>
>1) Get tested by a  licensed audiologist, better yet with an outfit with
>several doctors of  audiology.
>Yes, Dan did that. Went to the best ENT doctors in my town.
>
>2)  Hearing aides are expensive.
>That's a big problem for me. I have trouble spending money.
>
>3) Forget about simple solutions like a Radio Shack  amplifier.
>
>Yes, will do. But thank you Bruce for the suggestion.
>
>4) . My  loss is mainly in the mid/high frequencies, and each ear is
>different.
>
>Me too.
>
>5) The best units have multiple modes (mine have five) with both  the
>frequency curve, and the degree of directionality set separately for  each
>mode.
>
>A bit beyond my current level of understanding. But I am on a learning
>curve.
>
>6) Avoid the vanity in-the-canal units. Behind the ear aides  work better,
>more sophisticated and more directional.
>
>I am getting the impression they are also less expensive so I am favoring
>the BTE approach. Notice BTE...I am already getting into the jargon and the
>technology.
>
>7) Aides with noise cancellation,
>
>I also have tinnitis in both ears. Any help there?
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>It helps tremendously and I thank you very much.
>
>Dan
>
>Don Plummer
>
>
>
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