Reply to: Bugger I must be getting old!

[Paddy]

Make yourself comfy, sit down and have a cup of tea. Do you want the telly on? The telly! The telly! do you want it on? Look there... do you want it on?

[psychocandy]

Gonna take time to get used. 30 mins in and they were annoying me and ears were itching....

[psychocandy]

Went to Amplifon yesterday. Much better.
Still not so keen on the way they price things. i.e. nothing on website.

Trying to get me to go for a pair that cost £2400. As opposed to ones that are £1600. Apparently, they are much better in noisy environments.
Hmmmmm.

Nah don't see the point in bluetooth to be honest. I've got headphones for music, hands free in the car and Im ok with that.

Trouble is there are so many options it seems and they all try to push the "better" model.

[malvolio]

well complicated it seems

Not really. The audiologist should be able to draw a graph of your hearing against the perfect result, and so show what bits you are missing. Simply making things louder doesn't work, you have to get your graph as close as you can to the ideal. So you want something that can program out those gpas by amplifying the missing frequency ranges.

Bluetooth is bloody useful.

Battery as opposed to rechargeable.

I went with the Phonak Audeo Marvel M70 pair. YMMV...

[psychocandy]

Lots. They all make things a bit louder. Most will allow which frequencies are made louder, so you fill in the gaps in the hearing curve (like mine, where I lose high frequency sounds while not having lost any hearing volume). Some add Bluetooth (useful, since apart from the app to control them you can also use them as earbuds for your phone and car). Some add noise cancellation (a feature I should have paid for in hindsight). Size is also a factor in cost - in ear more expensive than the rest

I went for the mid-range Phonak behind the ear pair for around £1600.

well complicated it seems

[northernladuk]

I did ask the audiologist how long the batteries lasted. "That rather depends how much you listen" she replied.... At work, wearing them roughly 14 hours a day, they would last 3-4 days roughly, or about a week of more casual use.

So the batteries last 10 times longer in mens hearing aids than womens apparently?

[malvolio]

Good idea about the nhs ones....

Yeh I saw specsavers did about 5-6 different "ranges". Did wonder what the difference was?

Lots. They all make things a bit louder. Most will allow which frequencies are made louder, so you fill in the gaps in the hearing curve (like mine, where I lose high frequency sounds while not having lost any hearing volume). Some add Bluetooth (useful, since apart from the app to control them you can also use them as earbuds for your phone and car). Some add noise cancellation (a feature I should have paid for in hindsight). Size is also a factor in cost - in ear more expensive than the rest

I went for the mid-range Phonak behind the ear pair for around £1600.

[psychocandy]

Never trust a fart when you're over 40.

Made me think of the weight loss stuff I had off the GP a good few years ago.....

I think I shat myself about 3 times in the first week. Never again...

[psychocandy]

IIRC mine were around £1,600 - £1,700. They're from the SpecSavers Advance range, CIC (completely in canal), and at the time were one down from the most expensive ones. In reality, SpecSavers don't make them; they're made by Widex.

One tip is to get an NHS checkup too, as although it takes months before you'll actually be tested, it's free. Don't tell them about the fancy ones you've got privately, and they'll give you a pair of NHS ones (which will be programmed to suit your actual hearing profile, just like the fancy ones). Then you have the NHS ones in reserve just in case the fancy ones need to go in to be repaired or something

Good idea about the nhs ones....

Yeh I saw specsavers did about 5-6 different "ranges". Did wonder what the difference was?

[DoctorStrangelove]

Never trust a fart when you're over 40.

[vetran]

Yeah, older sphincters are more relaxed making it easier

Blimey just spat my coffee out that was lower than I thought of going.

[ladymuck]

You get buggered when you are old ?


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Yeah, older sphincters are more relaxed making it easier

[GhostofTarbera]

You get buggered when you are old ?


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[Mordac]

Anyway... Mrs is saying my hearing is deteriorating but only noticible to me if I'm in a pub with a lot of background noise making it hard to make out conversations so it may be time to get it seen to

So no excuses for the foreseeable then...

[Colour Sergeant Bourne]

I attribute my hearing loss to Army Cadets and days spent on the ranges shooting .303 & 7.72 stuff with no ear protection whatsoever & always used to leave the range with the old ears ringing
Anyway... Mrs is saying my hearing is deteriorating but only noticible to me if I'm in a pub with a lot of background noise making it hard to make out conversations so it may be time to get it seen to

Think one of these will suffice