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Tell me all about it, dear...
purple chai - 2009-11-14 16:13:50
I left a looooong comment and then Dland said I was a spammer, so I lost it. So here's the upshot: if there's anything I know, it's hearing aids. I'm here if you have any questions or need help. (What you've lost, btw, is only certain tones, which is how most hearing losses happen.)
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stepfordtart - 2009-11-14 17:21:04
I work with a girl who is hearing impaired - most times, there's no problem but sometime if her hearing aid battery is low (or if she forgot to wear it at all as she cant wear it AND her motorbike helmet at the same time!) then she just does the 'grandma trick' of cupping her hand behind her ear - I guess to funnel the sounds in the right direction. Sounds dumb but seems to work for her - might work for you too in the interim? s x PS I buy the big bottle of 40 peroxide and jumbo box of powder bleach from hairdressing wholesalers. MUCH cheaper than the drugstore all-in-one boxes and you can mix up as much as you need - useful if you miss a bit at the back. Not that I ever do. *ahem*
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Pam L - 2009-11-14 17:40:18
I don't envy your quest for better hearing. My Dad has struggled all his adult life to correct his, tried many different kinds of his double aids. He would complain that in public, especially crowded restaurants he would hear too much white noise and tried to get that corrected. Now, at age 89, he can't remember to change his batteries until we ask him to and it's amazing to have a conversation with him at a normal level and without repeating. My sister had the surgery but still has a hearing aid, but at least we can converse if she knows I'm talking to her. My DH mumbles, everyone says so, the man just cannot make his voice go farther than 2 feet. If I am not in the room and I ask him to repeat something, he stubbornly does so at the same level instead of raising his voice just a little, or, he yells it in frustration. Either way it does not make for good communication.
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Poolie - 2009-11-14 18:47:40
I have a significant hearing loss in one ear from a scuba diving incident. I can relate to what you are saying. Go for it! Get the power boosters!
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terri t - 2009-11-14 20:05:30
Husband and I both notice hearing loss and yet we still get irritated with each other when we can't understand what is being said. LOL.
Anyhow, I am looking forward to the new hair color(s). I liked the duck yellow but it just didn't seem quite YOU....
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Stephanie - 2009-11-14 22:17:46
I can so relate to the hearing loss. Increasingly often, I find myself asking people to repeat themselves. Yet, a recent hearing test came back with good results. I don't get it.
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beanie - 2009-11-14 23:36:53
If there were Marines like you, Mr D would never have retired! Hee!
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JJ - 2009-11-14 23:42:56
Hearing adis changed my husband's life. After years of working on cars and playing in a bad, his hearing was shot. We all thought he was being an asshole at family gatherings, but he just couldn't distinguish what we were all saying at the same time.
You can't even see his aids - all you can see are the clear tubes that go from the aid and rest on the inside of his ear.
Girlfriend, if you need 'em, get em!
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JJ - 2009-11-14 23:51:51
Hearing aids changed my husband's life. After years of working on cars and playing in a band, his hearing was shot. We all thought he was being an asshole at family gatherings, but he just couldn't distinguish what we were all saying at the same time.
You can't even see his aids - all you can see are the clear tubes that go from the aid and rest on the inside of his ear.
Girlfriend, if you need 'em, get em!
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