New hearing aids

[grannyjo]

I got new hearing aids about two months ago.

I'm finding it a bit hard to get used to them. The sounds I used to hear have changed so much. Everyone seemed to have a lisp. The lower tones seemed to boom through my head.

Went back to the audiologist a couple of times, and she adjusted a bit here, then a bit there. Nothing seemed to work though.

Changed to a different provider, with the same aids. He seemed to have a better idea of what I was talking about.

He changed a few things for me, so that they sound somewhat better, no more lisping speech, but there's still a few things that bug me - still get the booming sound.

I go back to him again in another week, and let him know what I need to have changed, so that I can wear the new aids comfortably, and hear the way I want to hear.

I know it takes a while to get used to the different sounds each new aid brings, but is a bit of a trying period to adjust.

 

[jaylon]

I got new hearing aids about two months ago.

I'm finding it a bit hard to get used to them. The sounds I used to hear have changed so much. Everyone seemed to have a lisp. The lower tones seemed to boom through my head.

Went back to the audiologist a couple of times, and she adjusted a bit here, then a bit there. Nothing seemed to work though.

Changed to a different provider, with the same aids. He seemed to have a better idea of what I was talking about.

He changed a few things for me, so that they sound somewhat better, no more lisping speech, but there's still a few things that bug me - still get the booming sound.

I go back to him again in another week, and let him know what I need to have changed, so that I can wear the new aids comfortably, and hear the way I want to hear.

I know it takes a while to get used to the different sounds each new aid brings, but is a bit of a trying period to adjust.

Hearing Aids do not quarantee good or even improved hearing. Over the years I figure I have spent 20,000 dollars of my own money on hearing aids and am now a recipient of a Cochlear Implant learning to hear again.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

I have hearing aids also. The brand I chose is Oticon. It is my second set. I don't qualify for the implants. I hear a lisp also but I learned to live with it. The audiologist said it helps distinguish between sounds and didn't change it. There are certain tones I hear better than others. The TV is terrible. I use the captions when watching. I just tell myself it is better than not hearing at all. Now I can hear the birds chirping, and the directional signal in the car. Without the aids I couldn't hear any of those sounds and more. You are suppose to wear them all the time to train your brain but on occasion I take them out. Sometimes I like the muffled sound.

 

[IKE]

I qualified for free hearing aids (behind the ear type) through the VA and got them a couple of years ago, I only wear them when watching TV for a couple of hours in the evening when mama is in the room to keep from running her out of the room from me turning up the TV volume so loud.....I know I should probably wear them all the time but I don't.

To me my hearing seems to be getting worse, for example without my hearing aids everything seems to sound more muffled & dull than it did a couple of years ago and I can't hear the little things like birds chirping when I'm outside without them.....I know I'm probably missing out on a lot other sounds also but I guess what I can't hear I don't really miss.

Although I'm rated 70% disabled by the VA I don't use the VA for regular medical care but with the cost of hearing aids being so expensive I'm grateful to them for giving me free hearing aids and batteries.