WHAT DID YOU SAY!?

Sigarms · Mar 5, 2019

Sooner or later I have to go in and get hearing aids.

This is a place where when you figure out how bad you mishead it, write it down!:laughing:

Tonight, talking with my dad...

Me - "You saw a deer last night?"
My 87 year old dad - "No, I had a beer last night!"

k0ua · Mar 5, 2019

uh, say what? What? Yeah tractor exhaust, gunfire (without cans!), rock concerts (ughh. Only went once, that was enough!) all take their toll. By the time you are my age it is "$3000, $5000, what ever they can get!" Yeah, that commercial comes to mind.
I might be down 3 dB down in the right ear, but the left ear is at least down 10 dB across the spectrum with a severe rolloff above 3khz for sure. Maybe even 15 dB down from say 600hz. It is best not to sit to my left if you want me to hear you.

Alan W. · Mar 5, 2019

Years ago I remember the lady conducting the hearing test getting up, walking over to me and pull the head phones off my head while shouting, you had to hear that cause I heard it over there. Some frequencies are totally gone. I blame it on climate change

txdon · Mar 5, 2019

Check out the hearing aids at Costco.

Jstpssng · Mar 5, 2019

Alan W. said:
Years ago I remember the lady conducting the hearing test getting up, walking over to me and pull the head phones off my head while shouting, you had to hear that cause I heard it over there. Some frequencies are totally gone. I blame it on climate change&#55357;&#56839;

I was sitting in the "soundproof booth" and couldn't tell if the tone I heard was the test, or the backup alarm on a piece of equipment outside. I've had ringing in my ears for as long as I can remember.

It's too bad that we hadn't heard of hearing protection 45 years ago. I now wear plugs and muffs when I'm running a chainsaw for any length of time.

goeduck · Mar 5, 2019

I have lost some but not too much, mostly it is only an issue if there is background noise. I always thought that if I have to get hearing aids it would be some that look like a a Bluetooth earpiece. Then just take it off when I am not not needing it.

I use ear protection religiously these days and have most of my life. I did work in a mill when I was a kid before hearing protection was pushed and regret not knowing enough to provide my own. I know I damaged my hearing, even though I was young I could tell.

Wagtail · Mar 6, 2019

I'm as careful (and pedantic) about my hearing to a fault... which I credit to my years in the Navy and the PPE/safety gear you were required to wear. I was a Gun Fire Controlman/Tech.

However, the thing that got me and my hearing (loss & tinnitus) was the subtle sound/whine of the ship's ventilation as I slept! Years of 'sea time' took its toll.

Fortunately it's been recognised & covered by the DVA... all future hearing tests and aids (+ batteries) are provided for.

Gunny · Mar 6, 2019

After all those years in artillery, my hearing has been gone for years. A real pain when I first met my wife, she was so soft speaking I had to constantly as her to repeat things. She adapted eventually and starting speaking up louder, but we rarely watched TV together because I cranked the volume up so high.

I finally broke down and got a pair of in ear aids that I wear when we go out or while watching TV. I would wear them more, but I'm kinda sorta dufus when working on the farm or on vehicles and I'm afraid I'll lose one or both.

oosik · Mar 6, 2019

When you see the lips move - quit with the "thousand mile stare" and blank look. They may be talking to you. I've noticed - starting about five years ago - my son has started mumbling an awful lot. At least, with the TV - I control the volume.

txdon · Mar 6, 2019

I notice the worst place to hear is in the car. The hearing aids are great at blocking out road noise so voice can be heard.

reb · Mar 6, 2019

I went through two sets of expensive hearing aids (both at Costco) with poor results. This year I tried several "hearing amplifiers" and found a couple that work better, for a lot lower price. That is not a recommendation--each case is different.

Bird · Mar 6, 2019

I got my first Beltones on 5/8/92; yep, been wearing hearing aids for about 27 years with my hearing gradually getting worse and worse. My hearing is now classified as "profound". I turn the TV a little louder than my wife would, but even so, I don't watch TV that isn't closed captioned. And with the TV blaring, I can take out my hearing aids and I won't hear a sound AT ALL. So, if you can prevent hearing loss, but sure and do so.

3Ts · Mar 6, 2019

I ended up having to get hearing aids this year. They help a lot. In my case, I lost the high end and low end frequencies and was only hearing the middle range. That means I was hearing only parts of words which makes conversation very difficult. There are hearing aids that are controlled via bluetooth and can have different "programs" which can be controlled by an iphone. Makes it easier to match the hearing aid response to the environment.

2LaneCruzer · Mar 6, 2019

My hearing loss is mostly in the same range as my wife's voice; especially when she's in the garage and I'm in the bedroom.

buckeyefarmer · Mar 6, 2019

Alan W. said:
Years ago I remember the lady conducting the hearing test getting up, walking over to me and pull the head phones off my head while shouting, you had to hear that cause I heard it over there. Some frequencies are totally gone. I blame it on climate change

LOL.

My left is getting worse. I had a hard time hearing coworkers yesterday with a lot of bsckground noise going.

gojira · Mar 6, 2019

2LaneCruzer said:
My hearing loss is mostly in the same range as my wife's voice; especially when she's in the garage and I'm in the bedroom.

Sounds like me. I've become my dad, except he got hearing aids later in life when he remarried to a blind woman. She told him to go get them!

I have a lot of tinnitus and know I've lost a lot of hearing. If there's a lot of background noise, I cannot hear the near conversations, especially higher pitched voices.

I've always worn hearing protection on the tractor, out shooting, etc. but probably rock concerts when I was young and working in server rooms for 10 years didn't help.

txdon · Mar 6, 2019

Bird said:
I turn the TV a little louder than my wife would, but even so, I don't watch TV that isn't closed captioned. And with the TV blaring, I can take out my hearing aids and I won't hear a sound AT ALL.

Bird, and any others that have trouble hearing the TV, especially the flatscreen with small speakers, this Wireless TV Speaker @ Sharper Image remote tv speaker works great. You don't have to blast out the whole room to hear the TV.

Also Costco has an option device that connects to the tv and you can get the tv sound directly to your hearing aids wirelessly.

k0ua · Mar 6, 2019

The one concert I went to in my life, my ears were "screaming" when it was over. I did not know to bring earplugs. I vowed to never go to another one. And I haven't. They turn the volume way past "insane", because the rockers are so deaf they can't hear it. And soon the whole crowd is deaf. I don't get it and probably never will. Anyone that lets their child go to a rock concert is "insane" in my book.

Aquamoose · Mar 6, 2019

I’m deaf. Seriously, like stone deaf. Where does that put me?

Gotta go, I think my wife’s calling me.

buckeyefarmer · Mar 6, 2019

txdon said:
Bird, and any others that have trouble hearing the TV, especially the flatscreen with small speakers, this Wireless TV Speaker @ Sharper Image remote tv speaker works great. You don't have to blast out the whole room to hear the TV.

Also Costco has an option device that connects to the tv and you can get the tv sound directly to your hearing aids wirelessly.

My son has the costco device and loves it. He can actually hear movies now.