I guess it is that time of year since it seems I get all inspired to get all my ducks in a row and get everything checked in the fall. As you know I got my flu shot, blood checked and eyes checked last week.
Yesterday I saw the ear Doc for a clean out job and hearing test. I had a hearing test about 10 years ago with some hearing loss but in the last few years I seem to be turning the TV up louder, not hearing all of what is said. So it is now official. I am a "good candidate" for a hearing aid".
I can go back and see the audiologist at the Doc's office anytime and get fitted with one. Trouble is I have read enough to learn that hearing aids are very expensive and not easy to deal with.
Do any of you have any experience, either you or family member with hearing aids.
(I am almost persuaed to put it off until next year.)
PS: It is a lovely fall day and the temp will be in the 40's tonight so we have finally broken the back of the long hot summer. Now what we need is about 3 weeks of solid rain to ease the drought.
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My husband is very hard of hearing due to shooting guns all his life and most without protection. He went and got some very expensive ones but hates them. He says "I don't want to hear all that other stuff". I tend to be one of those that will pass until it is unpassable:)
JO Ann and I use ours selectively. I'm glad we got them, but wearing them all the time would compromise my sunny disposition.
You are a VERY good patient Janet. I, on the other hand, am not so hot...especially with the more intrusive exams. You know mammograms, colonoscopies, gynecological things. How are you with those visits?
It's darn right chilly here today...but nice. Hello Fall!
We need more rain than that to ease our drought, Chancy, and I am in need of 2 hearing aids. I haven't had my hearing checked in about 12 years, but I don't have to to know that I need them. Trouble is, insurance doesn't cover their cost and they are fairly expensive. My dad had them, but it was so long ago that his experiences with them would not matter now (technology being so different). Good luck!
Blogger needs to diet...it ate my last post!! Anyway after experiences with hearing issues with both my parents, I recommend that you pursue use of aids as much as you can! The new technologies are great and your hearing loss can reach a point where ability to improve gets less and less...something about the brain signals becoming more difficult to regain. Don't get discouraged.
Huh? Waddidyousay? Your'e tired of wearing? Wearing what?
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