Hearing Tests

[upsidedown]

Went for my test today and walked out with 2 new hearing aids with Bluetooth, still getting used to them and waiting to surprise the missus when she gets home . Whilst still very early do feel my tinnitus is less but then do get a slight rustling as my head moves

 

[Ross61]

Went for my test today and walked out with 2 new hearing aids with Bluetooth, still getting used to them and waiting to surprise the missus when she gets home . Whilst still very early do feel my tinnitus is less but then do get a slight rustling as my head moves

I used to get the rustling when the ends of my hair scratched across the microphone.
You’ll find that certain sounds like crockery and cutlery getting put down on a table can make you jump out of your skin! Also you might find the sound of yourself eating is horrible. Don’t worry about it as the brain manages to get used to it and somehow ignores it after a while. Stick with it, it’s worth it.
If they annoy you, take them out for a while and gradually build up the length of time you wear them.
I have worn hearing aids for 35 years now, and I’ve gone through a lot of technical advances since my 1st pair that were analogue.
Bluetooth has been the greatest advance I have had. I can now be quite confident on my mobile phone and can actually hear it ring even if I’m in my garage and left my phone in the house!
The other great advancement for me is rechargeable batteries. I pu them in a pod overnight and they recharge. No more wondering if the batteries are losing power and having to fiddle about with changeing them and making sure I’ve got spares with me if I go out.

 

[Robster59]

Quick update on mine having used them for a few months. The definitely make a difference and now when they are out, I realise how poor my hearing was as things sound so muffled. I'd echo the comments from @Ross61 . Having the bluetooth app helps a lot as I can adjust it while out walking the dog to reduce wind noise, and change it so that I can hear conversation better in restaurants. Before then, I was a bit like the blah blah specsavers advert. Now I feel I can really take part in the conversation without wild guesses. My tinitus is still there but not as pronounced as when I don't wear them.
They can't get wet so if I am walking the dog when it's raining, I take them out. I was walking with a friend last week and a lady asked me the time. I could still hear her question without my hearing aids but my friend, who was walking with me, couldn't hear the lady. He doesn't wear hearing aids and he's a doctor.
Definitely been worth getting them and the NHS service has been excellent. The only drawback is that I moved house after I got the hearing aids, and my local health authority issues a different brand. So whilst I can get my replacement batteries from my local authority, I have to get spares for my hearing aids (usually the plastic tubing for inside the ear) from the original health authority.

 

[Ross61]

They can't get wet so if I am walking the dog when it's raining, I take them out.

When it’s raining I wear a bucket hat or a woolly hat. The woolly hat is also very good at stopping the wind noise without hardly reducing other sounds.
I’m glad you are hearing so much better.
Unfortunately for me age is against me now, making me even worse, without my aids I can’t hear much at all now.