glennboltw Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Had hearing loss since I was a nipper and now decided to bite the bullet and get a hearing aid, does anyone have any advice or experience of these things as it seems to be a mine field, NHS would obviously be the first choice but I'm guessing there the lower end hearing aids? Any advice would be welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royal white Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, glennboltw said: Had hearing loss since I was a nipper and now decided to bite the bullet and get a hearing aid, does anyone have any advice or experience of these things as it seems to be a mine field, NHS would obviously be the first choice but I'm guessing there the lower end hearing aids? Any advice would be welcome. What Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkeyshorn Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Pordon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gonzo Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 16 minutes ago, glennboltw said: Had hearing loss since I was a nipper and now decided to bite the bullet and get a hearing aid, does anyone have any advice or experience of these things as it seems to be a mine field, NHS would obviously be the first choice but I'm guessing there the lower end hearing aids? Any advice would be welcome. Think its a case of the more you pay the better and smaller they are. Fella that works for me had some cloggers fitted from NHS that sounded like he had his ears to a radio speaker. Ended up spending £2k on some tiny things you cant see and he can hear like superman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted July 14, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted July 14, 2022 My old man wears them, very small but £3k of a job every few years. Keep plenty of spare batteries handy too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Alf Hartigan Posted July 14, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted July 14, 2022 16 minutes ago, glennboltw said: Had hearing loss since I was a nipper and now decided to bite the bullet and get a hearing aid, does anyone have any advice or experience of these things as it seems to be a mine field, NHS would obviously be the first choice but I'm guessing there the lower end hearing aids? Any advice would be welcome. I've done NHS and it helped originally. I struggled to heat soft words in meetings but found the hearing aids helpful with this. Decided to pay a couple of grand on some private firm (Bloom). They were better and smaller than the NHS ones but not sure it justified the money. As it stands I've decided to go without and just say 'what' or 'pardon' a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderators Zico Posted July 14, 2022 Moderators Share Posted July 14, 2022 Save your money and just cup your ear and lean in when listening to anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Site Supporter fatolive Posted July 14, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted July 14, 2022 2 hours ago, glennboltw said: Had hearing loss since I was a nipper and now decided to bite the bullet and get a hearing aid, does anyone have any advice or experience of these things as it seems to be a mine field, NHS would obviously be the first choice but I'm guessing there the lower end hearing aids? Any advice would be welcome. I would recommend boots . get a hearing test and they’ll set up a set of the ones they do , tuned to the sounds you can’t hear in relation to how poor each frequency and sound is, so some sounds amplified more than others and some not at all . automatic change to voice directions and noisy environment plus all kinds of other features , phone mode, Bluetooth etc . I got persuaded to try it after years of complaining people were mumbling, telly on 30 etc . Slow noise induced loss. Couldn’t believe the difference when I first tried them, no exaggeration to say it changed my life , could hear people properly in meetings etc and in the pub and all kinds of weird little things. out telly went from volume 30 to 18 and everything is sharper . others will do similar but I used boots and would definitely recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 I'd quite like to be deaf, I find ignoring people quite hard work sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted July 15, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted July 15, 2022 14 hours ago, glennboltw said: Had hearing loss since I was a nipper and now decided to bite the bullet and get a hearing aid, does anyone have any advice or experience of these things as it seems to be a mine field, NHS would obviously be the first choice but I'm guessing there the lower end hearing aids? Any advice would be welcome. Have you tried rubbing your ears with an inflated bloon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite1958 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Mine are NHS, cost over £2300 to replace, sit behind the ear comfortably, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennboltw Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Spider said: Have you tried rubbing your ears with an inflated bloon? Yes, and tried jumping down stairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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