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My late father had a unit similar to that,Roger..Cant remember what brand it was,,but it had a remote for the volume,,and it worked well.. (much to mum's disgust).. Only took a second for dad to go ''deaf'' once she started bleating at him.. I have lost about 20% of my hearing,I think,,blame loud music,,power tools,,and unmuffled V8's..and the dragstrip off course..

Originally Posted by lamin8r

My late father had a unit similar to that,Roger..Cant remember what brand it was,,but it had a remote for the volume,,and it worked well.. (much to mum's disgust).. Only took a second for dad to go ''deaf'' once she started bleating at him.. I have lost about 20% of my hearing,I think,,blame loud music,,power tools,,and unmuffled V8's..and the dragstrip off course..

Not to belabor the point, but it came as a real surprise to me when my regular doctor said that he used to tell patients to "...wait as long as you can..." before spending the money on hearing aids, but he had learned that it is better to get them at the first recognizable onset of loss. Apparently if you lose a certain frequency band, say from hammering bass in loud music not only are the receptors for that frequency damaged, the transmission pathway for that frequency atrophies and after a time will never come back even if that frequency of hearing is amplified. My hearing was a little below the "needs correction" line across all frequencies, and worse in the upper mid to upper ranges on one side. That side had permanent loss of 5% to 10%, but the other ear should correct back to full range over the next year, or at least that's what the snake oil sales gal says.....

OK I got mine about 16 mo. ago maybe more. They go in my ears. If I forget to take them out before showering I have to put them in the little jar to dry them out. When I was fitted I was asked did I want to control the volume I thought about that for a long time and asked a lot of questions. I said NO and they were set by her computer in the office it took a few times to get it right as different places I go to have different noise levels. It has been at least 6 mo. now and I haven't had to have them changed...Its an option that they can turn on or off with there computer. It cost nothing. I didn't want to control them as I would have them full of grease in no time. I have little magnets that I put on the receiver of my phones that turn the hearing aids off when I'm on the phone. My batts last 6/7 days #312. If I'm in the shop most of the time they are in a drawer in a tool box. They were hard to get used to but now I some times forget to take them out for bed. Ain't it great getting old :-)

Roger, my doctor said the same thing. I lost my high notes in 1969 shooting and just got the hearing aids two years ago....but it still worked.....and to think, all these years I saved money by buying a cheap radio. My 312 batteries would never last 6 days but I am in a noisy shop all day or getting yelled at by customers.