Digital Aids

Tiny_Tuss

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Digital Aids

« on: August 24, 2009, 02:51:42 PM »

Hi Everyone,
I have suffered hearing loss for decades, my left ear is far worse than my right. Hitherto I have always used private aids as there was no NHS service in the West London area where I lived.
I currently have and In-Ear digital in the right ear which is entirely satisfactory, but needed to get a second aid for my left ear. Due to high frequency loss of around 90dB at the top end there a few aids that will give satisfactory speech quality and BTE seems the only option.
I have tried NHS digital BTEs and was fitted with a pair of these and find them quite useless.
I have also had the local private supplier to try to find a suitable BTE aid but has now given up after about 6 attempts.
The problem is lack of gain at the top end 4 ~ 8kHZ so speech lacks sibilance.
However a worse problem which is common to all aids I have tried is the tendency to ring/distort/frequency shift musical tones in the 3 - 6kHz range. If I whistle a range of notes the aids amplify and distort the note so what i hear through the aid is not what I hear through conducted sound. All I hear is a discordant shreek.
So, presently I am stuck. I am not prepared to fork out ~£2000 for a digital aid which is only marginally better than the duff NHS aid. Any thoughts?
David


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DJRay

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Re: Digital Aids

« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2009, 10:29:18 PM »

Hi David

I sympathise entirely with you my friend .I too have the habit to whistle but due to the pain of listening to the noise I emit and ultimately receive , I have learnt to whistle almost soundlessly .I have a pair of resounds , which although they have been superceeded in the last few years work ok for me . I also have a pair of NHS aids (hey I worked all my life and paid taxes etc....) and at first these were not perfect .Although they are not the bees knees , I went back loads of times and the staff at the local NHS were very helpfull and would tweak them untill they were right .
I know they are not everyones choice and we all have individual needs that are different but why don`t you talk to the NHS and keep going back till they get it right , failing that , the site sponsor will give some usefull advice ...good luck


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guick

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Re: Digital Aids

« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2009, 12:16:58 PM »

are you able to hear with your in ear digital....does it work satisfactorily...


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