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[STEMO]

Wifey just told me that one of her teachers has bought new, Bluetooth enabled hearing aids. The teacher can listen to music from her phone or link them to a Bluetooth enabled tv and turn the volume up on the aids to save everyone else from being deafened by the telly. And much more......

https://www.hearingaid.org.uk/bluetooth-hearing-aids

[Andy B]

things have moved on from the classic beige aid that my Grandad used to have .... it never seemed to work properly. 

[Raeturbo]

Pardon……

[Andy B]

Pardon……

SAY AGAIN! ....

[Sir Tigger KC]

things have moved on from the classic beige aid that my Grandad used to have .... it never seemed to work properly. 

My Grandad had a very modern selective hearing aid that allowed him to hear who he wanted to hear, which wasn't often my Nan! 

[YZ250]

Thanks for the link.    Something for me to look in to as I've been meaning to get hearing aids for some time now but covid meant that I'd rather steer clear of people so I kept putting it off.
I've had the audiology checks done and I'm completely deaf in my left ear and have severe hearing loss in my right ear. I have severe tinnitus as well, in my deaf ear ironically. TV volume is not an issue as I have subtitles switched on but, if I try to listen to it, I hear just a load of mumbling. It's impossible for me to have a conversation with someone if somebody loud is close by, so I just get labelled as ignorant if I can't communicate.
I expected to pay around £3K anyway so it's something worth looking at, before my Mrs stabs me to death for ignoring her. 

[YZ250]

things have moved on from the classic beige aid that my Grandad used to have .... it never seemed to work properly. 

Ah, those were the days. Creep up behind Nan or Grandad and do a low pitched whistle, and then watch them fiddling with their hearing aids because they thought they'd gone off frequency. 

Doesn't seem so funny now I'm hard of hearing.   

[STEMO]

things have moved on from the classic beige aid that my Grandad used to have .... it never seemed to work properly. 

My Grandad had a very modern selective hearing aid that allowed him to hear who he wanted to hear, which wasn't often my Nan! 

I want some of those 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

things have moved on from the classic beige aid that my Grandad used to have .... it never seemed to work properly. 

My grandad had a large horn.

[STEMO]

things have moved on from the classic beige aid that my Grandad used to have .... it never seemed to work properly. 

My grandad had a large horn.

You can do it to any thread, can't you? 

[Varche]

Igot a ZVOX soundbar for xmas. Specifically for speech

So far it is  doing the job. It improves speech on tv ans reduces the background noise ( eg music, sound effects and so on which often are deafening unlike the mumbling especially anything from the USA

[BazaJT]

My disabled great granddaughter[being largely deaf is one of her disabilities] got some of those a couple of months ago.Now she can sit beside you playing games/music on her phone and you can't hear a thing from them but she of course can.It's the same if she wants to play on her games console on TV she has in her bedroom instead of the volume being up to the max annoying everyone else it's now silent to all but her.

[Andy B]

things have moved on from the classic beige aid that my Grandad used to have .... it never seemed to work properly. 

My Grandad had a very modern selective hearing aid that allowed him to hear who he wanted to hear, which wasn't often my Nan! 

I want some of those 

My Mum is forever saying that my Dad is deaf ..... I'm sure he just hears what he wants to hear .... my Mum talks & talks & talks ....  hardly pauses for breath

[ronnyd]

things have moved on from the classic beige aid that my Grandad used to have .... it never seemed to work properly. 

My Grandad had a very modern selective hearing aid that allowed him to hear who he wanted to hear, which wasn't often my Nan! 

I want some of those 

My Mum is forever saying that my Dad is deaf ..... I'm sure he just hears what he wants to hear .... my Mum talks & talks & talks ....  hardly pauses for breath

It's called, selective deafness". SWMBO swears i suffer from it.

[Shackeng]

Wifey just told me that one of her teachers has bought new, Bluetooth enabled hearing aids. The teacher can listen to music from her phone or link them to a Bluetooth enabled tv and turn the volume up on the aids to save everyone else from being deafened by the telly. And much more......

https://www.hearingaid.org.uk/bluetooth-hearing-aids

Ive got a pair of Phonak, (due to Shack ear), they are excellent, although I’ve never used the Bluetooth. One tip, buying online (with an audiology report) saved me almost 50%.

[omegod]

My dad has these, I'm now able to have a sensible conversation with him for the first time in years, a revelation !!

[TheBoy]

things have moved on from the classic beige aid that my Grandad used to have .... it never seemed to work properly. 

For some, the traditional type still work best...  ...its horses for courses really.  In fact, the traditional type with the ear moulding will usually outperform most others, but we are vain and all want near invisible ones, or ones with gimmicks like Bluetooth.

[TheBoy]

And none are usually a magic bullet to deafness. They are an aid, not a cure.  And usually need lots of adjustments in the first few months, both to tweak them for the patient, and also because the patients brain needs some relearning and tweaking.

[redelitev6]

I said it turned out nice again ! 

[ronnyd]

I said it turned out nice again ! 

WHAT DID YOU SAY? 

[Raeturbo]

And the old kitchen kettle keeps singing a song singing  a song for me…….

[Raeturbo]

https://youtu.be/jkoevAytiOU

[Shackeng]

And none are usually a magic bullet to deafness. They are an aid, not a cure.  And usually need lots of adjustments in the first few months, both to tweak them for the patient, and also because the patients brain needs some relearning and tweaking.

Certainly not true of my Phonak RT70, which can be completely tuned individually from the phone app. I find them superb.

[Rangie]

Just been up to check the caravan which we store on a nearby farm, Doug the farmer is profoundly deaf but will not invest in a hearing aid despite being absolutely loaded, I mentioned it again to him today as he was having real difficulty when talking with us,
"Waste of money boy" was his reply, yet his barn houses his BMW 635 CSI RR Vogue + Defender & a beautiful 500 AMG soft top, doesn't make sense..

[Sir Tigger KC]

Just been up to check the caravan which we store on a nearby farm, Doug the farmer is profoundly deaf but will not invest in a hearing aid despite being absolutely loaded, I mentioned it again to him today as he was having real difficulty when talking with us,
"Waste of money boy" was his reply, yet his barn houses his BMW 635 CSI RR Vogue + Defender & a beautiful 500 AMG soft top,doesn't make sense.

Of course it makes sense ☺️

I'd bet his missus nags him rotten about keeping a BMW, Range Rover, Defender and a Merc!   

[Rangie]

Just been up to check the caravan which we store on a nearby farm, Doug the farmer is profoundly deaf but will not invest in a hearing aid despite being absolutely loaded, I mentioned it again to him today as he was having real difficulty when talking with us,
"Waste of money boy" was his reply, yet his barn houses his BMW 635 CSI RR Vogue + Defender & a beautiful 500 AMG soft top,doesn't make sense.

Of course it makes sense ☺️

I'd bet his missus nags him rotten about keeping a BMW, Range Rover, Defender and a Merc!   

.   

Good point 😅

[TheBoy]

Doug the farmer is profoundly deaf but will not invest in a hearing aid despite being absolutely loaded

If profoundly deaf, its probable a hearing aid would not help matters sufficiently to make 1 or 2 worthwhile.

They work best for people who are slightly hard of hearing, or those that have a poor (but not no) response of certain frequencies.

[Rangie]

Doug the farmer is profoundly deaf but will not invest in a hearing aid despite being absolutely loaded

If profoundly deaf, its probable a hearing aid would not help matters sufficiently to make 1 or 2 worthwhile.

They work best for people who are slightly hard of hearing, or those that have a poor (but not no) response of certain frequencies.

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Things have advanced , our grandson has absolutely no "works" in one of his ears deaf from birth has an electronic device which enables him to hear everything clearly & is barely noticeable.

[TheBoy]

Doug the farmer is profoundly deaf but will not invest in a hearing aid despite being absolutely loaded

If profoundly deaf, its probable a hearing aid would not help matters sufficiently to make 1 or 2 worthwhile.

They work best for people who are slightly hard of hearing, or those that have a poor (but not no) response of certain frequencies.

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Things have advanced , our grandson has absolutely no "works" in one of his ears deaf from birth has an electronic device which enables him to hear everything clearly & is barely noticeable.

An inner ear implant? Thats not a hearing aid, its an implant.

Profoundly deaf means no amount if amplification can overcome the poor response across the frequency range.

[Rangie]

Doug the farmer is profoundly deaf but will not invest in a hearing aid despite being absolutely loaded

If profoundly deaf, its probable a hearing aid would not help matters sufficiently to make 1 or 2 worthwhile.

They work best for people who are slightly hard of hearing, or those that have a poor (but not no) response of certain frequencies.

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Things have advanced , our grandson has absolutely no "works" in one of his ears deaf from birth has an electronic device which enables him to hear everything clearly & is barely noticeable.

An inner ear implant? Thats not a hearing aid, its an implant.

Profoundly deaf means no amount if amplification can overcome the poor response across the frequency range.

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If he'd had an implant I would have said an implant.

[TheBoy]

In that case, let me know the make and model, as I have a close family member who is *very* interested.

[Rangie]

I'm sure it's manufactured by Oticon not sure of model number he was under a specialist at the Pilgrim hospital in Boston who took a real interest in his condition, the price of the aid at the time was extremely expensive but he assisted with the trials that were being carried out at that time.

[TheBoy]

Cost, within reason, is not an issue if it helps them be able to join in a conversation.  Many thousands have already been spent with various supposed hearing specialists, all of which have not helped this person.

[Rangie]

Cost, within reason, is not an issue if it helps them be able to join in a conversation.  Many thousands have already been spent with various supposed hearing specialists, all of which have not helped this person.

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I will try to get some more information & pass it on , the silly part about it is that now he is 17 he chooses not to wear it the majority of the time " uncool" I presume.

[TheBoy]

Cost, within reason, is not an issue if it helps them be able to join in a conversation.  Many thousands have already been spent with various supposed hearing specialists, all of which have not helped this person.

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I will try to get some more information & pass it on , the silly part about it is that now he is 17 he chooses not to wear it the majority of the time " uncool" I presume.

I have a mate who also wears a hearing aid, although he can get by without one, but it helps him and its also got an ultra directional setting, which was handy for the days when we could sensibly spend a Friday night talking non stop shite in the Red Lion.  He tells me at work, he frequently just turns it off, or sets it to BT streaming, just so he doesn't have to listen to the students talking shite.  In some ways I'm jealous I can't turn off hearing our grads at work


Appreciate any info you glean for him, and I'll pass on to family member

[Kevin Wood]

Doug the farmer is profoundly deaf but will not invest in a hearing aid despite being absolutely loaded

If profoundly deaf, its probable a hearing aid would not help matters sufficiently to make 1 or 2 worthwhile.

They work best for people who are slightly hard of hearing, or those that have a poor (but not no) response of certain frequencies.

My Dad would probably disagree. He's worn 2 hearing aids for most of his life and has practIcally nothing without them. I think he told me once that his rolls off to -60db long before 1 KHz. They can do all sorts of tricks like shifting frequency ranges around but do need to be properly set up by an audiologist. He's never gone in for anything fancy with bluetooth - just the behind-the-ear NHS jobs. (I doubt he'd get on well using a phone in any circumstances without lip reading and he's long since been unable to appreciate music).

[Marks DTM Calib]

The modern hearing aids are pretty clever, DSP based with multiple microphones so can operate in omni directional or a chosen direction (hence the phone apps) and can be fully tuned to a users hearing response (I personally would want to be able to mess with this myself which some allow).

Cant recall the major chip manufacturer off hand now (Onsemi I think), but there is only a few suppliers, and all the  aid manufacturers use pretty much the same silicon internally.

Of course, given bluetooth to allow the app connection, its not a great deal more software to allow it to be used for audio playback.