I can identify with this

[altbrewer]

Man suspects his wife is losing her hearing, so he sneaks up 20 ft behind her and says, "can you hear me now?"

No response. Moves up to 15 ft. "Can you hear me now?"

No response. Moves up to 10 ft. "Can you hear me now?"

No response. Moves up to 5 ft. "Can you hear me now?"

Response - "For the fourth time, YES."


"What" may be my most frequent expression.
Mike

 

[Mule Packer]

Boy! I can sure identify with that!

 

[lkabug]

Seems as if that could be my house.

 

[Rudi]

Huh? What?

 

[Model 19 6"]

This thread is about me isn't it.

 

[BC38]

I have a whole lot fewer of those "HUH?" moments since I got a set of inexpensive hearing aids from EarCentric.
I have them adjusted so that I can hear the high, soft tones of my wife's voice a WAY better.
Easily worth the 800 bucks to me.

 

[usmc2427765]

Been there, done that and have the t-shirt......

 

[jimtr6]

I have a whole lot fewer of those "HUH?" moments since I got a set of inexpensive hearing aids from EarCentric.
I have them adjusted so that I can hear the high, soft tones of my wife's voice a WAY better.
Easily worth the 800 bucks to me.

Wow, I guess I'm still living in the 1970's, since "inexpensive" to me would be less than 50 bucks. Of course I have a Scottish heritage.

 

[BC38]

Wow, I guess I'm still living in the 1970's, since "inexpensive" to me would be less than 50 bucks. Of course I have a Scottish heritage.

LOL, "inexpensive" is a really relative term.

The ones I got are on the low end of the medical grade quality spectrum and cost 800 bucks for the pair. They are bluetooth adjustable using an app on your phone. You can boost the volume from 0-10 in each of 5 different frequency bands individually, and you can boost the overall volume of the hearing aid in steps from 0-10 as well. Each of them can be adjusted independently to tailor them to your individual hearing needs. They are rechargeable PLUS the rechargeable battery modules can be easily swapped, and they came with two battery modules for each hearing aid - which is kind of a unique feature. That makes them bigger than the more expensive units, but not big enough to be an issue - at least not for me.

I have the overall volume control on mine set at 50% and the mid and higher frequency bands boosted another 20%-30%.

The higher end of the medical grade units start at about 800 bucks APIECE at Costco, and go up to around 3-4 GRAND apiece at some of the hearing aid specialty stores.

They are not only "tunable" using a bluetooth phone app, they will also allow you to stream sound from your phone, or a TV or a high-end car stereo directly to the hearing aids by bluetooth too. Mine don't do that. The higher end ones are also about half the size of mine and have at least a dozen different frequency bands that can be adjusted individually to super fine-tune them to your exact needs.

For what I paid I am VERY satisfied with the ones I got.