Re: Bluetooth thingy

["ABLE1" <nospamhere@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<chasbo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:53:14 -0500, "ABLE1" <nospamhere@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
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>><chasbo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> Thanks for the responses.  My wife is getting fed up with my "What did
>>> you say?"  I can hear her, but because the eardrums don't vibrate as
>>> well when they were younger, high frequencies are inaudible unless I
>>> put my ear on some keypads. Keypads with adjustible tones I lower to a
>>> frequency I can hear when near the pad, but if I'm in another room,
>>> forget it! Cupping my ear(s) brings in more sound, making the vowels
>>> and consonants much clearer.
>>
>>chasbo,
>>
>>You will never, I repeat NEVER get your wife or any wife to understand the
>>problem.  I have been living with mine for 37 years and believe me when I
>>say it is ALWAYS your fault.
>>
>>Even when I try to explain that "I heard you!! I just did not UNDERSTAND
>>you."  Understanding is the real key.
>>
>>The sense of hearing is a miraculous thing.  You really do not appreciate
>>it
>>until it starts or no longer works.  Sometimes it takes long time to
>>realize
>>it is getting bad.  For me and it sounds like (no pun intended) that you
>>have similar loss, it is in the audible speech range that you do not hear
>>all the frequencies.  When the highs are chopped off the words sound like
>>mush.
>>
>>Things like E B C D G all sound the same.  There, care, stare, bear, bare
>>all sound alike but mean totally different things.  In a conversation I am
>>always trying to figure out what word or words were used a sentence ago
>>and
>>sometime I will answer a question totally wrong as a result.  When that
>>happens I get a strange look for who ever I am talking to and then have to
>>say, can we start over and slower because I think I missed something
>>important.  And that is with the aids installed.
>>
>>Little kids are the worst, especially girls.  I have learned with them
>>that
>>if I don't get it the second time it is not going to happen.  Getting them
>>to lower their voice and speak slower is not something that is possible
>>for
>>them.
>>
>>On a serious note.  Hearing aids do help.  Don't let the sales person tell
>>you otherwise, they are not perfect.  Every individual is different and
>>some
>>will do great with them.  I am better because I have them but I know the
>>limitations and work with it.
>>
>>The sad part is to get them to be a good as they can be serious dollars
>>need
>>to be spent.  My first set cost me $2,500 and were expected to last 5
>>years.
>>I pushed it to 10 years.  The second set $5,000 and just starting my
>>second
>>year with them.  I can say that the latest are much better than the first.
>>
>>For those reading this I hope that I have answered some of the questions
>>and
>>cleared up some of the concerns even though you were not asking.  If you
>>need them, get them.
>>
>>For the younger crowd(if there are any here) take care of your ears.  My
>>time of little guns, very big guns, loud cars, model airplanes, and 22
>>years
>>of working in loud manufacturing all with out any hearing protection
>>delivered what I have today.  Can't go back and fix it.
>>
>>Have a Happy New Year.
>>
>>Les
>>
>
>
> I hear you (pun intended)!
>
> I've steered clear of hearing aids, mostly due to the high cost, and
> the fear of losing/damaging one or both. To me it seems that the
> hearing aid industry is ripping off the older folks; whether the
> criticism is justified, it's just how I feel.  I'm familiar with
> amplifiers, printed circuits, chips, speakers, and all that stuff; as
> a teenager and into my 20's I bought, built, and operated sound
> equipment, etc. for recording, record hops, back in the mid 1950's.  I
> know that the material cost of building small amplifiers today can be
> fairly inexpensive, so when I compare the cost of a small amplifier
> with the going rates for hearing aids, I question the honesty of the
> industry.  I have never been able to reconcile the high cost for such
> a small device.


I can agree on the cost issue.  However, they are only game in town so to
speak.  As for losing or damage I can't say that is a big deal.  Once you
have them you are very careful not to do the above.  However there can be a
moment when you are on a beach in the Florida Keys and decide to take a
swim.  And just before you take the plunge the memory of what is in your
ears comes screaming back at you.  Loud and Clear.  "TAKE THE PLUGS OUT OF
YOUR EARS STUPID!!!"  And it was NOT my wife saying it.  It was that little
internal voice that we all have and listen to sometimes.  I am sure it has
happened to somebody, but it did not/has not happened to me.

Les