Re: Bluetooth thingy

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Sunday, December 29, 2013 8:25:23 PM UTC-5, cha...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:53:14 -0500, "ABLE1" <nospamhere@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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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
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> >> you say?"  I can hear her, but because the eardrums don't vibrate as
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> >> well when they were younger, high frequencies are inaudible unless I
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> >> put my ear on some keypads. Keypads with adjustible tones I lower to a
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> >> frequency I can hear when near the pad, but if I'm in another room,
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> >> forget it! Cupping my ear(s) brings in more sound, making the vowels
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> >> and consonants much clearer.
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> >chasbo,
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> >You will never, I repeat NEVER get your wife or any wife to understand t=
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> >say it is ALWAYS your fault.
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> >Even when I try to explain that "I heard you!! I just did not UNDERSTAND=
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> >you."  Understanding is the real key.
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> >The sense of hearing is a miraculous thing.  You really do not appreciat=
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> >it is getting bad.  For me and it sounds like (no pun intended) that you=
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> >have similar loss, it is in the audible speech range that you do not hea=
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> >all the frequencies.  When the highs are chopped off the words sound lik=
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> >Things like E B C D G all sound the same.  There, care, stare, bear, bar=
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> >all sound alike but mean totally different things.  In a conversation I =
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> >sometime I will answer a question totally wrong as a result.  When that=
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> >Little kids are the worst, especially girls.  I have learned with them t=
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> >On a serious note.  Hearing aids do help.  Don't let the sales person te=
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> >will do great with them.  I am better because I have them but I know the=
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> >The sad part is to get them to be a good as they can be serious dollars =
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> >For those reading this I hope that I have answered some of the questions=
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> >cleared up some of the concerns even though you were not asking.  If you=
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> >For the younger crowd(if there are any here) take care of your ears.  My=
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> >time of little guns, very big guns, loud cars, model airplanes, and 22 y=
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> >Have a Happy New Year.
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> >Les=20
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> I hear you (pun intended)!
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> I've steered clear of hearing aids, mostly due to the high cost, and
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> the fear of losing/damaging one or both. To me it seems that the
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> hearing aid industry is ripping off the older folks; whether the
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> criticism is justified, it's just how I feel.  I'm familiar with
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> amplifiers, printed circuits, chips, speakers, and all that stuff; as
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> a teenager and into my 20's I bought, built, and operated sound
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> equipment, etc. for recording, record hops, back in the mid 1950's.  I
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> know that the material cost of building small amplifiers today can be
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> fairly inexpensive, so when I compare the cost of a small amplifier
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> with the going rates for hearing aids, I question the honesty of the
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> industry.  I have never been able to reconcile the high cost for such
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I'm of the same mind. There is no reason in this world that would make such=
 a small, primitive device so expensive. Make one ..... you've made them al=
l. I'll hold out as long as I can. I just can't justify ..... first ... the=
 cost .... then the fact that you're blocking out all of the sound you CAN =
hear ..... then ... I have tinnitus so the louder the sound gets the louder=
 the ringing in my ears gets. And lastly .... how the hell can someone else=
 adjust MY hearing aid to what suites me best?   "How's that sound?" "No go=
od?" " OK... how's THAT sound?" "No good?" "OK ..... how about NOW"  Gimmiy=
 a friking break. How can someone tell what "I'M" hearing? I want to adjust=
 my own .... but NOOOOoooo! if they allowed that, how would they ever make =
MORE money that the don't deserve.... =20

I'm thinking two plastic cups hung on my ears at this point.