Re: Bluetooth thingy

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 8:51:44 AM UTC-5, ABLE1 wrote:

Hi Les,

Yes, I'm aware of all that you said.

I went through getting hearing aids with both my parents, so I'm aware of w=
hat they can and can't do. It's just that .... even with the ability to adj=
ust the various frequencies, there are some combinations of sounds that can=
cel out the equalizer settings of the hearing aid. Unlike our brain, an amp=
lifier processing and putting out two frequencies, or a harmonic of one fre=
quency from two different sources will either cancel or create a third freq=
uency. In my opinion, gleaned from watching what my parents went through, t=
here's no way any one but me can adjust for that. I watched what they were =
doing over their shoulder. They didn't like or want me to watch but I didn'=
t give them a choice. There's not a damn thing that they were doing that I =
couldn't do with the program. I did see that if you could tweek the equaliz=
er under actual listening conditions by trial and error you could do a much=
 better adjustment than some "audiologist" ( ie. glorified technician)sitti=
ng in his office saying
 " OK, try this and come back if it doesn't work." After three or four trie=
s you get tired of him taking guesses and just live with a $5,000.00 inadeq=
uate piece of crap that,.... by now you've had too long to return. Sound li=
ke a familiar scenario?=20

As far as the tinnitus, yeah, I've been dealing with it for over fifty year=
s. I did lots and lots of shooting when I was a kid and young man. Ear prot=
ection wasn't even a given a passing thought back then. I also broke an ear=
drum diving when I was in the Navy. Interesting how it happened. I was stat=
ioned on an island in the Caribbean. (Yeah, I know "Tough duty Huh? :-) Was=
 scuba diving and had a cold. I couldn't clear my ears and was about to sur=
face when a school of about 50 or so hammerhead sharks came around the poin=
t and I had go deeper to hide in a cave. I actually heard my eardrum give o=
ut and it's been buzzing all these years. I can ignore it most of the time =
but when a loud noise occurs or if I'm at a loud movie or Broadway show, my=
 freekin ears ring loud for a few days after. I bring ear plugs now and put=
 them in when the sound at events gets too loud. I don't do much shooting a=
nymore either. Even with ear plugs and ear protection the impact/concussion=
 causes an increase in the ringing. It's passable with the .22 and .38 wad =
cutters but full .38 and .357 magnum leaves me buzzing.

It's getting to a point that I'm going to need something but I'll hold out =
as long as I can. Either that or become a recluse. Ya know? come to think o=
f it, that's not a bad alternative.=20
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> Please don't take this a sales pitch but just a point of knowledge and=20
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> With a good audiologist and a person that gives the correct response it c=
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> be charted on a graph what frequencies are in need of help.  That said,=
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> today's aids have the programmability to increase volume on those exact=
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> frequencies independently.  Therefore filling in the gaps of what you are=
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> missing.  The unit I have 10 different frequency adjustments within the=
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> normal speech range.  Meaning that in my case I am missing or having=20
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> difficulty hearing the frequency of 3500 Hz. (that is just one area)  The=
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> hearing aid can be programmed to increase the volume on that narrow band =
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> that I will hear it..................... better.
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> As I said before they are not perfect and do not cure hearing loss.  They=
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> are a tool that will assist in what otherwise you will never hear.  If I=
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> crank mine up I can actually hear the birds singing in the back yard.  Bu=
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> also hear everything else very loud which can give me a headache so I tur=
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> them down to normal.
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> I also have tinnitus.  The only cure for it that I have found is the=20
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> following.
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> DO NOT discuss it with anyone.
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> DO NOT read about it.
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> DO NOT type or write about it to anyone.
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> DO NOT think about it in anyway.
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> Doing the above will allow your brain to cancel it out and it will not be=
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> big an issue.
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> I have heard that some people have used sharp objects on there ears to th=
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> point of destruction in an attempt to stop the ringing.  They are now=20
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> totally deaf but still hear the ringing.  Not a good thought.
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> Since I started to type the above the volume of the ringing in my ears ha=
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> gone up 10 times.  I know that after I send this about 5 minutes later th=
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> ringing will reduce to almost zero once I get my brain is on something el=
se.
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> Hope that helps someone.
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> Les