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<blockquote data-quote="robdaniels" data-source="post: 713408" data-attributes="member: 35428"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I am getting older like all of us and know I have had hearing loss over the years. Didn't really know what I was missing until a couple of weeks ago my wife and I were out deer hunting and she was asking me if I heard the deer walk by that we couldn't see.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I had no idea, wow, am I missing that much. Sure I turn the tv up, I have a hard time on the phone with some peoples voices, etc.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">So I went and had a hearing test. They told me I needed hearing aids, showed me the test results and even my wife confirmed I couldn't hear some of the stuff in the test that she did.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Anyway, they recommended two hearing aids, one for each ear. I asked couldn't I just use one? They said I would not be able to tell where a sound came from and the side of my brain that didn't have the hearing aid would suffer with the loss while the side that did have one would train itself to use the device. Ok, that makes a little sense to me.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My question is does anyone here use hearing aids? One or two?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Your input on this topic is very important to me considering the cost of these little things (4 to 5 thousand for 2)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Thank you</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robdaniels, post: 713408, member: 35428"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]I am getting older like all of us and know I have had hearing loss over the years. Didn’t really know what I was missing until a couple of weeks ago my wife and I were out deer hunting and she was asking me if I heard the deer walk by that we couldn’t see.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]I had no idea, wow, am I missing that much. Sure I turn the tv up, I have a hard time on the phone with some peoples voices, etc.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]So I went and had a hearing test. They told me I needed hearing aids, showed me the test results and even my wife confirmed I couldn't hear some of the stuff in the test that she did.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Anyway, they recommended two hearing aids, one for each ear. I asked couldn’t I just use one? They said I would not be able to tell where a sound came from and the side of my brain that didn’t have the hearing aid would suffer with the loss while the side that did have one would train itself to use the device. Ok, that makes a little sense to me.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]My question is does anyone here use hearing aids? One or two?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Your input on this topic is very important to me considering the cost of these little things (4 to 5 thousand for 2)[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Thank you[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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