WildlyColouredHearingAids
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I got new moulds today and they fit very nicely. I had that test where they play sound to learn where you hear at with the hearing aids on. It was so weird! My machine i was hooked to talked about carrots.
not too terribly loud and the cool thing was i could see how i hear when it was talking!
She understood why they are sore when i have fluid backed in my ears however i wore them in the office. I am wearing them now as they are so much more comfortable!
Back to the test!
There are these small wires/probe things that go in your ears and they are virtually painless. Mine were set too low for some strange reason. I have smaller ear canals so mine needed to be turned up. I did lose some hearing but also gained some which is so weird! I have fluid in my ears so it's hard to say. The audiologist was much more herself today. They are so much more comfortable now and she let me make the decision to go through with the test or not. I said 'since this is an ongoing problem it's probably best because judging by the tympanometry (spelling) it's probably a good day to do this, save for the right ear. So we went ahead and did so. Fluid that is chronic in the ears needs to be taken seriously so i need to gauge how i hear vs when the fluid is in vs when it is not.
Back to the hearing aids. There's no more feed back! I knew something wasn't right about the fit. The left ear i picked yup lots of sounds but the right ear was/is now my bad ear. We've switched. XD! Anywhere from mild to profound hearing loss depending on the situation but she wouldn't call me deaf, just hard of hearing. I still have those good signals and the hearing nerve is still intact which is a good thing. A person can learn a lot from their audiologist at their appointment if they...pardon me...listen to them. I also had a regular hearing test too. It lasted a whole hour for this session.
not too terribly loud and the cool thing was i could see how i hear when it was talking!
She understood why they are sore when i have fluid backed in my ears however i wore them in the office. I am wearing them now as they are so much more comfortable!
Back to the test!
There are these small wires/probe things that go in your ears and they are virtually painless. Mine were set too low for some strange reason. I have smaller ear canals so mine needed to be turned up. I did lose some hearing but also gained some which is so weird! I have fluid in my ears so it's hard to say. The audiologist was much more herself today.
They are so much more comfortable now and she let me make the decision to go through with the test or not. I said 'since this is an ongoing problem it's probably best because judging by the tympanometry (spelling) it's probably a good day to do this, save for the right ear. So we went ahead and did so. Fluid that is chronic in the ears needs to be taken seriously so i need to gauge how i hear vs when the fluid is in vs when it is not. Back to the hearing aids. There's no more feed back! I knew something wasn't right about the fit. The left ear i picked yup lots of sounds but the right ear was/is now my bad ear. We've switched. XD! Anywhere from mild to profound hearing loss depending on the situation but she wouldn't call me deaf, just hard of hearing. I still have those good signals and the hearing nerve is still intact which is a good thing. A person can learn a lot from their audiologist at their appointment if they...pardon me...listen to them. I also had a regular hearing test too. It lasted a whole hour for this session.