I appreciate this isn’t the most exciting subject but I guess it’s one that affects a lot of us older forum readers.
I had my hearing checked this week and it came as no great surprise to me that after many years of going to gigs and listening to loud music at home (and hence suffering from tinnitus) I’ve reached the stage where a hearing aid is “advisable” - which is a lesson to any youngsters lurching on here - look after your hearing!!
I just wanted to ask if anybody else has had an experience of using hearing aids and was it positive or negative in terms of your music listening experience once you had an aid fitted? What staggered me is the cost of getting a decent hearing aid. I’m still in two minds as to whether I really need one (the wife disagrees!) but the audiologist reckons it might help reduce my awareness of my tinnitus and he reckons it will improve my listening experience with my music, so i’m tempted.
Any thoughts or experiences anyone wants to share?
I had my hearing checked this week and it came as no great surprise to me that after many years of going to gigs and listening to loud music at home (and hence suffering from tinnitus) I’ve reached the stage where a hearing aid is “advisable” - which is a lesson to any youngsters lurching on here - look after your hearing!!
I just wanted to ask if anybody else has had an experience of using hearing aids and was it positive or negative in terms of your music listening experience once you had an aid fitted? What staggered me is the cost of getting a decent hearing aid. I’m still in two minds as to whether I really need one (the wife disagrees!) but the audiologist reckons it might help reduce my awareness of my tinnitus and he reckons it will improve my listening experience with my music, so i’m tempted.
Any thoughts or experiences anyone wants to share?
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