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Say what???
June 21, 2023 at 12:08 pm
Tinnitus, ringing in the ears. Finally getting my noise-canceling earpieces end of next month.*
Boss Lady may have a better idea. "You should get listening aides, not hearing aides." There was only one response for that, "Eh, what? Huh?"
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RE: Say what???
June 21, 2023 at 12:11 pm
Same problem, slight tinitus, if there is a background noise (running water or similar) I know someone is talking but can't make out the words. My wife says I'm just hard of listening!
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RE: Say what???
June 21, 2023 at 12:16 pm
(This post was last modified: June 21, 2023 at 12:17 pm by arewethereyet.)
Have it too. Some medications make it worse. If you ever wonder if something you are taking is causing issues just ask the Google machine if the drug is ototoxic...lots of them are, even OTC.
I just deal any more. When I was out in the world I needed them for work but I get along fine most of the time without them.
Scared the Bejeebus out of me when I first got them and they were programmed to my phone and the phone rang. I disabled that crap in a hurry.
I will put them in when I go to the dentist so I can listen to music from my phone...all Bluetoothy and stuff.
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RE: Say what???
June 21, 2023 at 12:56 pm
Too many gigs without earplugs for me, definite hearing loss though not requiring hearing aids.
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June 21, 2023 at 1:24 pm
The VA gets a steady stream of GIs wanting these, I hope they live up to the promise.
And yeah, "hard of listening" is a reason to get them.
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June 21, 2023 at 1:44 pm
I have fairly mild tinnitus that can be ignored 99.9% of the time. Tends to be worse when I'm tired, but even then it just blends into the background ambiance. The noise-cancelling earpieces sound intriguing, though.
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June 21, 2023 at 2:03 pm
Full review in September sometime.
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RE: Say what???
June 21, 2023 at 3:32 pm
Husband used to get pretty frustrated with me because I often didn't hear him. He has a deep, low voice. I said 'what' so often it became one of the words our African Gray said with some frequency. When I would give my ears a rest by taking out my hearing aids, husband would fuss at me to wear them so he didn't have to repeat himself.
It has evened out now that he doesn't want to wear glasses all the time and needs me to read things to him...like how long to cook something and what temp to preheat the oven to. Now I get to tell him to give up and wear his damn glasses.