HearingAidTrackWorld

Or, ‘arrrrrrr my ears’

So it’s only day 1 with wearing these NHS hearing aids. The brand is danalogic.

I have age related loss and (generally) mild tinnitus.

Yes things are louder and possibly clearer but I keep wanting to poke my fingers in my ears. Plus when I scratch my head it sounds like it’s full of tissue paper!

I guess the irritations will wane, not sure about the tissue paper though.

Pardon?

I’ve been wearing one for nearly 20 years now and they do take some getting used to. The inner ear bones in my left ear are fused together (other ear is fine!).

You’ll eventually get to the stage where not having it in feels weird, not the other way round.

My only bit of advice is don’t become a ‘casual’ user and pop them in for certain occasions. Mine goes in when I get dressed in a morning and comes out when I go to bed. Make it part of your routine.

Mine is a Signia provided by Specsavers NHS service. I find this more convenient.

For a first time user you may need to go back and get the sound adjusted, but give it a week or two.

The Things you are experiencing are quite normal.

The tissue paper sound the scratching noise getting picked up by the hearing aid microphone and amplified.

Hope the hearing aids help you.

I’ve quite stiff short spikey hair that is causing that scratchy tissue paper noise.

Hearing myself eat is a bit disconcerting! And every so often I get a really loud clicky jaw. I’m dreading that happening. It’ll be deafening (joke)

So a few days in now and yes, but I’m being a good boy and wearing them all day. 

Plus points:

Loving hearing the rain drops and the tinkle of a stream. 

Music sounds much better 

Negatives. Dog whistle, wind, car tyres and hearing myself eat. 

You’ve also got to remember that your brain is hearing sounds it has either never heard or hasn’t heard for a long time so is processing them as such and not tuning out what are actually background noises as primitively speaking a new sound maybe a threat to you.

My mum really struggled when she first got hearing aids as until then she’d believed that kettles and cars were totally silent. When she first heard them she found them really loud and unpleasant

1 year in with mine and getting on well with them. The scratchy sound can be quite irritating if my hair gets too long and touches the microphones and I tend not to wear them on the bike as there are so many things that can touch them and make noise, helmet straps, glasses etc. I wear them all day usually and don’t know they are there. Phonak supplied by Specsavers on the NHS. I still find it hard to pick out voices in a noisy environment at times so perhaps I should get them adjusted but music and telly are much better. The most striking thing I found was when I heard a robin singing, turn them down and it sounded like it was miles away but when I turned them up it was right there near me.

I’m very guilty of wearing mine (only left ear) infrequently, as I don’t generally need it around the house. And it is a bit clunky / uncomfortable after awhile of wearing out and about.

I have been wearing Ampliphon supplied digital hearing aids, 40% loss in left ear and 70% loss in right ear with tinnitus in both ears. Agree you need to wear them all day. I find when cycling,’ I need to wear a buff over the ears to reduce wind noise. By the end of a ride tinnitus is loud enough to reduce my hearing almost to nil. It takes 20 to 3o minutes to return. I guess this is due to heart rate and higher blood pressure. Good luck getting used to them and I am definitely better off with them than without.

Agree with all the above, I find with the wind when cycling I wear pirate bandanna and cover my ears with it….helps cut the wind noise down a bit….but also helps keep your helmet clean inside…in summer it wicks the sweat, and winter keeps your head warm….im surprised more people don’t wear them…..and if your jug earred like me, it keeps them pinned back to….ha ha ha.

What I find most annoying with my hearing aids is talking to people in noisy surroundings,  and when riding I can only talk if the rider is next to me…basically if I can’t see your lips move then you might as well talk to a wall

Pardon?

Did you spend a lot of time on that witty remark?

I really should wear mine. It was the tinny scratchy noise I couldn’t get used to