I'm sorry that you received this news. Since I'm kinda in this field (not the audiology part, but the community services part), I wanted to give you 3 resources. 1 is https://www.hearingloss.org/ which has lots of resources. 2nd, I didn't know if you knew that you can ask movie theaters about getting a personal captioning device that fits in your soda holder at movies. 3rd, adocohearing.com is a store that sells lots of devices like vibrating alarms, doorbell lights, and other accessory items for people with hearing loss...some are for people with more profound loss than you, but I just wanted to tell you about it. I tell people it's like the Sears Christmas catalog of hearing loss devices.
Also, your Audiologist shouldn't have been so flippant with you. I'd search for another one that's nicer if your insurance will let you. Hearing loss is a big deal and the last thing you need is to be brushed aside in any way! Take care!
thanks so much for such a generous and helpful comment! I'll spend some time at those sites to see what my options are. For the moment, I've grabbed a pair of air pod pros which can be used like over-the-counter aids (so I've read and heard) and I'll see what they have or make me want to have.
I love this poem by Elizabeth Bishop. Thank you for sharing it. I'm sorry about the hearing aid business. As we age, our bodies betray us more and more often. But on the bright side, maybe good hearing aids would improve your life in some intangible way you haven't thought of yet.
Thanks! I'm sure they will. And maybe they'll have the same effect as putting on that first pair of glasses realizing the world had been blurry and was now clearer...
Wow, l agree with Joe's comment! I'm sorry to hear this, and l hope you'll let us know what it's like when you get the hearing aids. l hope it will be a quick and easy adjustment! Thinking of you!
I'm sorry that you received this news. Since I'm kinda in this field (not the audiology part, but the community services part), I wanted to give you 3 resources. 1 is https://www.hearingloss.org/ which has lots of resources. 2nd, I didn't know if you knew that you can ask movie theaters about getting a personal captioning device that fits in your soda holder at movies. 3rd, adocohearing.com is a store that sells lots of devices like vibrating alarms, doorbell lights, and other accessory items for people with hearing loss...some are for people with more profound loss than you, but I just wanted to tell you about it. I tell people it's like the Sears Christmas catalog of hearing loss devices.
Also, your Audiologist shouldn't have been so flippant with you. I'd search for another one that's nicer if your insurance will let you. Hearing loss is a big deal and the last thing you need is to be brushed aside in any way! Take care!
thanks so much for such a generous and helpful comment! I'll spend some time at those sites to see what my options are. For the moment, I've grabbed a pair of air pod pros which can be used like over-the-counter aids (so I've read and heard) and I'll see what they have or make me want to have.
I love this poem by Elizabeth Bishop. Thank you for sharing it. I'm sorry about the hearing aid business. As we age, our bodies betray us more and more often. But on the bright side, maybe good hearing aids would improve your life in some intangible way you haven't thought of yet.
Thanks! I'm sure they will. And maybe they'll have the same effect as putting on that first pair of glasses realizing the world had been blurry and was now clearer...
Wow, l agree with Joe's comment! I'm sorry to hear this, and l hope you'll let us know what it's like when you get the hearing aids. l hope it will be a quick and easy adjustment! Thinking of you!