Brians356
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How about having no bird dog and only one good ear near a convey of flushing chukar. You get pretty good at long downhill shots, if they're still in range. Somehow they never break out in front of you.
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Hearing is bad in right ear. Will game ear work ?
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69 graduate here....go to the VA! They'll fit you with a set of excellent hearing aids that will probably change your life! Do it! You earned it!
For a number of reasons, not good advice, Jerry.
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Did a lot of shooting as a teen age kid, could not afford hearing muffs, put cotton in my ears. Now, 50 yrs. later, I have more than 80% loss in each ear. Four years ago, I broke the bank, and bought a high end pair of hearing aids (Starkey) and had audiologist configure them. I am pleased with them. When shooting competition, I have a button to turn the hearing aids off, but keep them in my ears, and I cover them with a 29 dcb Howard Leight muff. This works very well. When shooting stops, I remove the muffs, push a button on each, and have immediately active hearing aid word discrimination.
Shynloco
You can lead a horse to water, but ........
Wait another 10 years...you ain't seen nothing yet and it gets even worse thereafter. I'll turn 70 in a few days and some days I get up feeling something I never imagined. And my doctors know me well. And I have the hearing aids as well and gave up hunting years ago when the deer could hear me but I couldn't hear them anymore. But at the range, I wear both ear plugs and ear muffs in an attempt to save what hearing I have left. All I can say, is AGING is such a wonderful surprise!
Alex
Yep,. Getting old ain't for sissies!
TheOtherZilla
Pull my finger
I go to the VA regularly. Had the ear test done in 67 to document the condition. Went back about 5 years ago to see about getting something done. Tried to get my records from 67, but I was told by the Denver VA that there had been a fire and they had no record of me. Went and got tested.. But teh gal said because of my age they weren't gonna do anything. I left pretty disgusted..
You might want to try again. I'm seventy and only started going to the VA a year and a half ago.
I think one of the keys is to open, or reopen your claim by going through either the American Legion or the VFW. The service officers in those organizations do everything for you and they know how to get things done. If your hearing loss can be attributed to your service, they should fit you for hearing aids.
I live in PA and I'm amazed at how well the VA has treated me. It shouldn't be but maybe Denver is different.
At any rate, do some pushing.......the results are worth it!
carlsbad
Lions don't lose sleep over the opinions of sheep.
Here is my hearing aid story:
I'm 60 and don't have severe hearing loss. But it is getting hard to hear in a noisy room. I have more loss at high frequency. I have trouble with some TV shows where there is a lot of noise behind the voices or the actor mumbles. In the quiet office, I can still hear conversations 3 offices away. I listened to loud music as a teenager. Although I hunted 1000 hours a year as a kid, it was mostly with a 22 single shot and my dad preached "1 shot 1 kill" so I never really hurt my ears much with firearms.
Truth is most people with my hearing wouldn't opt for hearing aids. Remember the TV ad where the guy has his daughter repeating everything for him at a party and the message is, "Many people who don't think they need a hearing aid already have one." So I compare my hearing to vision. If your vision is 20/60 you get glasses or contacts but if your hearing similarly degraded, most people don't get hearing aids. I'm in the process of getting hearing aids so that my hearing is returned to near normal.
I have tinnitus. It runs in my family. I can pretty much ignore it but if I think about it, it is always there.
2 years ago I had money left in my pre-tax medical account when my son's braces were cheaper than expected. Had no health issues so I went to my doc and asked if there were any advances in the treatment of tinnitus. He sent me to the Healthnet audiologist who did a hearing test, handed me my results, and sent me to an audiologist. She was busy that day but squeezed me in.
The office was all hardwood and leather. Very fancy. She showed me some $7000/pr, near top-of-the-line hearing aids from Audeo and said she had some loaners she could let me wear for 2 weeks. The $7000 included batteries for life and a lot of other "fluff" that I felt I could do without... I said sure, I'd like to try them. She sat down and typed in the frequency information from my hearing test in about 3 minutes and I was out the door. These are behind-the-ear models with a tiny cage that goes in the ear canal. Almost invisible if you have a bit of hair.
That night I went to dinner with 2 friends, one younger and one my age. There was a band playing in the restaurant and the background noise was high. Pretty soon I realized that I was engaged in conversation with my young friend and could hear everything going on. My older friend was sitting there with a blank look on his face because he couldn't hear/understand a thing.
The 2 week trial was great. I was sold. I looked up the model on the internet and found many places selling them at half or less the price I had been quoted. So I started hatching a plan. I can put money in a pre-tax medical savings plan that allows me to make medical expenditures with pre-tax money. I think this is available to everyone in some form or another.
I returned the hearing aids at the end of 2 weeks. I told her that they were great help to my hearing but didn't help my tinnitus....she said, "Oh Crap. I was in a hurry and forgot to turn on the tinnitus feature."
So I haven't tried the tinnitus feature. Last year I ended up using my medical spending account on something for my kids so this year I'm planning to do it. I am seeing my doc today and am going to request a fresh hearing test.
If you have more than the basic minor hearing loss, you will probably benefit from having a local professional help you.
Best of luck,
Jerry
I'm 60 and don't have severe hearing loss. But it is getting hard to hear in a noisy room. I have more loss at high frequency. I have trouble with some TV shows where there is a lot of noise behind the voices or the actor mumbles. In the quiet office, I can still hear conversations 3 offices away. I listened to loud music as a teenager. Although I hunted 1000 hours a year as a kid, it was mostly with a 22 single shot and my dad preached "1 shot 1 kill" so I never really hurt my ears much with firearms.
Truth is most people with my hearing wouldn't opt for hearing aids. Remember the TV ad where the guy has his daughter repeating everything for him at a party and the message is, "Many people who don't think they need a hearing aid already have one." So I compare my hearing to vision. If your vision is 20/60 you get glasses or contacts but if your hearing similarly degraded, most people don't get hearing aids. I'm in the process of getting hearing aids so that my hearing is returned to near normal.
I have tinnitus. It runs in my family. I can pretty much ignore it but if I think about it, it is always there.
2 years ago I had money left in my pre-tax medical account when my son's braces were cheaper than expected. Had no health issues so I went to my doc and asked if there were any advances in the treatment of tinnitus. He sent me to the Healthnet audiologist who did a hearing test, handed me my results, and sent me to an audiologist. She was busy that day but squeezed me in.
The office was all hardwood and leather. Very fancy. She showed me some $7000/pr, near top-of-the-line hearing aids from Audeo and said she had some loaners she could let me wear for 2 weeks. The $7000 included batteries for life and a lot of other "fluff" that I felt I could do without... I said sure, I'd like to try them. She sat down and typed in the frequency information from my hearing test in about 3 minutes and I was out the door. These are behind-the-ear models with a tiny cage that goes in the ear canal. Almost invisible if you have a bit of hair.
That night I went to dinner with 2 friends, one younger and one my age. There was a band playing in the restaurant and the background noise was high. Pretty soon I realized that I was engaged in conversation with my young friend and could hear everything going on. My older friend was sitting there with a blank look on his face because he couldn't hear/understand a thing.
The 2 week trial was great. I was sold. I looked up the model on the internet and found many places selling them at half or less the price I had been quoted. So I started hatching a plan. I can put money in a pre-tax medical savings plan that allows me to make medical expenditures with pre-tax money. I think this is available to everyone in some form or another.
I returned the hearing aids at the end of 2 weeks. I told her that they were great help to my hearing but didn't help my tinnitus....she said, "Oh Crap. I was in a hurry and forgot to turn on the tinnitus feature."
So I haven't tried the tinnitus feature. Last year I ended up using my medical spending account on something for my kids so this year I'm planning to do it. I am seeing my doc today and am going to request a fresh hearing test.
If you have more than the basic minor hearing loss, you will probably benefit from having a local professional help you.
Best of luck,
Jerry
One other thing I need was snake boots I couldn't hear the rattlers . That is scary .
Smile Larry
powderbrake
Gold $$ Contributor
I agree , you need the hearing aid(s).
Here is a link to the NRA member benefits for hearing aids. I used this when I got my aids.
http://www.nrahearingbenefits.com/
Here is a link to the NRA member benefits for hearing aids. I used this when I got my aids.
http://www.nrahearingbenefits.com/
TheOtherZilla
Pull my finger
Yeah I too am 70. Might pursue it.
Brians356
Gold $$ Contributor
"Old age. It's the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you don't look forward to being cured of."
"Mr. Bernstein" in Citizen Kane
The only thing the Songbird aids are good for is unwanted feedback.
Brians356
Gold $$ Contributor
Uh, that was her mistake. She should give you another free trial period with the "tinnitus feature" enabled. Did you ask for that? I sure would like to know how that works for you, since I have severe tinnitus in one ear, and high frequency loss in the "good" ear.
Also, could you possibly relay on the Audeo model designation you tried?
A thousand thanks in advance.
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carlsbad
Lions don't lose sleep over the opinions of sheep.
Yes, it was her mistake. But I had already used her expensive equipment for 2 weeks and had decided not to buy from her so I couldn't in good conscience ask for another 2 weeks knowing I was not giving her my business.
I have done some research and found that the tinnitus feature is kind of hit-or-miss. It appears to work perfectly for some and not for others. So you'll have to try it. Some people have had such good success with it that they sleep in their tinnitus enabled hearing aids which makes it impossible for them to use the rechargeable battery option.
I tested the Phonak Audeo V70. The website tells all the features of all the different models and the 70 seemed to have what I need. The V90 is now top of the line.
Just now when I was looking at models, I saw at least one seller offering free test drives so give them a try.
My limited research led me to believe that Phonak and Seimans are the top brands. My buddy bought a Resound through Costco because it has iPhone functionality that allows music streaming and phone calls through the hearing aid without an intermediate transmitter. He is very happy with it and said costco let him wear both the resound and the siemans around the store while shopping and compare them.
The phonak and siemans, when linked to an android phone, both require a transmitter you wear around your neck. I hate apple and iphones but this has made me reconsider.
Good luck,
Jerry
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