Hearing aids, anyone?

[PromoTheRobot]

I'm pretty deaf. Years of way-too-loud concerts and other things left me with a audiogram that looks like the Grand Canyon. I occasionally wear some 20+ years old aids that feedback a lot when I have to hear clearly.

 

But today I went and got, not the latest and greatest, but the best in hearing aid tech from 2024: Oticon Real Ones. They cost a fortune but they are pretty amazing. Not being able to hear damages your ability to socialize. You can only ask people to repeat themselves so much. Being in loud, crowded places are simply the worst. 

 

Anyone else shop for hearing aids recently? It's pretty confusing because they come in so many, brands, models and  price levels and you can get them online with no help, at Costco, or you go to an experienced audiologist, which I did.

[Doc Brown]

What?

[Simon]

I'm about to make that plunge this winter. Although my goal is less to hear people / socialize and more to be able to hear creeks, birds, the wind in the trees, wildlife on the move, etc.

Do you have any tinnitus and if so did you talk to your  audiologist about hearing aids (or anything else) that might be able to minimize it?

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