[wfp113]

I have been wearing hearing aids for many years. I have worn high end and low end aids.Some are a little better than others but for the most part they are just amplifiers. All hearing aid stores advertise they have hearing aids that block the background noise. Thats one big falsehood. I don't care what hearing aids you have the background noise is there.
wfp113

[oldtimes]

Originally Posted by wfp113

I have been wearing hearing aids for many years. I have worn high end and low end aids.Some are a little better than others but for the most part they are just amplifiers. All hearing aid stores advertise they have hearing aids that block the background noise. Thats one big falsehood. I don't care what hearing aids you have the background noise is there.
wfp113

The newest technology is significantly better at filtering out background noise and recognizing voices. They are like little computers. I just got the Phonak Lumity hearing aids and I can now go to a restaurant and understand a conversation. It's not like normal hearing but it is the best I have had since I started to lose my hearing.

[Richard Tahara]

Due to changes in the law you can get quality hearing aids for $600 (a pair) or less.
Google "Cheap or inexpensive hearing aids.

[Carla B]

Originally Posted by starflyte1

I do not belong to Village Health. Will look at the list and try to find someone else.

As OBB said, you don't have to belong to The Villages Health system. Their audiologists are specialists and patients on traditional Medicare can see their specialists.

[RVgirl]

Originally Posted by starflyte1

I have been to an ENT doctor (two years ago) who sent me to an audiologist. After many, many visits to the audiologist, over the past two years, ( and $6500 hearing aids) nothing is clear to me. I cannot understand what is being said.

I want to go to an otolaryngologist (one step above and ENT doctor) to see if there is something blocking my hearing in my head. Has anyone been to such a doctor in Florida . I am willing to travel. Maybe a cochlear implant. I just don't know.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

A good friend of mine had the wax cleaned out of his ears by his Dr. and it helped him tremendously. I'd probably start with that.
If you need a recommendation- my husband sees Dr. Al Turri in the Villages Healthcare Building on Hwy 44.

[bobeaston]

Originally Posted by starflyte1

I do not belong to Village Health. Will look at the list and try to find someone else.

No need to belong to Village Health (whatever that is). Dr. Turri will see any patient who is interested in his service. He just happens to have an office in the Advanced Healthcare Center at Brownwood. There is no membership requirement for practitioners in that center.

[starflyte1]

Thank to everyone for the replies.

I have an appointment with Dr. Turri on the 30th.

If that doesn't help, I will have a nice list of recommendations to fall back on.

Thanks again, I appreciate your time.

[Fltpkr]

Originally Posted by starflyte1

I have been to an ENT doctor (two years ago) who sent me to an audiologist. After many, many visits to the audiologist, over the past two years, ( and $6500 hearing aids) nothing is clear to me. I cannot understand what is being said.

I want to go to an otolaryngologist (one step above and ENT doctor) to see if there is something blocking my hearing in my head. Has anyone been to such a doctor in Florida . I am willing to travel. Maybe a cochlear implant. I just don't know.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hearing the spoken word but not understanding it is common with a hearing loss. I have used Dr Thomas Thomason in Ocala. He is with a group practice there, and is an experienced, bd certified, no nonsense doc. Thoroughly explore your options before going down the path of a cochlear implant. That is just my 2 cents worth.

[starflyte1]

Finally, I have hope that I will be hearing better!

I read and then read again all of the replies. I decided to start with Davis hearing. The only comment he made was there quite a change in my hearing and made adjustments. I had just had the adjusted two months ago.

I went to lunch with my usual group of friends. My hearing brought a thumbs up!

To night I am going to one of the loudest Resturants I could think of and will see how that goes.

I return toDavis hearing on Tuesday to let him know how things are going.

I really looking forward to the improvements.

Thanks again for all of your replies. I really appreciate each one.

[oldtimes]

Originally Posted by starflyte1

Finally, I have hope that I will be hearing better!

I read and then read again all of the replies. I decided to start with Davis hearing. The only comment he made was there quite a change in my hearing and made adjustments. I had just had the adjusted two months ago.

I went to lunch with my usual group of friends. My hearing brought a thumbs up!

To night I am going to one of the loudest Resturants I could think of and will see how that goes.

I return toDavis hearing on Tuesday to let him know how things are going.

I really looking forward to the improvements.

Thanks again for all of your replies. I really appreciate each one.

Yes, it is pretty much all about the skill of the audiologist. You will never be able to hear everything, they are hearing aids not hearing cures. I find in the beginning they seem to be a miracle but once you get used to them you always wish for more.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by starflyte1

Finally, I have hope that I will be hearing better!

I read and then read again all of the replies. I decided to start with Davis hearing. The only comment he made was there quite a change in my hearing and made adjustments. I had just had the adjusted two months ago.

I went to lunch with my usual group of friends. My hearing brought a thumbs up!

To night I am going to one of the loudest Resturants I could think of and will see how that goes.

Gotta be The Lighthouse!

PS. No hearing aids yet made can cope with that place, unless it has changed over the last two years since our last visit!
PPS. Sorry. Three years!

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Richard Tahara

Due to changes in the law you can get quality hearing aids for $600 (a pair) or less.
Google "Cheap or inexpensive hearing aids.

My understand is if you have a fairly mild hearing lost the new otc one can help but for those of us with a more severe loss we need the services of a trained professional

[starflyte1]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Gotta be The Lighthouse!

PS. No hearing aids yet made can cope with that place, unless it has changed over the last two years since our last visit!
PPS. Sorry. Three years!

Actually Texas Road House

[justjim]

Restaurants lose tables from their space when they cut down on noise. A few partitions really makes a difference.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by starflyte1

Actually Texas Road House

Your ability to focus on conversation at your table without being severely impaired by the noise around you - depends partly on three things:

1. your own natural ability to focus your hearing attention on specific sound-sources
2. how well you have trained yourself to adjust to having hearing aids
3. the type of aids you have

My aids (like many folks here) have a variety of programs I can switch to. For restaurants, I can use the app on my cell phone and press an option. This makes background noise less prominent, and puts the attention on whoever is directly in front of me at the table. The background noise is still noisy - but it's a more muted sound.

When I get out of the restaurant I switch it back to automatic, and it re-adjusts for "normal" sound.

It took me around a year to -really- adjust to hearing with this pair - mostly because it has so many bells and whistles and this was overwhelming to me. Knowing how to listen while wearing hearing aids is half the battle, and the steepest part of the learning curve.

I'm glad it's going well so far!