Update: I had a chance to try the iPhone 4 and for the first time I had no problems using my telecoil or normal settings on my hearing aids when making a call. The iPhone is finally hearing aid compatible! I don’t know what the official rating is now, but it worked fine with my…
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Sounds of Silence
Had a bad dream last night. I dreamt of having a chance encounter with the very comely Mary Katharine Ham, the conservative journalist and blogger from Townhall.com. We were inside the lobby of a museum, and I somehow managed to engage her in a conversation. Only problem was, I couldn’t understand a word she was…
I need MORE Power, Scotty!
Hearing aid fittings seems to be more of an art than a science, evidently. I noticed a clarity right away to the sounds I was hearing after being fitted with my new aids, but it’s possible these aids might be a bit underpowered for my degree of loss, so the audiologist wants to fit me…
The Six Thousand Dollar Man
Today I get fitted with my new $6000 hearing aids, the Destiny 1600 by Starkey. I’m not expecting miracles, or the ability to hear conversations from 100 yards away, but it would be nice to have a normal conversation in noisy settings for once without finding myself trapped in a puffy shirt situation. I grew…
Can I like, skip this week?
Man, so much to do, so little time to do it. Have to work early this week, get some balloons, a card and a gift together for some relatives’ wedding anniversary, get fitted for my new hearing aids, get my old hearing aids repaired, add my parent’s name to my bank account, create landing pages…
The Price of Hearing
I just came back from the audiologist and learned how much my new hearing aids would cost. $5,700. Fortunately health insurance is footing roughly half of the bill, but I’m still out close to 3 grand. @#%$ man, and I was getting so close to paying off my credit card debt too. These are supposed…
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