[Magdalen] anomanous

[Jay Weigel]

They cost a lot. Medicare (which is all I have) doesn't cover them.

On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 3:52 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think most now have the option of more than one setting. Mine have
> three: the regular one, a “comfort” setting that’s great for large
> gatherings, restaurants, loud movies, etc. there’s also one called “music”
> that actually doesn’t work very well for music, IMO, but it’s great for
> hearing birds, frogs, etc.
>
> > On Sep 8, 2018, at 3:47 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Mine are a metal grey, which was my choice, given the colour of my hair.
> >
> > My own life with aids started nearly 2 years ago when I went to the dr
> and asked him to clean out my ears because I wasn’t hearing clearly.  He
> pronounced them as clean as a whistle and said “Just age-related loss.
> Nothing serious.”  NOTHING SERIOUS?!?!?! I responded.  I rushed to my local
> Sound place and took the tests and found  I was -40 in the left ear and -20
> in the right.  Typical shooting damage in the left, but I digress.
> >
> > I certainly have been able to turn down the radio and the TV – a lot!
> I’m still struggling to find what feels like a natural setting for
> singing.  How I sound to me in my own head, an elusive sweet spot.
> Recently I was given a second option, one that picks up the ambient sound,
> rather than just conversational focus.  The jury is out.  I don’t know.
> Meanwhile I’m doing without the left one because it has a problem and I
> have to wait to see the tech.  Managing fine, but yesterday  in the noisy
> environment a soft-spoken pub mate drew a lot of blanks from me as I tried
> to make sense of his  stroke-blurred words.
> >
> > As an old friend used to say, “It could be worse.”  The main thing to
> take away is ‘Don’t delay!  Get checked now and do something about the
> problem.’  The longer you leave it, the harder it will be to adjust to the
> hearing aid and the more detrimental to your quality of life it will be.’
> >
> > Marion
> >
> > Sent from Mail for Windows 10
> >
> > From: Grace Cangialosi
> > Sent: September 8, 2018 3:11 PM
> > To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] anomanous
> >
> > Probably! One of my friends has some lovely mahogany colored ones. Mine
> are just a boring metal gray. But they’re small and hardly show.
> >
> >> On Sep 8, 2018, at 12:12 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Very helpful.
> >> and not just to me, I'm certain.
> >> Hope they make purple hearing aids.
> >> -M
> >>
> >>> On Saturday, September 8, 2018, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Sorry—I didn’t think it sounded like I was panicking. I just thought my
> >>> experience might be helpful...
> >>> Obviously, YMMV.
> >>>
> >>>
> >
>