[Magdalen] anomanous

[Ginga Wilder]

Same here, Grace.  And, I am in the donut hole with my medications.
Ginga

On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 6:16 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >
> >
>