[Magdalen] anomanous

[Grace Cangialosi]

Yes, I actually mentioned that in my earlier post. They are expensive, and I saved for awhile before I was able to get mine. Some Medicare supplements will give $500 toward them, but mine doesn’t.

> On Sep 8, 2018, at 6:15 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.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>