It's amazing how well you can hear conversations you're not supposed to with hearing aids. Mine are behind-the-ear models and you can't really see the audio tubes going into my ears. With my ability to fine-tune how the hearing aids operate with my smart phone, it is hilarious to listen to some the bizarre conversqations around me...

-- Sean

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Sean Dennis wrote to All <=-

It's amazing how well you can hear conversations you're not supposed to with hearing aids. Mine are behind-the-ear models and you can't really see the audio tubes going into my ears. With my ability to fine-tune
how the hearing aids operate with my smart phone, it is hilarious to listen to some the bizarre conversqations around me...

My mother is in the market for hearing aids, but she doesn't think that
with tinnitus being her biggest complaint that amplification would help.
I'm hoping that modern tech will help you tune out certain frequencies,
like the Hear brand of earbuds a while ago.



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My mother is in the market for hearing aids, but she doesn't think that with tinnitus being her biggest complaint that amplification would help. I'm hoping that modern tech will help you tune out certain frequencies, like the Hear brand of earbuds a while ago.

Please let your mother know that I have tinnitus (it's bad enough that I receive 10% service-connected disability for it) and that my hearing aids are specifically designed to help with tinnitus. Hearing aids these days do not simply amplify; they also can perform noise cancellation to help tinnitus sufferers.

When I wear my hearing aids, my tinnitus is nullified.

These are the hearing aids I have: https://www.phonak.com/en-us/hearing-devices/hearing-aids/audeo-paradise

You can control them via a smartphone app to customize your hearing...it's a godsend in noisy places. Plus, being Bluetooth-enabled, I have my computer, TV, and phone audio pumped in (they can remember 8 paired devices and be actively paired to two at a time).

Again, please let your mother know that my tinnitus is helped greatly with hearing aids. There's no need to suffer any longer with today's tech.

-- Sean

P.S. I specifically have the Audeo P-R submodel.

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My mother is in the market for hearing aids, but she doesn't think that with tinnitus being her biggest complaint that amplification would help. I'm hoping that modern tech will help you tune out certain frequencies, like the Hear brand of earbuds a while ago.

My sister is in the same boat. She spent the last 2-3 years investigating/visiting doctors and audiologists and found that nothing was going to work. She tried many brands of "aids" with no luck. I wish your mom the best of luck!

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Hello ogg,

Saturday July 01 2023 11:47, you wrote to Kurt Weiske:

My sister is in the same boat. She spent the last 2-3 years investigating/visiting doctors and audiologists and found that nothing
was going to work. She tried many brands of "aids" with no luck. I
wish your mom the best of luck!

Like I told Kurt, my hearing aids help my tinnitus a lot.

-- Sean

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My mother is in the market for hearing aids, but she doesn't think that with tinnitus being her biggest complaint that amplification would help. I'm hoping that modern tech will help you tune out certain frequencies, like the Hear brand of earbuds a while ago.

Please let your mother know that I have tinnitus (it's bad enough that I

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fy; they also can perform noise cancellation to help tinnitus sufferers.

+1 for my father. His are also adjustable via his phone, and he can have phone conversations on them. They have done wonders. You don't have to
yell to talk to him any more. OTOH, you also cannot talk with him nearby
and count on him not hearing it. :)

Mike


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Like I told Kurt, my hearing aids help my tinnitus a lot.

Since I wear hearing aids, I pushed her to continue her search. So far, she hasn't had any luck. Any recommendations that I could pass on?

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Since I wear hearing aids, I pushed her to continue her
search. So far, she hasn't had any luck. Any
recommendations that I could pass on?

These are the ones I use: https://www.phonak.com/en-us/hearing-devices/hearing-aids/audeo-paradise

They changed my life.

-- Sean

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Mike Powell wrote to SEAN DENNIS <=-

+1 for my father. His are also adjustable via his phone, and he can
have phone conversations on them. They have done wonders. You don't
have to yell to talk to him any more. OTOH, you also cannot talk with
him nearby and count on him not hearing it. :)

I am in the exact same situation. Don't talk smack when I have my hearing
aids in. <G>

-- Sean

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These are the ones I use: https://www.phonak.com/en-us/hearing-devices/hearing-aids/audeo-paradise

They changed my life.

-- Sean

Thanks!!

Scott

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Sean Dennis wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

Please let your mother know that I have tinnitus (it's bad enough that
I receive 10% service-connected disability for it) and that my hearing aids are specifically designed to help with tinnitus. Hearing aids
these days do not simply amplify; they also can perform noise
cancellation to help tinnitus sufferers.

I saved the link - thanks for the information, I have tinnitus as well,
although not as bad as hers.

When I wear my hearing aids, my tinnitus is nullified.

Oh, that would be amazing.


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Oh, that would be amazing.

It is amazing, to be honest. I don't leave the house without my hearing aids. Driving is much easier and safer for me with them in.

-- Sean

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It is amazing, to be honest. I don't leave the house without my hearing aids. Driving is much easier and safer for me with them in.

-- Sean

When I got my first set of hearing aids (loaners from the Audiologist), I was driving back to work. I had to call my wife and ask her why she didn't tell
me my car was so noisy. <VBG>

Scott

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When I got my first set of hearing aids (loaners from
the Audiologist), I was
driving back to work. I had to call my wife and ask her
why she didn't tell
me my car was so noisy. <VBG>

Yeah, something is beeping in my living room but I can't find what it is...

I can't hear it without my hearing aids, LOL!

-- Sean

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Sean Dennis wrote to Ogg <=-

Yeah, something is beeping in my living room but I can't find what it is...

Thinkgeek.com used to sell the Annoyatron - it was a tiny board the size
of a USB stick, with a piezo speaker, a button cell battery and a
magnet.

You'd put a battery in it, stick it someplace inconspicuous, and at a
random interval of a minute or so, it'd beep. And beep. Until the
battery ran out.

Behind a co-worker's metal desk at work would be perfect.



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On 05 Jul 2023, Kurt Weiske said the following...

Thinkgeek.com used to sell the Annoyatron - it was a tiny board the size of a USB stick, with a piezo speaker, a button cell battery and a
magnet.

You'd put a battery in it, stick it someplace inconspicuous, and at a random interval of a minute or so, it'd beep. And beep. Until the
battery ran out.

I have two of these. The annoy-a-tron and also the eviltron.

The annoy-a-tron beeps at random intervals while the eviltron has 5 different voices/sounds. One that whispers "hey, can you hear me?", another is a little girl giggling, someone breathing & something scratching.

I used to hide these around the office in various cubicles. I remember one lady in accounting saying out loud several times "Did anyone else hear that?" or saying "Yes, I can hear you!". Good times... good times...


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Kurt Weiske wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

Behind a co-worker's metal desk at work would be perfect.

My friend had one with an optical sensor so when the light was off in the
room, it would beep, but the minute the lights were on, it quit.

I'm still trying to find what is beeping...

-- Sean

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