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Aarons Air

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My 92 year old father has hearing loss. He's been using hearing aids provided by the v a for years. As he's a ww2 navy vet. Every so often they retest his hearing, and provide new hearing aids. They never seem to work well, as i've always had to repeat myself, or talk loudly. He also sets the tv volume rather high. This makes me think perhaps the quality of the hearing aids they provide may be poor. Has anyone here experienced this ? Can anyone recommend an aid they consider good ?
 
I've had them for 2 1/2 years & while they do help, they aren't perfect. I often still have to ask people to repeat themselves.
 
Took my mother a few yrs ago to Miracle Ear. She was 88 at the time. They weren’t cheap but they worked great for her. Almost to good. Lol
 
Can't recommend any but my wife had suffered hearing loss in one ear twenty years into our relationship. For many years she went with only hearing from one side. Which meant people thinking she was rude and did not want to respond to them when she simple did not hear them. It was a life of mono no more stereo. I actually had one lady who got rude with her because she did not hear her, look at me after I told her she is deaf on that side then tell me "she doesn't look like she can't hear" after that I told her to F-off and that by saying that she was a bigger idiot than what I thought by saying "she can see deaf". Years went by and we have a wealthy customer who knew of this situation and knew when we had healthcare it was not covered. She asked for years and my wife said no it's no problem and she was fine with it... I finally told her that she wanted to do something nice for her. She made an appointment then found out with the visit and the crossover set needed was about $4800 she did not want them.. She told our customer she had the visit but it was too much. She asked "what's too much I was just like you and it changed my world". My wife told her. She left and came back with a check and told her to fill out the name of the hearing place and that she was glad she went. The first time I saw my wife's face when she was able to "hear" fully again was a site I will never forget that twinkle in her eyes and the smile on her face...
 
Mine are from the VA as well. They work great. Brand is...OTICON out of Denmark. Rechargeable with auto reset to normal level when plugged into recharge. Have several settings to increase the input and also to decrease it. Can barely see them once on the ear.

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VA got me a set of ReSounds. I like them. They have a bunch of features, they connect through blutooth to my phone, TV or anything you pair with. I will use them and listen to the radio all the time without people knowing.
They have a port on a second reciever that they gave to me for meetings and stuff. I can use the reciever and put it at the other end of the conferenece table and hear the other end of the room wirelessly.
Another good option mine have is they have setting that can put in the sound of waves at the beach, white noise filter, back ground noise filter and a couple others so you don't focus on the ringing of your ears when it is quite in the room.
 
I have hearing aids in both ears from the VA. They are not cheap hearing aids. I think a lot of people do not have the volume high enough to hear everything. We get used to low volumes and keep the hearing aids set on the low side.
 
For any vets out there, have 2 buddies getting 10% disability for tinnuitis(?). Thinking about it myself.
 
I also wear two aids from the VA. Mine have several settings above normal hearing range. Turned all the way up I can hear stuff from 100's of feet away. I was standing at the upstairs window one night looking out at the stars and turned mine up so I could better hear the running water through the stream below the house. Suddenly I could hear every word of a conversation taking place outside of my neighbors house 125 yards away. Not even kidding. Such use drains the charge of course but it's fun to see what you may be missing...
 
I too have ReSound units courtesy of the VA. Mine were recently upgraded when my old set developed an issue and I went in to have them repaired. The woman says "Oh, these are over 4 years old ,time for a new set!". Don't know what brand "Ghost" has but mine do all of those things as well. My Mom is 92 and can NOT hear ****! She has hearing aids that are just fine. I think her problem is that it is strange to listen to yourself and it feels like there are soft ear plugs in your ear even though the sound is great. Perhaps OP's Dad has this issue as well. The woman who gave me this last set told me she recently started at the VA coming from the private sector and she thought she would have to get used to products that were of less quality and function than what she was used to and in fact it has been exactly the opposite. She is dealing with products she only dreamed about working with at the VA!She told me mine would be in the $6-7000 range in the private world!
 
Darius said:
I too have ReSound units courtesy of the VA. Mine were recently upgraded when my old set developed an issue and I went in to have them repaired. The woman says "Oh, these are over 4 years old ,time for a new set!". Don't know what brand "Ghost" has but mine do all of those things as well. My Mom is 92 and can NOT hear ****! She has hearing aids that are just fine. I think her problem is that it is strange to listen to yourself and it feels like there are soft ear plugs in your ear even though the sound is great. Perhaps OP's Dad has this issue as well. The woman who gave me this last set told me she recently started at the VA coming from the private sector and she thought she would have to get used to products that were of less quality and function than what she was used to and in fact it has been exactly the opposite. She is dealing with products she only dreamed about working with at the VA!She told me mine would be in the $6-7000 range in the private world!
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Mine are Oticon 5.1's,
 
This is what I have. They work fine. I suspect which aid works best for you depends on the characterization of your hearing loss.

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Mine resemble the second from the Left side..of the four in line.
 
Just spoke to my wife hers are Phonak Crossover 3. They have 3 tiers and they were best suited for her needs.
 
The tech actually sat me in front of a computer,had me listen to some dude saying words and asked me to repeat them , then adjusted the ranges I had loss in to be a more straight line on the graph of my hearing range in each ear
 
My hearing has been bad since I was 6-7 I’m 70 now, been wearing aids (4 sets) since mid 80s and none have been very good in my opinion. I can’t remember what good hearing is like. With my loss it depends on the tone, quiet talking people are the worst. I think the human ear has 200,000 receptors, aids might give you 25. The pair I have now are 5 years old (average life span) $7500, new rechargeable ones are $9000. Nothing you get can get will give what the normal ear can hear, you can have the doc turn up the volume they can be loud enough to blow his head off. Get the ones with the volume control, just like the TV
Starkeys. They want to do a cochlear implant in my left ear but I’m hesitant
 
Everyone's posts have been very enlightening & helpful. I appreciate all the info.
 
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