I have been told during a recent checkup (that included a hearing test) that I am a candidate for hearing aids in both ears. My Audiogram is not very pretty. In a perfect world it would be flat, showing no hearing loss across the frequency spectrum. Mine takes a dive at 3kHz and another dive at 6kHz. it was this second "valley" that had the pretty Audiologist all excited. There is "significant" hearing loss, which you get from listening to PL amps all your life; and then there is "profound" hearing loss, which you get from listening to WOPL amps for a few years.
I have borderline profound hearing loss in the higher frequencies, which is where it occurs first. So, I am waiting for an appointment for the latest and greatest hearing aids. They will be tweaked to raise only my HF loss back up into the normal region. They can be adjusted with a smart phone for home, office, theater, or restaurant use. I can also use them to block ambient noise (a la Bose) or take a call with them. They cost about $8,000 but the military is picking up the cost because I was a Sonar Technician and I told the Doctor at the VA I used to sit in Sonar Control and listen to whales at 3-6kHz in my headphones all day and all night.
Anyway, does anyone else on the Forum have hearing aids? Now that we are getting older, they are becoming a fact of life. I am wondering if the sound of the WOPL will improve once I can hear above 6kHz?
I have borderline profound hearing loss in the higher frequencies, which is where it occurs first. So, I am waiting for an appointment for the latest and greatest hearing aids. They will be tweaked to raise only my HF loss back up into the normal region. They can be adjusted with a smart phone for home, office, theater, or restaurant use. I can also use them to block ambient noise (a la Bose) or take a call with them. They cost about $8,000 but the military is picking up the cost because I was a Sonar Technician and I told the Doctor at the VA I used to sit in Sonar Control and listen to whales at 3-6kHz in my headphones all day and all night.
Anyway, does anyone else on the Forum have hearing aids? Now that we are getting older, they are becoming a fact of life. I am wondering if the sound of the WOPL will improve once I can hear above 6kHz?