Can a hearing aid help me?

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Hello,

This is my first post here. I am not deaf but I do have slight hearing loss in my right ear. The hearing loss is at 4000 hz. I have had this hearing problem for many years.

Can a hearing aid allow me to hear this tone? If so, any reccomendations on which hearing aids or where to get them?

Thanks,
Jimbo
 
I don't know. I recommend you to visit the nearest ENT or hearing aid center & get a hearing test done to see if you will benefit from a hearing aid. Good luck!
 
Well if an individual with Deaf and probably not working.. But I knew some people who lose little hearing and probable chance to be good sound with hearing aid!

Good Luck ;) :):):)
 
I would recommend that you see an audiologist instead of a hearing instrument specialist (hearing aid dealer). Hearing instrument specialists tend to try and sell you overpriced hearing aids without giving you a thorough hearing test.

Good luck! :)
 
Hear Again is right, Hearing Aids dealers are usually like that. Which is why I will not be going to the place I go to now 'cause I rather just get my next set of hearing aids straight from the hospital that did my CI & deals with my CI. I don't care that it's a 45 mins drive, they are great over there!!! :]
 
Hear Again said:
I would recommend that you see an audiologist instead of a hearing instrument specialist (hearing aid dealer). Hearing instrument specialists tend to try and sell you overpriced hearing aids without giving you a thorough hearing test.

Good luck! :)
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That's advice that my great aunt could have used when she got her hearing aid. I remember how she complained about it.
I remember her asking me how I could wear hearing aids if it didn't sound natural. I told her that I've never had normal hearing so I've no idea what natural sounds sound like.

It wasn't till years later that my father told me the reason why she wasn't happy with her hearing aid was because she hadn't seen an audiologist and that she went to a hearing aid dealer who sold her the most expensive hearing aid on the market. Both of us would have advised her to see an audiologist first.
 
deafskeptic,

I hate hearing stories like that -- especially when people don't know any better. There's *so* much information out there about hearing aids and hearing loss that it can be difficult to keep up with.

My first experience with a hearing instrument specialist was back in 1985 when I received my first pair of BTEs for a moderately-severe loss. I remember the specialist telling me that I was wearing the strongest pair of hearing aids available on the market and when they could no longer provide the amplification I needed, I would be out of luck.

I have no idea why he said this because it made me panic every time I struggled to hear and it wasn't until 9 years later my hearing decreased to the point where I needed more amplification.

Having said that, the audiologist at this clinic was *wonderful.* Instead of giving me a pair of CICs or ITEs, she gave me BTEs.

In looking back, I'm thankful for her decision because it would have been more difficult for me emotionally to make the transition from CICs or ITEs to BTEs, I could use direct audio input (DAI) for use with FM systems and there was plenty of amplification available in the event my hearing changed.
 
If your hearing loss is at 4000Hz only and it's slight at that (your audiogram would help), then my advice to you is wait. Unless your willing to spend anywhere from $1500-3000 to amplify one pitch and/or your life is being impacted greatly from your hearing loss.

Lemme guess, you have no trouble conversing one on one, talking on the phone, TV volume isn't turned up too loud? Your only problem is when you get in a crowded restaurant or group gathering? Well I can tell you with 100% certainty that you will still have some difficulty in noise even if fit with the Cadillac of hearing aids.

You may unfortunately be one of the ones that I would have to tell to hold off until you have more hearing loss. That is in order for you to perceive any great benefit from hearing aids.
 
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