Hearing Test Anxiety

Audiofuzzy said:
lolol sorry, I had to laugh - it is like passing or failing a blood test :giggle:

Good luck with your search for hearing aids.
I hope by now, you realize there is no such thing like failing at fitting for a hearing aid! :giggle:

Fuzzy
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Yeah, it takes a lot for me to go to a doctor of any kind. It'll take me a bit to do a fitting because of my schedule. I don't know much about them, other than they are expensive, and a little bit about what the different types do. Clueless on what brands are good, lifecycle, best bang for the buck. Seems like they can do a lot of things with sound now, but they all call the features something else. It'll be easier after the followup and Im going to talk to someone at the DHHS. I don't trust doctors to go over all the brand options or be competitive on price.
 
Most of you know that I have a new CI. My audiologist is totally lost on what to do about my hearing tests. My tinnitus is so bad that it drowns out all the beeps that I am suppose to hear. My last appointment I could not distinguish between the beeps and the "fireworks" sounds that I hear. Also if I know the beeps are coming, my brain starts hearing then before she even has started. Anyone else have this happen?
 
Angel1989 said:
Most of you know that I have a new CI. My audiologist is totally lost on what to do about my hearing tests. My tinnitus is so bad that it drowns out all the beeps that I am suppose to hear. My last appointment I could not distinguish between the beeps and the "fireworks" sounds that I hear. Also if I know the beeps are coming, my brain starts hearing then before she even has started. Anyone else have this happen?
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Yes. After hearing loud beeps while hooked up to the audiologist's computer, my head starts echoing it - too.


My experiment: It helps get rid of my tinnitus if I turn the CI processor's volume down from normal to the ABSOLUTE mimimum--- so that it sounds like it's almost off. (For 20 minutes)


More cyborgs suffering from tinnitus should try this out.



EDIT: The CI processor on the minimum volume calms down the hearing nerves.
 
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