Chuck Warman
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Hi,
I'm Chuck Warman, a semi-retired income tax specialist CPA in North Texas,
and I hear just fine.:P I've been married to Kris for 46 years, two grown kids, 5 grandkids.
My mom is 93 and lives in an assisted living facility near our home. She is extremely healthy and mentally "with it" for her age. Unfortunately, she is about 98% blind (from ARMD) and about 90% deaf. Her entertainment, when she's alone, is to pull her chair up to within about 1' from the TV and listen, mostly to the news, with the sound volume on HIGH; her vision is too poor for her to see much of anything, even at this distance.
That said, she's a delightful person, eternally happy and optimistic, and a wonderful conversationalist. Which brings me to my request -- she needs hearing assistance of a type that doesn't seem to be around anymore. The advances in hearing technology all seem to be in the direction of greater miniaturization and invisibility. We've tried everything we know of, but these amazing, tiny machines are too difficult for her to manage due to her blindness.
Mom needs a hearing aid that is large enough, and with controls simple enough, that she can operate it alone, in spite of her blindness. I seem to remember, back when I was a kid, that most hearing aids consisted of a klunky battery pack, using AA or so batteries, that you wore around your neck, with a wire leading up to a metal bracket that held some sort of ear bud or amplifier.
So this is what she needs -- OLD technology, I believe. Although if any of you know of currently-manufactured aids designed to be operated by touch rather than sight, please let me know. Cost is no object, within reasonable limits.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Reach me at cpwcpa@wf.net.
Thanks,
Chuck
I'm Chuck Warman, a semi-retired income tax specialist CPA in North Texas,
and I hear just fine.:P I've been married to Kris for 46 years, two grown kids, 5 grandkids.
My mom is 93 and lives in an assisted living facility near our home. She is extremely healthy and mentally "with it" for her age. Unfortunately, she is about 98% blind (from ARMD) and about 90% deaf. Her entertainment, when she's alone, is to pull her chair up to within about 1' from the TV and listen, mostly to the news, with the sound volume on HIGH; her vision is too poor for her to see much of anything, even at this distance.
That said, she's a delightful person, eternally happy and optimistic, and a wonderful conversationalist. Which brings me to my request -- she needs hearing assistance of a type that doesn't seem to be around anymore. The advances in hearing technology all seem to be in the direction of greater miniaturization and invisibility. We've tried everything we know of, but these amazing, tiny machines are too difficult for her to manage due to her blindness.
Mom needs a hearing aid that is large enough, and with controls simple enough, that she can operate it alone, in spite of her blindness. I seem to remember, back when I was a kid, that most hearing aids consisted of a klunky battery pack, using AA or so batteries, that you wore around your neck, with a wire leading up to a metal bracket that held some sort of ear bud or amplifier.
So this is what she needs -- OLD technology, I believe. Although if any of you know of currently-manufactured aids designed to be operated by touch rather than sight, please let me know. Cost is no object, within reasonable limits.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Thanks,
Chuck
*I have purple hearing aids so I'm crazy about the colors*