thesynthfreq
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Hello everyone. I got my Phonak Naida hearing aids a few days ago and have likes and dislikes. I love how I can hear high frequency things that I have never heard before such as my sister's guide dog tags, doors creeking, the "ting" of metalic objects. I also can hear a few more notes on a piano in the 6th and 7th octaves which were inaudible before. I notice that a lot of things "appear" and I have to ask "what is that?" or "was that you?". I can hear alot of sounds that I do not recognize. I heard my friend eating and the sound of the fork hitting the glass bowl was so wierd, almost electronic sounding. I can also hear basslines in music perfectly. I am a musician and I love hearing bass and high frequences for the first time. I do notice however that there is a strange artifact in music. I played my synthesizer and every note had this echo over it, like the hearing aid is copying every note and is making it sound out of tune. Bass sounds do not do this, only piano and sounds with high frequencies. I also have trouble with noise. Traffic makes me dizzy although I like hearing that its there and where its coming from. I am also blind and have nearly been run over more times than I can count because of not hearing something approaching from behind me. I also can not hear people behind me either, but I can a little better with my Naidas. I also am noticing more detail in everything too. TV shows have more sounds in them than I relized. I can hear water and coins too. I LOVE not hearing cellphone signals and store alarms (they sound evil and very low in pitch, normally silent to others). Every store has their own alarm and signal that I heard each time I passed though them, ppl probly though I was crazy covering my hearing aids to walk into or out of the store. I have the Icom as well, an awesome device. I like how the programs change automatically too. I hear better though it with the phone and my XM radio.
When I turn them on, sounds appear. I can hear people outside, the wind above my apartment, keys on the computer, and my family walking in the house. I feel so much more safe now. In quiet is where I hear best, competing noise is still a huge problem for me. I go back soon to have some small adjustments made. I have only had these for a few days. I am so impressed.
When I turn them on, sounds appear. I can hear people outside, the wind above my apartment, keys on the computer, and my family walking in the house. I feel so much more safe now. In quiet is where I hear best, competing noise is still a huge problem for me. I go back soon to have some small adjustments made. I have only had these for a few days. I am so impressed.