HearPeers Heroes Sandy Posted January 4, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 that is awesome. Does anyone find that you are hearing better than those around you? Or do we just listen better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted January 4, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Lol Sandy, according to my wife I need to work on listening There have been situations in noise where I have heard better than a few of my hearing friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted January 4, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 In a noisy restaurant I was having the easiest time hearing in our group. That is a wild experience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted January 4, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Yes Marybeth it is. Doesn't happen all the time but enjoy it when it does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 4, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Amazing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted January 4, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Thanks guys!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted January 5, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 More to come Kara, keep practicing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted January 5, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Well my husband now thinks he is losing some hearing!! Lol I did really good last night at a restaurant again. With the news mapping it was even better than last week!!! Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted January 5, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Awesome!! About you not your husband Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted January 5, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Yeah!! Well he worked in a loud wood shop for 13 years. Also as a teenager listened to music really loud. I told him back then it wasn't good for him. So I think if he has hearing loss it's still quite minor. He will be 40 this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted January 5, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 There are one pretty amazing hearing aids out there. Couldn't hurt to get it checked to see where he is at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted January 5, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Yeah exactly. I have a good hearing specialist at the end of our street. I will send him there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 5, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Ugh, let him at first - to check his ears. Noise induced hearing loss is not uncommon - especially if he hadn't wear a proper hearing protection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 5, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 I mean... You're faster than Billy the Kid! (About hearing aid). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted January 6, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Well I have had hearing loss for my whole (that I can remember) and he has seen the improvement in me with my implant. I wouldn't want him to miss out. He sees it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted January 6, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Good that he sees it. Will make the process easier moving forward. When I started losing mine, I didn't want hearing aids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 6, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 So Adam, you have passed a path from hell to a heaven, I guess. At least there is one advantage when you have hearing loss since you know for yourself - you usually except easier present status. Grown up people actually complicate things more then they should... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted January 6, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 For sure. I have difficulty getting my father in.aw to except the fact that he needs hearing aids. He thinks there too expensive and doesn't want to have to worry about the little devices. He's 70. Really he should just listen to me!! Makes me crazy! The. He asked me if I was hearing yet I said well much better but it's not quite there yet. He says oh so it didn't work?? Grrrr!! It's a work in progress we all tell him. He doesn't get it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted January 6, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 My grandfather was the same way. Had hearing aids but never wore them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted January 6, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Yeah. I have seen that too with the elderly. It's foreign to some of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 7, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Kara, lot's of people who are in the field don't understand the process of developing hearing with a CI - so, excuse your father in law, especially if he is 70. For any kind of technology, you have to be extremely open, otherwise you'll fail. I huess this is even deeper within human innerside - most of people are just waiting that life happen to them. Otherwise - non passaran. That's why your decision is even more valuable - to cope with technology and all other stuff which go along with it. It's a difficult path, only few understand that without pain - there is no game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 7, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 And - about not wearing HAs: there should be invested a lot of support to reach people. Most of the rest don't understand that - we've been discussing one-dimensional surgeons in the context of patient's complications. It's practically same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Adam Posted January 7, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink Sometimes people that are older are set in their ways, as well as younger people. Ultimately that person has to make the decision to utilize the technology given. Just try to keep encouraging whoever is going through this. For some people it can be hard to accept and embrace. Just try to have patience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted January 7, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 I call it concrete!! Throughly mixed and permanently set!!! That's my father in law for sure. But I have noticed that my mother in law whom I call mom is looking into taking him for a hearing test. So there is hope!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted January 7, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 If anyone can do something - it's her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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