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  1. Hearing loss isn't all bad: I walk away when my husband asks me to do things for him. He can't prove I heard him.
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  3. As a person with hearing loss, I am glad I read this. If you've followed the comments here, you know that many people can't afford the kind of hearing aids that will really help them, and the cheap ones just amplify sound and won't help at all while having lunch out, since the background noises will increase also and your voice won't be more distinct. Even expensive ones (like mine) don't help that much in these situations. I think it would be helpful to your friends to ask them what you can do to help them hear you better. - if you are willing to be part of the solution. I have told my husband many times that he needs to speak more distinctly, a little more slowly, and a little louder. For some reason it's hard for him to do this. He also persists in speaking to me when he's facing away and over loud background noises, without raising his voice. Five years after he first pointed out my hearing loss, he has finally realized that he uses an extra soft voice when talking to me, when he needs to use the same voice and way of speaking that he would use in a group or when making a presentation - because I can hear him fine if he does that. It can be hard to raise your voice without sounding like you're shouting, but it can be done with some practice. Your comments (and you're hardly alone or atypical) made me think about our expectations of people with different abilities. I don't expect friends in wheelchairs to meet me in places with lots of stairs - we choose places that are accessible. That's an adaptation I make to have them as friends. But with the hearing impaired, there seems to be lot of anger on both sides It's hard to talk about, but it can be done.
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  4. You are going to need a seat belt for your chair with speeds like that. HAHAHA
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  5. While I am not trying to defend the failure to wear them, one would have to 'walk in those shoes' before one could understand some of the reasons. In reality, mine and everyone I've discussed this with who wears them, hearing aides are at best aggravating and at worse 'unnatural'. Even the best of them don't come close to replicating the human ear's ability to process sound. I'll leave it at that.
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  6. I stumbled upon this thread while looking for local bus schedules 😊. My two cents: yes, hearing aids (HA) are outrageously expensive; however, to say "I can get them cheaper at XXX store" is useless advice. The type of HA determines (in part) the cost; the type, in turn, is determined by what kind and how profound one's hearing loss is. I'm congenitally deaf; have ~ 5% hearing in each ear. I am forced to wear behind-the-ear aids for bone conduction. These are extremely expensive--five or so years ago my sister bought me two at $7000+USD each. The life expectancy of this sort of HA is about five years; in the meantime one must have tubes and molds replaced and cleaning done. (Humid climates encourage accumulation of moisture within the tubes, which drastically affects hearing. Moisture-resistant tubing is available NOB but I have yet to find it here.) Some people can use in -the-ear aids, which are way cheaper. Although I've seen Dr. Carlos at Maskaras Clinic in San Antonio Tlay for mold replacement, I will probably go to Costco when I must get new aids. (Which I anticipate will be soon. Ulp.) The analogy between the price of HA and medications is quite apt--if you need it to survive you can expect to pay through the nose. That is the how the corrupt, incestuous system of "democratic" capitalism works. AND... Not all Hep C is caused by IV use. I lost a friend a couple of years ago who acquired it by blood transfusion in the days before screening...which isn't failproof, either.
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