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Heather Craig

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Hearing Aids
« on: October 03, 2011, 01:41:45 pm »
Can anyone recommend a good hearing aid and some price ideas? I don't wanna get my hopes up and have to make a decision of weather I'm gonna send my son to college or be able to hear... lol! any input is appreciated! Thanks in advance! ;D
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Brewers7

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Re: Hearing Aids
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2011, 04:24:07 pm »
Are you ssd?
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Translab surgery 12/15/2008 followed by CSF leakage repair and 3 additional surgeries for MRSA of the brain (NOT typical) SSD,  facial and vocal cord paralysis, numerous reconstructive surgeries, Transear 12/2010

CHD63

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Re: Hearing Aids
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2011, 04:26:18 pm »
Heather .....

Between my first and second surgeries, when I still had about 20% of my hearing, but with 100% speech discrimination, I wore two different types of hearing aids.  The first one (MicroTech 7 Curve) was a total waste of my money.  The second one (Widex Mind) was very efficient and comfortable.

How much hearing do you still have?  If you are totally deaf, a hearing aid is useless, of course ..... unless you go to the bone-anchored hearing devices.

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Re: Hearing Aids
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2011, 07:40:25 pm »
transear was around 2500.00----it was useless
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2.5cm x2.0cm cerebellapontine angle meningioma. 100% removal 2/2009. House Ear Institute. Dr Brackmann and Dr. Schwartz. SSD right ear. No balance problems except when really tired, no headaches. Transear hearing aide made no difference, tried it for 4 months.

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Re: Hearing Aids
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2011, 07:50:52 pm »
I have hearing aids on both ears.  They are Unitron and the model is"yu".  They work very well be are a bit pricey at $2500 each.  But after I bought them I found information that there are many hearing aids they produce the same results and are a lot less expensive.

TJ
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Brewers7

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Re: Hearing Aids
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2011, 10:07:13 am »
My Transear (for ssd) was about $2700.00 and I am happy with it.
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mattsmum

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Re: Hearing Aids
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2011, 10:22:11 am »
i have a phonak nathos micro. i am afraid i have no idea of cost, as i am in uk and it is an nhs aid. phonak is a well respected make (says my teacher-of-the-deaf sister). it is sold as phonak versata. it has an open fitting which is very comfy, and is quite discreet. i have beige as that is all the nhs gives us, but can be bought in a range of colours! my loss is - 110dB.
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Heather Craig

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Re: Hearing Aids
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2011, 08:27:11 am »
Thanks everyone for the responses. Its nice to have an idea of what im lookin at price wise. and yes i am deaf in the left ear. when i was at my pcp yesterday she was checkin my ears and she drew a deep breath and said oh my... wow... u have no eardrum! I have hearing in the right ear but there is some hearing loss from having 4 tympanoplasties and a mastoidectomy when i was a child.
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