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Brewers7

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Sonnitus and eating
« on: November 29, 2010, 12:16:18 pm »
Do you have to take the devise out to eat?
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Kencutus

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Re: Sonnitus and eating
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2010, 01:21:59 pm »
LOL!  That's a good question.  I wonder if you would hear yourself eating if you had left it in.  ;)
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saralynn143

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Re: Sonnitus and eating
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2010, 01:43:27 pm »
I don't think you would hear yourself eating. The piece in the mouth transfers the sound, it does not pick it up.
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leapyrtwins

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Re: Sonnitus and eating
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2010, 10:53:39 pm »
I've been following the Sonnitus thread and this is one of my biggest concerns.

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Re: Sonnitus and eating
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2010, 01:13:56 am »
Yeah, mine, too. And if you're with friends, wouldn't that defeat the purpose?
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5/21/10 diagnosis: Left side AN: size 25X17; tinnitus with variable volume, garbled word recognition, disequilibrium.

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