[nabs-l] Hereing aids

[Sami Osborne]

Hi all,

I'm creating this thread for those of you on this list who  use 
hearing aids.
I'm just curious to know what kind of hearing aids you have, and 
whether they work for y; can you here well enough with them, 
depending on your hearing loss (moderate or severe?) Also, how 
much can you here without asking for people to repeat what 
they're saying? Also, do you wear the aids in both ears or just 
one?

  Let me tell you about my personal experience.  I use Bolero Q90 
hearing aids from Phonac, which I wear in both my ears.
I have moderate hearing loss in my right ear, and more severe in 
my left.
 I find them to be extremely effective in helping me with my 
hearing, as I don't have to ask people to repeat what they said 
most of the time.  In fact, my audiologist told me that my aids 
are one of the best so far.
These are my second pair of aids; I got my first pair 5 years 
ago, but they weren't good at all, as I had to constantly ask 
people for what they said.

I'm looking forward hearing about all your experiences.
Again, I'm not an audiologist and I'm not starting a project 
about this, I'm just curious to learn about hearing loss and 
hearing aids, and I know that there are people here who use them.

Hope to here from you soon.

Thanks,

Sami.