[nfb-db] Some Questions

[Janice Toothman]

Hi Kerri
I haven't heard of that kind of hearing aid. But it sounds interesting. 
I have been having problems with my hearing aids. I don't think that 
your problems is that uncommon. I know a lawyer her is deaf in one ear 
and has partial hearing in the other. I think she uses the hearing aid 
that you described. She has been quite successful in court wearing it. 
But other than that I don't have any personal experience with it but 
would like to know more.
Janice

On 9/11/2011 3:35 PM, Kerri Kosten wrote:
> Hi Everyone:
>
> I had a few questions.
>
> I am totally blind with a rather strange hearing loss. I have almost
> all of my hearing in my left ear and none whatsoever in my right.
>
> In 2005, an audiologist gave me a digital hearing aid for my left ear.
> About two years ago in 2009, I read about a hearing aid called the
> Bicros which is where you have a hearing aid in your ear that has
> hearing in it and in the deaf ear you wear a microphone. The sound the
> microphone picks up is transferred to the good ear that has hearing in
> it.
>
> Does anybody on this list wear this type of hearing aid or does anyone
> know anything about it? Is it something I should look into? It would
> be very nice if I could somehow get even a sense of hearing in my deaf
> ear.
>
> The hearing aid I got in 2005 helps some but I still have a lot of
> problems. Because I only have hearing in one ear I have a hard time
> localizing/telling what direction sounds are coming from.
>
> Another problem is that if there is a noise such as a tv on or
> something like that and a person tries to talk to me I can tell that
> they spoke but I can't tell what they said. It's like I can't hear
> over the other noise.
>
> If a person sits on my deaf side I can't tell what they are saying and
> so have to turn my head in order to hear them.
>
> This is all really getting annoying. Is this something a better/newer
> hearing aid such as the Bicros aid can fix or is this just a result of
> only having hearing in one ear?
>
> Is there anyone else on this list with hearing in only one ear or a
> similar situation?
>
> I am planning to get my blindness skills training at the Louisiana
> Center for The Blind. Has anyone else on this list who has hearing
> loss attended there? How was the training?
>
> As I mentioned earlier I only have hearing in one ear so it is hard
> for me to tell which direction sounds are coming from. I find I really
> enjoy using my cane to travel as opposed to always holding someone's
> arm. What is the best way to follow someone with your cane if you have
> trouble telling which direction they are coming from? Do you just ask
> them to give you verbal directions such as straight, left, or right?
>
> Thanks!
> Kerri
>
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