[NFB-DB] hearing aid update

[Sterling Shadow Wolf]

Hi Gera,
I have not used Siemens in ages (not since 2001). But at that time it was
still a monologue hearing aid. From my experience, I say that Phonaks are
one of the best HAs out there. The audiologist at HKNC told me that this is
one of the best and most popular among DBs. Today I now use the brand new
Resound, I don't know the exact parent company name of this one. But unlike
the Phonaks, the Resound does not require "filter" changes. And best of
all, it pars well with my N6 CI and to my iPhone6+ for my bluetooth phone
clip, making it much easier and quicker to make and recieve phone calls
without pressing any buttons on your HAs or CIs. Both Phonaks and the
Resound are digital HAs. If your provider has these, I would highly
recommend them and try it out for yourself.

-Sterling

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 2:46 PM, Gerardo Corripio via NFB-DB <
nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> OK so I called my audiologist in case I needed to make an appointment this
> week since he's full, to go and adjust the hearing aid I mentioned earlier,
> and after explaining how I hear (what I explained to you'll earlier) he
> told me that there are different types of hearing aids; that the one he
> sold me, filters sound from the outside, thus that's why I'm hearing kind
> of weird with the Siemens, but that Wednesday he'll have a pair of Starkey,
> and to go and try them on. If the ase were that I hear better with the
> Starkey, my Dad will just have to pay  a difference. Is it true then that
> there are several types of hearing aids, those that filter sound from the
> environment, letting us hear voices, versus those hearing aids that as
> usual, let you hear everything? That's the explanation the audiologist
> gave, but since you guys know more than I on this subject, what do you guys
> make of this assumption?
>
>
> --
> Gera
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