In a noisy environment, I would be just the opposite. No hearing aids and put in some ear plugs to protect my hearing. I don't have hearing aids, but I do have tinnitus, so I try to protect from loud noise.
I wear older Resound units. With the noise filter on they are fairly good. There are tons of adjustments / programs on modern aids. Are you experimenting with them any?
And finally, how long have you been wearing yours? I ask because it took me a long time to adjust to mine.
Good luck!
Murf
Years ago, I tried a hearing aid at Sams. Leaving the sound-proof booth, the environment in the store was very uncomfortable due to back-ground noise level. I've waited this long to reconsider. I plan to try Costco as they have a reasonably good reputation. Just not looking forward to the process and expense. YMMV
FWIW, when I got my Costco HAs three years ago, they initially set the volume at about 80% of what the test said I needed. After I wore them for a month or two to allow my brain to adjust to them, they increased the volume to where it should be.
The great thing about having your HA's linked to an app on your phone is you can quickly choose a setting that reduces background noise, something I often do when in a restaurant - or in a house full of my relatives.
Heh, heh, I struggle with texting and getting my voice mail. I hope such a HA app is idiot proof.
On an unrelated point, I'm taken back to two good friends who lived in our building. We would visit back and forth and every other time or so we got together, one of their HAs would begin to whistle (what is that??). They seemed to take the noise in stride and simply turned the offending device off (I think.) The sound was irritating to ME and I was simply sitting next to them. I can't imagine that noise directly in my ear.
I'm still bothered by loud noise - so I can "hear." I just can't hear vowels very well. YMMV
On an unrelated point, I'm taken back to two good friends who lived in our building. We would visit back and forth and every other time or so we got together, one of their HAs would begin to whistle (what is that??). They seemed to take the noise in stride and simply turned the offending device off (I think.) The sound was irritating to ME and I was simply sitting next to them. I can't imagine that noise directly in my ear.
I'm still bothered by loud noise - so I can "hear." I just can't hear vowels very well. YMMV
As noted, it's feedback. But it's not necessarily as annoying as you might think. I have one hearing aid that can feed back, but that's because the gain on it is really high, which is because the hearing loss in that ear is really bad. So the feedback sounds loud to other people, but it's nowhere near as loud when it's in MY deaf ear.one of their HAs would begin to whistle (what is that??). They seemed to take the noise in stride and simply turned the offending device off (I think.) The sound was irritating to ME and I was simply sitting next to them. I can't imagine that noise directly in my ear.
That's interesting. It's usually the consonants that people can't hear, so they can't tell the difference between "tick" and "click." Or "tick" and "fit," for that matter. Most people who can hear but have difficulty with speech can tell the difference between "tick" and "tock."I'm still bothered by loud noise - so I can "hear." I just can't hear vowels very well. YMMV
As noted, it's feedback. But it's not necessarily as annoying as you might think. I have one hearing aid that can feed back, but that's because the gain on it is really high, which is because the hearing loss in that ear is really bad. So the feedback sounds loud to other people, but it's nowhere near as loud when it's in MY deaf ear.
It's still annoying, but not actually that loud--to that ear. When I remove that hearing aid, it always feeds back, and my better ear tells me, "Good god that's loud."
Fancy hearing aids can help manage feedback, but with certain amounts of gain, they might not be able to eliminate it entirely.
That's interesting. It's usually the consonants that people can't hear, so they can't tell the difference between "tick" and "click." Or "tick" and "fit," for that matter. Most people who can hear but have difficulty with speech can tell the difference between "tick" and "tock."
To the OP: Are you wanting to be able to hear what people are saying when you're playing pickleball in the gym? Personally, I think hearing aids do some over-promising in challenging conditions like that. I've tried "restaurant" settings, and "block-noise-from-behind" settings, and I've never been able to discern that much improvement. What did your audiologist say?
I have expensive Phonak hearing aids. I play pickleball indoors in a gym. I can't hear a thing in that gym.
Anyone have hearing aids that work in loud environments?
Mine say they do.....but they don't.
I TURNED 70 THIS YEAR, and decided to finally do something about the hearing loss I’ve experienced over the past few years. In other words, get hearing aids.
I asked my older sister for advice. She told me she ended up spending $4,000 to $5,000 for her hearing aids a few years ago. She also said she wishes she’d asked her friends for advice first.
My sister doesn’t consider herself wealthy but has a few friends who are. She told me that, when she later asked these well-appointed ladies where they’d gotten their hearing aids, they replied—to a woman— “Oh, my dear, Costco is the only way to go.”
The "hearing" part of the brain doesn't die. The theory is that if that part of the brain isn't appropriately stimulated because of hearing loss, it gets taken over by other brain functions (neuroplasticity).What they also said was that not hearing those frequencies in the part of the brain that would normally hear them will cause that part of the brain to die... I kid you not. And as if that wasn't enough, loss of hearing can cause dementia. I think the last 2 statements are BS but...
No one, or no one with hearing aids?They were basically no help about the noisy environment. My ENT...who I really like.....said no one hears well in a noisy gym.