As I was approaching 40, I was at a dental seminar with some colleagues who were 8-10 years older than I, and we were talking about our vision, and close-vision correction, i.e. "bifocals". One of these colleagues told me that his experience was that he started to notice he never had "enough light", and was always reaching up and playing with the light (you know, the one on the moveable arm the hovers right over your head when you are in the chair).
Anyway, he was spot-on for me. This is exactly the progression I went through over the next decade, until I started getting "Varilux" corrections in my eyeglasses.
So now I'm 65, clearly having to ask "what?", when people speak too fast, or indistinctly. I can hear, but I don't hear very well. I definitely have some considerable tinnitus.
What bugs me the most is watching TV. Some dialogue is fine, but when characters are speaking "sotto voce", especially women's voices, while I can hear them, I can't make out what they are saying.
I have no problem hearing the sports guys, but they are yelling all of the time, or news announcers who use clear diction with no background music, but anything soft or subtle is starting come across as indistinct mumbling.
For those of you with hearing aids, is this how you would describe your transition from acceptable hearing, to needing aids? Also, how did you do with your hearing aids? Are you happy? It seems to me that of the dozen or so folks I know who have them, only 1 or 2 find them an unqualified success.
Anyway, he was spot-on for me. This is exactly the progression I went through over the next decade, until I started getting "Varilux" corrections in my eyeglasses.
So now I'm 65, clearly having to ask "what?", when people speak too fast, or indistinctly. I can hear, but I don't hear very well. I definitely have some considerable tinnitus.
What bugs me the most is watching TV. Some dialogue is fine, but when characters are speaking "sotto voce", especially women's voices, while I can hear them, I can't make out what they are saying.
I have no problem hearing the sports guys, but they are yelling all of the time, or news announcers who use clear diction with no background music, but anything soft or subtle is starting come across as indistinct mumbling.
For those of you with hearing aids, is this how you would describe your transition from acceptable hearing, to needing aids? Also, how did you do with your hearing aids? Are you happy? It seems to me that of the dozen or so folks I know who have them, only 1 or 2 find them an unqualified success.