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Deaf/Hard of Hearing

deafskeptic

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8. I don't think amplifier would have helped me or other deaf with profound hearing losses.

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 05:27 PM

Sep 2014

I think it would help with mild to moderate nerve deafness but not for those people like me who have profound nerve deafness.

The problem is that amplified sounds can get distorted for those people who have severe to profound nerve deafness.

About the only thing I can hear without either HA or CI is an airplane or lightning striking a tower (it sounded like a car crash to me).

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No money for hearing aids [View all] left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 OP

talk to a local audiologist about refurbished ones. I got them for $400. uppityperson Oct 2012 #1

Hey Frank, hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha uppityperson Oct 2012 #3

Check with your local VR office BillE Oct 2012 #2

DRS in VA didn't help me but Lions helped me and got a refurnished HA many years ago. deafskeptic Sep 2014 #5

Before I ever was able to afford hearing aids, I used a cheap little amplifier from tblue37 Dec 2013 #4

I know that the Lion's Club helps people with reconditioned glasses. Perhaps they tblue37 Sep 2014 #6

I don't think amplifier would have helped me or other deaf with profound hearing losses. deafskeptic Sep 2014 #8

My hearing loss is progressive, so it is worse now than it was then, but even tblue37 Sep 2014 #9

Oh, BTW, when I did finally manage to buy my high end digital aids tblue37 Sep 2014 #7

Me, too. Need 2 hearing aids. They told me $5,000. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2014 #10

Cost of hearing aids can be deucted ... left-of-center2012 Oct 2014 #11

veteran? blackcrowflies Dec 2014 #12