{"id":536,"date":"2013-04-27T11:10:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T16:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/butchieboy.info\/blog\/?p=536"},"modified":"2013-04-27T11:10:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T16:10:08","slug":"so-this-is-geezerville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/butchieboy.info\/blog\/2013\/04\/27\/so-this-is-geezerville\/","title":{"rendered":"So this is Geezerville!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hearing-aid\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I have been hurtling down this highway for some time now, but yesterday I officially arrived in Geezerville. Late in the morning I took possession of a couple of hearing aids. I have had hearing loss for quite a while which I attributed to an exploding bicycle tire many years ago. But the audiologist thought it was just old age that was to blame.<\/p>\n

I have fairly normal hearing in the low frequencies, up to about 1000Hz. Then it falls off sharply and plateaus in the higher frequencies at about 60dB.<\/p>\n

In the picture above you can see that the hearing aids are practically invisible, just a tiny wire that runs around the top front of my ear. The main circuitry is hidden behind my ear and the speaker is hidden inside my ear. They thoughtfully ordered a color that more or less matches my hair, grey.<\/p>\n

When she first put them in I thought they sounded kind of ringy and tinny, but she said that was normal and that I wouldn’t notice it after a little while. She was right. I also felt like I was in some sort of bubble. That went away too. All those sensations come back when I have had them out for a while, like when I am asleep, but quickly disappear after a minute or two.<\/p>\n

When I arrived home I got out of the van and was amazed by the sound of a leaf skittering across the drive way. I can easily hear people talking in the next room, which would have been impossible before. Last night we went to a restaurant which has always been a very difficult place for me to hear. It wasn’t perfect. I was still fairly challenged to hear things, but it was better I’ll have to admit.<\/p>\n

I can get a couple of really neat techno-gadgets, but the audiologist suggested I wait a couple of weeks because she thought I may not even need them. One was a lapel mic that links up to my smartphone and turns the hearing aids into a bluetooth receiver. Another is for doing the same thing with the TV. I can control the volume independent of how loud others are listening. The last do-dah is a mic that transmits directly to my earpieces. Presumably it is to be worn by Karen. That device is a non-starter.<\/p>\n

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