You may have just answered the reason why I accuse all my family of ‘mumbling’! I have known I have a ‘high frequency hearing loss’ for years – at least 12 – 15, but I thought their speaking was just not careful enough, I just want them to speak each word quite separately so that I can hear the words.

Working in the kitchen with the radio going, the rangehood going, and me facing an opposing wall, or looking out to the back garden, I am unable to hear people in another room.

Alison, you haven’t been old since the age of 12, you just went extreme measures to have more sensitive touch sense. Helps with the knitting. 😉

I love the comment from Serena!!!

One of my favorite quotes comes from a computer game (an ex-boyfriend was playing, not I): “Once a man has changed the relationship between himself and his environment, he cannot return to the blissful ignorance he left. Motion of necessity involves a change in perspective.”

As many would, I find it takes time to get use to the new knowledge – be it positive or not so positive… But adaptation is the key, isn’t it?

Enjoy the music! 🙂

You and meeeeee….against the world….. 🙂

Wishing you a speedy transition. At least you have knowledge and experience (and a good team) on your side!

I am glad to know you are getting all this figured out. Now you won’t have to be telling everyone to “speak up”.

I am sorry about your additional hearing loss, but glad your hearing aides have been adjusted to compensate, for the most part.
I’m off to see my parents today, it has been months.

Computer adjustments are worlds better than new hearing aids! Glad they could accommodate you.

I just got a package of knitted finger puppets from Peru that I bought through ebay. They’re very cute. The only one that didn’t appeal to me much was the spider man puppet. I prefer the animals and the real people. But that was the first one I gave away. The three year old who tries to stay out of trouble (sort of) while his single mother tries to sing during choir practice, was spider man for Halloween. I handed him the puppet and he recognized it immediately and it kept him (mostly) entertained until we were done.

I think we all should have our hearing tested regularly. Anyway, I’m so glad you’re hearing everything again. Too bad there’s no such thing as “selective hearing”! Ha! I can think of a few things I’d zone out. . . .

Ooooh, so nice to have your hearing back! Do your aids have volume control?

I think I’ve already told this joke, but it seems appropriate here:
About the elderly gentleman who was fitted with hearing aids and told to come back in a month to be sure they were adjusted properly. When the gentleman returned, the doctor asked him, “What does your family think of your new aids?” “Oh, I haven’t told them,” said the gentleman. “I’ve changed my will three times in the past month.”

Enjoy the music, watch out for meds (unusual for Dilaudid, much more common from diuertics and aminoglycosides (class of anti-biotics)).
Very glad you still have options.

Music is always great to liston but even more so this time of the year. Glad you are figuring it all out.

I sent this to my mother, who among other things is an audiologist. She thought it was very interesting. Not unheard-of and good that you figured out the cause of the temporary loss.

We’ve been trying to get my grandmother to try hearing aids. Only if they come with matched sets of earrings or studs, I’m afraid.

How about the leopard-print hearing aids? I’m serious, there are some.

Consonants are evil honey and throw e in for good measure:

e, d, p, t, g, v, b, z are all WAY too close to the same sound to get through to me on a good day.

Curious as to what your speech recognition scores are. And the same for me with train whistle and fire alarms.

Old when young sucks sometimes, and mine started when I was 9.

Hugs

hey, nice to know you were ahead of the curve even then!

Glad you can hear better these days. I have a great aunt who has had problems with her hearing since she was a child. Now I understand what she hears (or doesn’t.)

Yeah, I use the words ‘bar’ and ‘car’ to illustrate the importance of consonants to people.