"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Phil Anthropist wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote:
So, we go to the GP, who says

"Go to the hospital"

Who say

"You need a hearing aid".

Big deal. We knew that.

So we ask 'OK how long?'

"Six months. And it will be the one WE decide to give to YOU, but it
will be free.."

Great. So..anyone had experience of COMMERCIAL PROVISION - types,
models, providers and the like esp. in East Anglia?

For those of you who know what it means my wife looks like her hearing
shelves from normal at 100Hz down to -50dB at 750Hz, where it plateaus
before falling off a cliff after 2.5Khz..I doubt anything over 8kHz is
audible at all..

She wants something in ear, for comfort, rather than cosmetic
reasons...but 50dB is apparently the bleeding edge as far as 'in ear'
technology goes..

Digital would seem to be a must.

I suppose what we ant now is a place to go and try stuff out without
having to commit to anything..Bury/Cambridge/Newmarket/Ely sorts of
areas for choice...

Digital hearing aids are available from NHS audiology centres but you
have to specifically request digital. There is usually a waiting list for
digital but they will supply a non-digital aid first.
No, today most will supply digital as standard. Certainly at the sorts of
amplification levels needed, analogue would be almost impossible to
achieve without feedback.


Our complaints are purely in the time to get one and the fact that it is
no choice when you do.

If you are that desperate and have lots of money to throw away, then go and
buy them, there will still be a wait for making the insert and fiting the
things.