"Richard" wrote in message
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"Michael Chare" wrote in message
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On 10/10/2013 19:25, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:46:37 +0100, Stephen wrote:

DOn't bother with Ebay.

+1

Get your relative down to the GP and ask for a referral to Audiology
and/or ENT.

The biggest hurdle will be getting elderly relative to admit that
they *may* have a problem and that *perhaps* a visit to the GP and
referral would be a good thing to do.


The problem is mobility. My relative is in a nursing home. Logically I
ought to be able to persuade her GP to make the necessary referral, but am
I likely to be able to get an Audiology specialist to make a visit? Can
they take whatever equipment they need with them?


Don't know where you live:
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Home+Vis...hs+Audiologist

NHS supplied hearing aid vastly improved my hearing. Plus side of NHS
hearing aid is continual free supply of batteries.

And spare parts, like the little plastic tubes. And they get repaired for
free. A relative of mine had an NHS pair, they're moulded exactly to their
ears and set up individually on a computer to exactly match their needs.
Plus the NHS ones work with those loop systems. You won't get any of that
buying them off Ebay, any "one size fits all" thing is doomed to fail. These
look like nothing more than cheap headphone rubber ear adaptors, I wear
those when I listen to music and they can get sore pretty quickly.