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Have they improved much over the past few yeasr.
Quote: They can recognise your favourite restaurant Modern digital hearing aids are self-learning. That means they get to know your preferred settings for places you go to and adjust automatically. They know when youre having a one-to-one conversation Our hearing aids dont just turn up the volume, they identify the sounds you want to hear and filter out the ones you dont. So even in a noisy room, you can hear the person youre talking to clearly above the background chatter. They can help you watch TV Special technology can send the sound from your TV or stereo direct to your hearing aids. So you can easily hear your favourite programmes or listen to music without disturbing others. So clever, they can answer your phone for you With a discreet remote control in your pocket or handbag, you can answer your mobile phone at the click of a button. Youll enjoy clear conversations as you listen to the call through your hearing aids. They even listen to each other At Specsavers we give you two hearing aids for the price of one, programmed to work together. So when the settings in one hearing aid change, the other responds to give you perfectly balanced, all-round hearing. Is all if this true or is it marketing hype? |
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On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 17:01:56 +0100, Martin Brown
wrote: Try the NHS first before you part with any money for a private one. +1 NHS ones clip over the back of the ear and have a custom moulding to fit the ear. Most of the private ones now fit entirely inside the ear. That depends on the size of the ear canal. I have one with a mould and one with a standard insert, that comes in different sizes. |
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On 03/07/2019 20:08, Richard wrote:
On 03/07/2019 15:55, wrote: Have they improved much over the past few yeasr. Quote: They can recognise your favourite restaurant Modern digital hearing aids are self-learning. That means they get to know your preferred settings for places you go to and adjust automatically. My NHS Siemens aid is modern but doesn't do that. They know when youre having a one-to-one conversation Our hearing aids dont just turn up the volume, they identify the sounds you want to hear and filter out the ones you dont. So even in a noisy room, you can hear the person youre talking to clearly above the background chatter. Nor that. I suspect they may have some better microphone directionality towards the way you are facing than the older models. You have to take marketing claims with a good pinch of salt. They can help you watch TV Special technology can send the sound from your TV or stereo direct to your hearing aids. So you can easily hear your favourite programmes or listen to music without disturbing others. Or that. It must surely have a T-loop setting - although they have become a bit redundant now that the processing of speech is so good. You probably have to press a fiddly little button somewhere to use that mode. So clever, they can answer your phone for you With a discreet remote control in your pocket or handbag, you can answer your mobile phone at the click of a button. Youll enjoy clear conversations as you listen to the call through your hearing aids. No. The discrete remote in your pocket is the bit that NHS kit is missing. I don't know if any NHS ones support bluetooth yet. My fathers didn't. They even listen to each other At Specsavers we give you two hearing aids for the price of one, programmed to work together. So when the settings in one hearing aid change, the other responds to give you perfectly balanced, all-round hearing. I only have one, but I'm betting if I had two they wouldn't do that. They will give you a pair if your weaker ear deteriorates. Is all if this true or is it marketing hype? Probably true to an extent for a price. Considering the cost of mine, I'd say that I really couldn't be more satisfied. And ISTR you get free batteries on the NHS (maybe only for pensioners). -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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On Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 8:59:34 AM UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote:
On 03/07/2019 20:08, Richard wrote: On 03/07/2019 15:55, wrote: Have they improved much over the past few yeasr. Quote: They can recognise your favourite restaurant Modern digital hearing aids are self-learning. That means they get to know your preferred settings for places you go to and adjust automatically. My NHS Siemens aid is modern but doesn't do that. They know when youre having a one-to-one conversation Our hearing aids dont just turn up the volume, they identify the sounds you want to hear and filter out the ones you dont. So even in a noisy room, you can hear the person youre talking to clearly above the background chatter. Nor that. I suspect they may have some better microphone directionality towards the way you are facing than the older models. You have to take marketing claims with a good pinch of salt. They can help you watch TV Special technology can send the sound from your TV or stereo direct to your hearing aids. So you can easily hear your favourite programmes or listen to music without disturbing others. Or that. It must surely have a T-loop setting - although they have become a bit redundant now that the processing of speech is so good. You probably have to press a fiddly little button somewhere to use that mode. So clever, they can answer your phone for you With a discreet remote control in your pocket or handbag, you can answer your mobile phone at the click of a button. Youll enjoy clear conversations as you listen to the call through your hearing aids. No. The discrete remote in your pocket is the bit that NHS kit is missing. I don't know if any NHS ones support bluetooth yet. My fathers didn't. They even listen to each other At Specsavers we give you two hearing aids for the price of one, programmed to work together. So when the settings in one hearing aid change, the other responds to give you perfectly balanced, all-round hearing. I only have one, but I'm betting if I had two they wouldn't do that. They will give you a pair if your weaker ear deteriorates. Is all if this true or is it marketing hype? Probably true to an extent for a price. Considering the cost of mine, I'd say that I really couldn't be more satisfied. And ISTR you get free batteries on the NHS (maybe only for pensioners). -- Regards, Martin Brown Thanks to all for the replies. Specsavers have a 90 day money back guarantee so that might be the way to assess the situation |
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wrote: On Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 8:59:34 AM UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote: On 03/07/2019 20:08, Richard wrote: On 03/07/2019 15:55, wrote: Have they improved much over the past few yeasr. Quote: They can recognise your favourite restaurant Modern digital hearing aids are self-learning. That means they get to know your preferred settings for places you go to and adjust automatically. My NHS Siemens aid is modern but doesn't do that. They know when you‘re having a one-to-one conversation Our hearing aids don‘t just turn up the volume, they identify the sounds you want to hear and filter out the ones you don‘t. So even in a noisy room, you can hear the person you‘re talking to clearly above the background chatter. Nor that. I suspect they may have some better microphone directionality towards the way you are facing than the older models. You have to take marketing claims with a good pinch of salt. They can help you watch TV Special technology can send the sound from your TV or stereo direct to your hearing aids. So you can easily hear your favourite programmes or listen to music without disturbing others. Or that. It must surely have a T-loop setting - although they have become a bit redundant now that the processing of speech is so good. You probably have to press a fiddly little button somewhere to use that mode. So clever, they can answer your phone for you With a discreet remote control in your pocket or handbag, you can answer your mobile phone at the click of a button. You‘ll enjoy clear conversations as you listen to the call through your hearing aids. No. The discrete remote in your pocket is the bit that NHS kit is missing. I don't know if any NHS ones support bluetooth yet. My fathers didn't. They even listen to each other At Specsavers we give you two hearing aids for the price of one, programmed to work together. So when the settings in one hearing aid change, the other responds to give you perfectly balanced, all-round hearing. I only have one, but I'm betting if I had two they wouldn't do that. They will give you a pair if your weaker ear deteriorates. Is all if this true or is it marketing hype? Probably true to an extent for a price. Considering the cost of mine, I'd say that I really couldn't be more satisfied. And ISTR you get free batteries on the NHS (maybe only for pensioners). -- Regards, Martin Brown Thanks to all for the replies. Specsavers have a 90 day money back guarantee so that might be the way to assess the situation so, I understand, do Boots. -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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On 04/07/2019 13:20, wrote:
On Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 8:59:34 AM UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote: On 03/07/2019 20:08, Richard wrote: On 03/07/2019 15:55, wrote: Have they improved much over the past few yeasr. Quote: They can recognise your favourite restaurant Modern digital hearing aids are self-learning. That means they get to know your preferred settings for places you go to and adjust automatically. My NHS Siemens aid is modern but doesn't do that. They know when youre having a one-to-one conversation Our hearing aids dont just turn up the volume, they identify the sounds you want to hear and filter out the ones you dont. So even in a noisy room, you can hear the person youre talking to clearly above the background chatter. Nor that. I suspect they may have some better microphone directionality towards the way you are facing than the older models. You have to take marketing claims with a good pinch of salt. They can help you watch TV Special technology can send the sound from your TV or stereo direct to your hearing aids. So you can easily hear your favourite programmes or listen to music without disturbing others. Or that. It must surely have a T-loop setting - although they have become a bit redundant now that the processing of speech is so good. You probably have to press a fiddly little button somewhere to use that mode. So clever, they can answer your phone for you With a discreet remote control in your pocket or handbag, you can answer your mobile phone at the click of a button. Youll enjoy clear conversations as you listen to the call through your hearing aids. No. The discrete remote in your pocket is the bit that NHS kit is missing. I don't know if any NHS ones support bluetooth yet. My fathers didn't. They even listen to each other At Specsavers we give you two hearing aids for the price of one, programmed to work together. So when the settings in one hearing aid change, the other responds to give you perfectly balanced, all-round hearing. I only have one, but I'm betting if I had two they wouldn't do that. They will give you a pair if your weaker ear deteriorates. Is all if this true or is it marketing hype? Probably true to an extent for a price. Considering the cost of mine, I'd say that I really couldn't be more satisfied. And ISTR you get free batteries on the NHS (maybe only for pensioners). -- Regards, Martin Brown Thanks to all for the replies. Specsavers have a 90 day money back guarantee so that might be the way to assess the situation If your hearing is impaired, see your GP for a referral. Specsavers will then assess your hearing and if it falls below a certain level they can supply NHS hearing aids, or you can pay for others. I could have had my aid programmed with a few of the perks, but chose not to. The batteries for my aid are free and I'm not an OAP. |
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On 04/07/2019 14:23, Richard wrote:
On 04/07/2019 13:20, wrote: On Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 8:59:34 AM UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote: And ISTR you get free batteries on the NHS (maybe only for pensioners). Thanks to all for the replies. Specsavers have a 90 day money back guarantee so that might be the way to assess the situation If your hearing is impaired, see your GP for a referral. Specsavers will then assess your hearing and if it falls below a certain level they can supply NHS hearing aids, or you can pay for others. I could have had my aid programmed with a few of the perks, but chose not to. The batteries for my aid are free and I'm not an OAP. An outpost of the NHS audiology department at a nearby health centre did my parents hearing aid tests in a purpose build sound proofed room. Unless you are very fashion conscious I would suggest you check out what the NHS hearing aids can do for your hearing before buying one. A fair amount of the fitting expertise is in matching the device to your remaining hearing sensitivity and fine tuning it. If you are paying for that skill privately then the costs can rapidly mount up. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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On 04/07/2019 16:47, Martin Brown wrote:
On 04/07/2019 14:23, Richard wrote: On 04/07/2019 13:20, wrote: On Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 8:59:34 AM UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote: And ISTR you get free batteries on the NHS (maybe only for pensioners). Thanks to all for the replies. Specsavers have a 90 day money back guarantee so that might be the way to assess the situation If your hearing is impaired, see your GP for a referral. Specsavers will then assess your hearing and if it falls below a certain level they can supply NHS hearing aids, or you can pay for others. I could have had my aid programmed with a few of the perks, but chose not to. The batteries for my aid are free and I'm not an OAP. An outpost of the NHS audiology department at a nearby health centre did my parents hearing aid tests in a purpose build sound proofed room. Unless you are very fashion conscious I would suggest you check out what the NHS hearing aids can do for your hearing before buying one. A fair amount of the fitting expertise is in matching the device to your remaining hearing sensitivity and fine tuning it. If you are paying for that skill privately then the costs can rapidly mount up. You are a tad out of date. Specsavers (and others) now do NHS hearing services. The unit in Royal South Hants hospital where I got my first hearing aid no longer does the service which I receive. Specsavers will provide, absolutely free, NHS hearing aids to anyone whose hearing is sufficiently compromised. |
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wrote: On 04/07/2019 13:20, wrote: On Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 8:59:34 AM UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote: On 03/07/2019 20:08, Richard wrote: On 03/07/2019 15:55, wrote: Have they improved much over the past few yeasr. Quote: They can recognise your favourite restaurant Modern digital hearing aids are self-learning. That means they get to know your preferred settings for places you go to and adjust automatically. My NHS Siemens aid is modern but doesn't do that. They know when you‘re having a one-to-one conversation Our hearing aids don‘t just turn up the volume, they identify the sounds you want to hear and filter out the ones you don‘t. So even in a noisy room, you can hear the person you‘re talking to clearly above the background chatter. Nor that. I suspect they may have some better microphone directionality towards the way you are facing than the older models. You have to take marketing claims with a good pinch of salt. They can help you watch TV Special technology can send the sound from your TV or stereo direct to your hearing aids. So you can easily hear your favourite programmes or listen to music without disturbing others. Or that. It must surely have a T-loop setting - although they have become a bit redundant now that the processing of speech is so good. You probably have to press a fiddly little button somewhere to use that mode. So clever, they can answer your phone for you With a discreet remote control in your pocket or handbag, you can answer your mobile phone at the click of a button. You‘ll enjoy clear conversations as you listen to the call through your hearing aids. No. The discrete remote in your pocket is the bit that NHS kit is missing. I don't know if any NHS ones support bluetooth yet. My fathers didn't. They even listen to each other At Specsavers we give you two hearing aids for the price of one, programmed to work together. So when the settings in one hearing aid change, the other responds to give you perfectly balanced, all-round hearing. I only have one, but I'm betting if I had two they wouldn't do that. They will give you a pair if your weaker ear deteriorates. Is all if this true or is it marketing hype? Probably true to an extent for a price. Considering the cost of mine, I'd say that I really couldn't be more satisfied. And ISTR you get free batteries on the NHS (maybe only for pensioners). -- Regards, Martin Brown Thanks to all for the replies. Specsavers have a 90 day money back guarantee so that might be the way to assess the situation If your hearing is impaired, see your GP for a referral. Specsavers will then assess your hearing and if it falls below a certain level they can supply NHS hearing aids, or you can pay for others. I could have had my aid programmed with a few of the perks, but chose not to. The batteries for my aid are free and I'm not an OAP. But you are able to claim a "Disabled Person's Railcard". -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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On 04/07/2019 19:12, charles wrote:
In article , Richard wrote: On 04/07/2019 13:20, wrote: On Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 8:59:34 AM UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote: On 03/07/2019 20:08, Richard wrote: On 03/07/2019 15:55, wrote: Have they improved much over the past few yeasr. Quote: They can recognise your favourite restaurant Modern digital hearing aids are self-learning. That means they get to know your preferred settings for places you go to and adjust automatically. My NHS Siemens aid is modern but doesn't do that. They know when you€˜re having a one-to-one conversation Our hearing aids don€˜t just turn up the volume, they identify the sounds you want to hear and filter out the ones you don€˜t. So even in a noisy room, you can hear the person you€˜re talking to clearly above the background chatter. Nor that. I suspect they may have some better microphone directionality towards the way you are facing than the older models. You have to take marketing claims with a good pinch of salt. They can help you watch TV Special technology can send the sound from your TV or stereo direct to your hearing aids. So you can easily hear your favourite programmes or listen to music without disturbing others. Or that. It must surely have a T-loop setting - although they have become a bit redundant now that the processing of speech is so good. You probably have to press a fiddly little button somewhere to use that mode. So clever, they can answer your phone for you With a discreet remote control in your pocket or handbag, you can answer your mobile phone at the click of a button. You€˜ll enjoy clear conversations as you listen to the call through your hearing aids. No. The discrete remote in your pocket is the bit that NHS kit is missing. I don't know if any NHS ones support bluetooth yet. My fathers didn't. They even listen to each other At Specsavers we give you two hearing aids for the price of one, programmed to work together. So when the settings in one hearing aid change, the other responds to give you perfectly balanced, all-round hearing. I only have one, but I'm betting if I had two they wouldn't do that. They will give you a pair if your weaker ear deteriorates. Is all if this true or is it marketing hype? Probably true to an extent for a price. Considering the cost of mine, I'd say that I really couldn't be more satisfied. And ISTR you get free batteries on the NHS (maybe only for pensioners). -- Regards, Martin Brown Thanks to all for the replies. Specsavers have a 90 day money back guarantee so that might be the way to assess the situation If your hearing is impaired, see your GP for a referral. Specsavers will then assess your hearing and if it falls below a certain level they can supply NHS hearing aids, or you can pay for others. I could have had my aid programmed with a few of the perks, but chose not to. The batteries for my aid are free and I'm not an OAP. But you are able to claim a "Disabled Person's Railcard". Which I won't because I don't see the logic. |
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wrote: Have they improved much over the past few yeasr. Quote: They can recognise your favourite restaurant Modern digital hearing aids are self-learning. That means they get to know your preferred settings for places you go to and adjust automatically. They know when you‘re having a one-to-one conversation Our hearing aids don‘t just turn up the volume, they identify the sounds you want to hear and filter out the ones you don‘t. So even in a noisy room, you can hear the person you‘re talking to clearly above the background chatter. They can help you watch TV Special technology can send the sound from your TV or stereo direct to your hearing aids. So you can easily hear your favourite programmes or listen to music without disturbing others. So clever, they can answer your phone for you With a discreet remote control in your pocket or handbag, you can answer your mobile phone at the click of a button. You‘ll enjoy clear conversations as you listen to the call through your hearing aids. They even listen to each other At Specsavers we give you two hearing aids for the price of one, programmed to work together. So when the settings in one hearing aid change, the other responds to give you perfectly balanced, all-round hearing. Is all if this true or is it marketing hype? Had a 'works' reunion the other day, and as is to be expected several had hearing aids. One such was the old HOD. Who was a superb sound mixer in his day - responsible for Rock Follies and many similar. Not short of a few bob, he ended up with NHS units. One for each ear. And fitted them with windgags from personal mics, to stop the wind noise when cycling, as he had done to this meeting. Looked like he had a couple of small mice behind his ears. ;-) But was very please how they worked - and preferred that over looks as many at over 80 might agree. -- *If God had wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 04/07/2019 17:02, Richard wrote:
On 04/07/2019 16:47, Martin Brown wrote: On 04/07/2019 14:23, Richard wrote: On 04/07/2019 13:20, wrote: On Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 8:59:34 AM UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote: And ISTR you get free batteries on the NHS (maybe only for pensioners). Thanks to all for the replies. Specsavers have a 90 day money back guarantee so that might be the way to assess the situation If your hearing is impaired, see your GP for a referral. Specsavers will then assess your hearing and if it falls below a certain level they can supply NHS hearing aids, or you can pay for others. I could have had my aid programmed with a few of the perks, but chose not to. The batteries for my aid are free and I'm not an OAP. An outpost of the NHS audiology department at a nearby health centre did my parents hearing aid tests in a purpose build sound proofed room. Unless you are very fashion conscious I would suggest you check out what the NHS hearing aids can do for your hearing before buying one. A fair amount of the fitting expertise is in matching the device to your remaining hearing sensitivity and fine tuning it. If you are paying for that skill privately then the costs can rapidly mount up. You are a tad out of date. Specsavers (and others) now do NHS hearing services. The unit in Royal South Hants hospital where I got my first hearing aid no longer does the service which I receive. Specsavers will provide, absolutely free, NHS hearing aids to anyone whose hearing is sufficiently compromised. But the NHS only provides the first one 'free'. Lose it at your peril. And be very, very wary of being admitted to hospital because modern digital hearing aids are expensive and 'disappear' very easily. |
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On 05/07/2019 15:47, Andrew wrote:
On 04/07/2019 17:02, Richard wrote: On 04/07/2019 16:47, Martin Brown wrote: On 04/07/2019 14:23, Richard wrote: On 04/07/2019 13:20, wrote: On Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 8:59:34 AM UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote: And ISTR you get free batteries on the NHS (maybe only for pensioners). Thanks to all for the replies. Specsavers have a 90 day money back guarantee so that might be the way to assess the situation If your hearing is impaired, see your GP for a referral. Specsavers will then assess your hearing and if it falls below a certain level they can supply NHS hearing aids, or you can pay for others. I could have had my aid programmed with a few of the perks, but chose not to. The batteries for my aid are free and I'm not an OAP. An outpost of the NHS audiology department at a nearby health centre did my parents hearing aid tests in a purpose build sound proofed room. Unless you are very fashion conscious I would suggest you check out what the NHS hearing aids can do for your hearing before buying one. A fair amount of the fitting expertise is in matching the device to your remaining hearing sensitivity and fine tuning it. If you are paying for that skill privately then the costs can rapidly mount up. You are a tad out of date. Specsavers (and others) now do NHS hearing services. The unit in Royal South Hants hospital where I got my first hearing aid no longer does the service which I receive. Specsavers will provide, absolutely free, NHS hearing aids to anyone whose hearing is sufficiently compromised. But the NHS only provides the first one 'free'. Lose it at your peril. And be very, very wary of being admitted to hospital because modern digital hearing aids are expensive and 'disappear' very easily. If lost, the replacement will cost all of about 70 quid. FWIW, I did lose mine last year. The replacement cost all of nothing as it was fairly old. The replacement was done at the local Specsavers. Original aid had a moulded earpiece, the replacement a soft one with thin tube. Unfortunately there was too much feedback with this and I tolerated it for quite some time. Specsavers fiddled with levels at various frequencies to try and alleviate the problem. On Monday of this week, I received a new moulded earpiece which was fitted at the same Specsavers. This has a larger bore tube which can cope better with the volume required. The aid was reprogrammed to accommodate the new fitting. All this at no cost, except to the public purse. As for being admitted to hospital and things getting stolen, I guess anything pocketable of value is fair game. |
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On 05/07/2019 16:07, Richard wrote:
On 05/07/2019 15:47, Andrew wrote: On 04/07/2019 17:02, Richard wrote: On 04/07/2019 16:47, Martin Brown wrote: On 04/07/2019 14:23, Richard wrote: On 04/07/2019 13:20, wrote: On Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 8:59:34 AM UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote: And ISTR you get free batteries on the NHS (maybe only for pensioners). Thanks to all for the replies. Specsavers have a 90 day money back guarantee so that might be the way to assess the situation If your hearing is impaired, see your GP for a referral. Specsavers will then assess your hearing and if it falls below a certain level they can supply NHS hearing aids, or you can pay for others. I could have had my aid programmed with a few of the perks, but chose not to. The batteries for my aid are free and I'm not an OAP. An outpost of the NHS audiology department at a nearby health centre did my parents hearing aid tests in a purpose build sound proofed room. Unless you are very fashion conscious I would suggest you check out what the NHS hearing aids can do for your hearing before buying one. A fair amount of the fitting expertise is in matching the device to your remaining hearing sensitivity and fine tuning it. If you are paying for that skill privately then the costs can rapidly mount up. You are a tad out of date. Specsavers (and others) now do NHS hearing services. The unit in Royal South Hants hospital where I got my first hearing aid no longer does the service which I receive. Specsavers will provide, absolutely free, NHS hearing aids to anyone whose hearing is sufficiently compromised. But the NHS only provides the first one 'free'. Lose it at your peril. And be very, very wary of being admitted to hospital because modern digital hearing aids are expensive and 'disappear' very easily. If lost, the replacement will cost all of about 70 quid. FWIW, I did lose mine last year. The replacement cost all of nothing as it was fairly old. The replacement was done at the local Specsavers. Original aid had a moulded earpiece, the replacement a soft one with thin tube. Unfortunately there was too much feedback with this and I tolerated it for quite some time. Specsavers fiddled with levels at various frequencies to try and alleviate the problem. On Monday of this week, I received a new moulded earpiece which was fitted at the same Specsavers. This has a larger bore tube which can cope better with the volume required. The aid was reprogrammed to accommodate the new fitting. All this at no cost, except to the public purse. As for being admitted to hospital and things getting stolen, I guess anything pocketable of value is fair game. NHS Wales charges £65, but the pdf document has this line :- "Patients will always be provided with replacement hearing aid(s), whether or not they agree to pay." So for some that means 'free', even if they deliberately 'lost' it to get an upgrade. |
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On 05/07/2019 16:39, Andrew wrote:
On 05/07/2019 16:07, Richard wrote: On 05/07/2019 15:47, Andrew wrote: On 04/07/2019 17:02, Richard wrote: On 04/07/2019 16:47, Martin Brown wrote: On 04/07/2019 14:23, Richard wrote: On 04/07/2019 13:20, wrote: On Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 8:59:34 AM UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote: And ISTR you get free batteries on the NHS (maybe only for pensioners). Thanks to all for the replies. Specsavers have a 90 day money back guarantee so that might be the way to assess the situation If your hearing is impaired, see your GP for a referral. Specsavers will then assess your hearing and if it falls below a certain level they can supply NHS hearing aids, or you can pay for others. I could have had my aid programmed with a few of the perks, but chose not to. The batteries for my aid are free and I'm not an OAP. An outpost of the NHS audiology department at a nearby health centre did my parents hearing aid tests in a purpose build sound proofed room. Unless you are very fashion conscious I would suggest you check out what the NHS hearing aids can do for your hearing before buying one. A fair amount of the fitting expertise is in matching the device to your remaining hearing sensitivity and fine tuning it. If you are paying for that skill privately then the costs can rapidly mount up. You are a tad out of date. Specsavers (and others) now do NHS hearing services. The unit in Royal South Hants hospital where I got my first hearing aid no longer does the service which I receive. Specsavers will provide, absolutely free, NHS hearing aids to anyone whose hearing is sufficiently compromised. But the NHS only provides the first one 'free'. Lose it at your peril. And be very, very wary of being admitted to hospital because modern digital hearing aids are expensive and 'disappear' very easily. If lost, the replacement will cost all of about 70 quid. FWIW, I did lose mine last year. The replacement cost all of nothing as it was fairly old. The replacement was done at the local Specsavers. Original aid had a moulded earpiece, the replacement a soft one with thin tube. Unfortunately there was too much feedback with this and I tolerated it for quite some time. Specsavers fiddled with levels at various frequencies to try and alleviate the problem. On Monday of this week, I received a new moulded earpiece which was fitted at the same Specsavers. This has a larger bore tube which can cope better with the volume required. The aid was reprogrammed to accommodate the new fitting. All this at no cost, except to the public purse. As for being admitted to hospital and things getting stolen, I guess anything pocketable of value is fair game. NHS Wales charges £65, but the pdf document has this line :- "Patients will always be provided with replacement hearing aid(s), whether or not they agree to pay." So for some that means 'free', even if they deliberately 'lost' it to get an upgrade. Your point is? |
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Some time before I got mine from the local hospital audiology department our lass had gone to Specsavers in response to deteriorating hearing. They performed various tests and suggested she needed to spend around three thousand quid.
She came home, made a gp surgery appointment and had her ears tested to a basic level at the surgery. They referred her to hospital audiology for soundproof room testing and she was prescribed a discreet digital aid. The responses were programmed to follow closely the frequency ranges determined by the test. Batteries last about a week and are issued free at the local surgery. Some time later she complained I only heard part of what she had said so I followed the nhs route. After a few weeks bedding in time I wasn't happy with the high frequencies response as they seemed too loud. A return visit and the unit programming changed. All is good now and sounds I hadn't realised I was missing are heard clearly. All this was free via the nhs instead of a small fortune at Specsavers. |
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Richard wrote: As for being admitted to hospital and things getting stolen, I guess anything pocketable of value is fair game. My local hospital provided a locker for things like your phone etc, when having day surgery. -- *Rehab is for quitters. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 06/07/2019 12:13, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Richard wrote: As for being admitted to hospital and things getting stolen, I guess anything pocketable of value is fair game. My local hospital provided a locker for things like your phone etc, when having day surgery. I'd rather hoped that would be the case. Andrew was being a tad alarmist. |
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Richard wrote: On 06/07/2019 12:13, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , Richard wrote: As for being admitted to hospital and things getting stolen, I guess anything pocketable of value is fair game. My local hospital provided a locker for things like your phone etc, when having day surgery. I'd rather hoped that would be the case. Andrew was being a tad alarmist. I was actually quite impressed. They put bar code stickers on things like your specs if you wished to wear them for as long as possible before going under the knife. Everything else went in the locker. In a vast place like the average hospital with all and sundry likely to be there, it would be surprising if there wasn't some pilfering. So it makes sense to only take the bare essentials with you. You don't actually need a gold Rolex or diamond necklace in hospital. -- *That's it! I‘m calling grandma! Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 06/07/2019 15:11, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Richard wrote: On 06/07/2019 12:13, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , Richard wrote: As for being admitted to hospital and things getting stolen, I guess anything pocketable of value is fair game. My local hospital provided a locker for things like your phone etc, when having day surgery. I'd rather hoped that would be the case. Andrew was being a tad alarmist. I was actually quite impressed. They put bar code stickers on things like your specs if you wished to wear them for as long as possible before going under the knife. Everything else went in the locker. Hopefully I can avoid the knife thing for a long time. In a vast place like the average hospital with all and sundry likely to be there, it would be surprising if there wasn't some pilfering. So it makes sense to only take the bare essentials with you. You don't actually need a gold Rolex or diamond necklace in hospital. Just as well, I own neither |
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On Sat, 06 Jul 2019 15:11:27 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In a vast place like the average hospital with all and sundry likely to be there, it would be surprising if there wasn't some pilfering. So it makes sense to only take the bare essentials with you. You don't actually need a gold Rolex or diamond necklace in hospital. So what do you do, then, Dave? Stick your diamond-bezel Rolex in the glovebox of your Porsche? Then claim your free parking? -- Leave first - THEN negotiate! |
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On 06/07/2019 12:44, Richard wrote:
On 06/07/2019 12:13, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , Â*Â*Â* Richard wrote: As for being admitted to hospital and things getting stolen, I guess anything pocketable of value is fair game. My local hospital provided a locker for things like your phone etc, when having day surgery. I'd rather hoped that would be the case. Andrew was being a tad alarmist. A relative had a fall and was taken to the Heath Hospital by ambulance in a semi-comatiose state. The relative who found him went in the ambulance and took his NHS hearing aid and other essentials at the same time, but while being transferred to another local hospital (after initial investigation at the Heath) his hearing aid vanished before he got through the initial confusion stage. So I'm not being alarmist. Stuff disappears from hospitals, simply because of their open access. |
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Andrew wrote:
Stuff disappears from hospitals, simply because of their open access. Stuff also gets lost when people move wards/beds, probably not malicious. |
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Richard wrote: I was actually quite impressed. They put bar code stickers on things like your specs if you wished to wear them for as long as possible before going under the knife. Everything else went in the locker. Hopefully I can avoid the knife thing for a long time. I did too. Had an inspection of the inside of the bladder. They can do this using a small flexible camera, but this one was to allow them to do a minor operation. So used what they call a rigid cysto. So put you under first. Hope you're not eating - and have you crossed your legs while reading this? ;-) -- *I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 07/07/2019 13:17, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Richard wrote: I was actually quite impressed. They put bar code stickers on things like your specs if you wished to wear them for as long as possible before going under the knife. Everything else went in the locker. Hopefully I can avoid the knife thing for a long time. I did too. Had an inspection of the inside of the bladder. They can do this using a small flexible camera, but this one was to allow them to do a minor operation. So used what they call a rigid cysto. So put you under first. Hope you're not eating - and have you crossed your legs while reading this? ;-) No sweat. Watching information films about remedial work on STD affected genitalia really did make one uncomfortable. |
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On Sun, 07 Jul 2019 13:17:42 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Richard wrote: I was actually quite impressed. They put bar code stickers on things like your specs if you wished to wear them for as long as possible before going under the knife. Everything else went in the locker. Hopefully I can avoid the knife thing for a long time. I did too. Had an inspection of the inside of the bladder. They can do this using a small flexible camera, but this one was to allow them to do a minor operation. So used what they call a rigid cysto. So put you under first. Hope you're not eating - and have you crossed your legs while reading this? ;-) Try having a HoLEP procedure... -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On Sun, 07 Jul 2019 13:17:42 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
I did too. Had an inspection of the inside of the bladder. They can do this using a small flexible camera, but this one was to allow them to do a minor operation. So used what they call a rigid cysto. So put you under first. Hope you're not eating - and have you crossed your legs while reading this? ;-) Dunno about him, but *I* have. -- Leave first - THEN negotiate! |
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On 07/07/2019 17:03, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Sun, 07 Jul 2019 13:17:42 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: I did too. Had an inspection of the inside of the bladder. They can do this using a small flexible camera, but this one was to allow them to do a minor operation. So used what they call a rigid cysto. So put you under first. Hope you're not eating - and have you crossed your legs while reading this? ;-) Dunno about him, but *I* have. Had this done a couple of years ago; cameras and other equipment going down little holes never designed to take them. And it don't half sting when you pee after the anaesthetic has worn off :-( |
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On 07/07/2019 08:05, Andy Burns wrote:
Andrew wrote: Stuff disappears from hospitals, simply because of their open access. Stuff also gets lost when people move wards/beds, probably not malicious. It was in a small 'tupperware' plastic pot with a lid along with personal items inside a plastic carrier bag. At the receiving ward, the plastic bag with all its contents, including the tupperware pot, with lid still snapped into place, but by now empty. QED it was half-inched, and like many smart phones is already out in the 'third world'. |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message ... In article , Richard wrote: On 06/07/2019 12:13, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , Richard wrote: As for being admitted to hospital and things getting stolen, I guess anything pocketable of value is fair game. My local hospital provided a locker for things like your phone etc, when having day surgery. I'd rather hoped that would be the case. Andrew was being a tad alarmist. I was actually quite impressed. They put bar code stickers on things like your specs if you wished to wear them for as long as possible before going under the knife. Everything else went in the locker. In a vast place like the average hospital with all and sundry likely to be there, it would be surprising if there wasn't some pilfering. So it makes sense to only take the bare essentials with you. You don't actually need a gold Rolex or diamond necklace in hospital. you don't need them when on the beach in Benidorm doesn't stop people taking them tim -- *That's it! I'm calling grandma! Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Computer wrote: Had this done a couple of years ago; cameras and other equipment going down little holes never designed to take them. And it don't half sting when you pee after the anaesthetic has worn off :-( Anyone here ever had the clap? I'm not sure it's still done, but many years ago when I was mis-spending my youth, I caught a dose of it and part of the treatment was to shove this umbrella shaped scraper right up your dick to take a sample. That ****ing hurt afterwards as well. -- Leave first - THEN negotiate! |
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On 07/07/2019 23:02, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Sun, 07 Jul 2019 17:37:39 +0100, Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer wrote: Had this done a couple of years ago; cameras and other equipment going down little holes never designed to take them. And it don't half sting when you pee after the anaesthetic has worn off :-( Anyone here ever had the clap? I'm not sure it's still done, but many years ago when I was mis-spending my youth, I caught a dose of it and part of the treatment was to shove this umbrella shaped scraper right up your dick to take a sample. That ****ing hurt afterwards as well. Try kidney stones -- A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. |
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On Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:43:34 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Try kidney stones I'll give that a miss if it's all the same to you. -- Leave first - THEN negotiate! |
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On 08/07/2019 13:12, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:43:34 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Try kidney stones I'll give that a miss if it's all the same to you. I would certainly recommend that course of action. -- A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. |
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On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 11:43:34 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 07/07/2019 23:02, Cursitor Doom wrote: On Sun, 07 Jul 2019 17:37:39 +0100, Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer wrote: Had this done a couple of years ago; cameras and other equipment going down little holes never designed to take them. And it don't half sting when you pee after the anaesthetic has worn off :-( Anyone here ever had the clap? I'm not sure it's still done, but many years ago when I was mis-spending my youth, I caught a dose of it and part of the treatment was to shove this umbrella shaped scraper right up your dick to take a sample. That ****ing hurt afterwards as well. Try kidney stones Pee gravel? -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
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On 08/07/2019 11:43, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 07/07/2019 23:02, Cursitor Doom wrote: On Sun, 07 Jul 2019 17:37:39 +0100, Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer wrote: Had this done a couple of years ago; cameras and other equipment going down little holes never designed to take them. And it don't half sting when you pee after the anaesthetic has worn off :-( Anyone here ever had the clap? I'm not sure it's still done, but many years ago when I was mis-spending my youth, I caught a dose of it and part of the treatment was to shove this umbrella shaped scraper right up your dick to take a sample. That ****ing hurt afterwards as well. Try kidney stones My father had those. Someone had to drive him to hospital from work, on the way he was sick out of the car window, due to the pain, and lost his false teeth! At the hospital he was soon diagnosed and given painkillers. While awaiting admission, he spoke to a doctor, who allowed him to leave for a few hours. He called the police and got permission to walk along the hard-shoulder of the M62 with a following police car, but could not retrieve them. Without them, he couldn't eat solids for weeks until he got a new set - which were never as good as the set he lost. On visiting him in hospital, my uncle handed him a bag of sweets shaped like teeth and gums SteveW |
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On 08/07/2019 21:50, Steve Walker wrote:
On 08/07/2019 11:43, The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 07/07/2019 23:02, Cursitor Doom wrote: On Sun, 07 Jul 2019 17:37:39 +0100, Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer wrote: Had this done a couple of years ago; cameras and other equipment going down little holes never designed to take them. And it don't half sting when you pee after the anaesthetic has worn off :-( Anyone here ever had the clap? I'm not sure it's still done, but many years ago when I was mis-spending my youth, I caught a dose of it and part of the treatment was to shove this umbrella shaped scraper right up your dick to take a sample. That ****ing hurt afterwards as well. Try kidney stones My father had those. Someone had to drive him to hospital from work, on the way he was sick out of the car window, due to the pain, and lost his false teeth! Yup. Pretty much amost my experience. Fortunately ionce at A & E and waiting to be seen I drank several pints of water and somehow must have passed it If you have pains in your back, then lower abdomen then prick and blood in your urine, feel sick, wanna pee and cant, drnk lots and get to A & E. -- "Anyone who believes that the laws of physics are mere social conventions is invited to try transgressing those conventions from the windows of my apartment. (I live on the twenty-first floor.) " Alan Sokal |
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