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At your age Lisa you probably do have a slight measureable hearing loss. Almost everyone does from age 40 onwards.

Why do restaurants and shows and so on have the sound up so loud? Surely no-one, even the people who work there, like it so loud. What can we do start a revolution to get these places to turn the sound down?


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Hi Lisa I'm fairly new to hearing aids (got fitted 5 months ago) and although my aid gives me some benefit when I'm in bars and restaurants etc, I still have difficulty when I'm in a group situation or when there's background noise such as music in these places. My audiologist recommended learning to lip read as well as wearing my hearing aid so that I might be able to follow more of what's being said. I've posted the 'Hearing Aids & Windy Weather' in forums earlier today, because I find trying to hear with my hearing aid in very windy weather extremely difficult, much worse than trying to hear in crowds Regards Ian

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Hi Ian
I have been misreading the forum messages - confusing USA dates and Australian dates and didn't think anyone had posted.

Learning lip reading would certainly help you to cope in noisy situations. You can automatically help yourself by watching lips instead of eyes and faces. Contact one of the UK hearing help organisations to find out who offers lip reading classes over there.

I learned lip reading back in the 1980's and even though I can now hear again with my Cochlear Implant I did a lip reading competition last year and came equal 5th. I thought this was pretty good since I haven't consciously practised lip reading for almost 10 years.


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Hi Felicity Thanks for your last post. I've done a bit of research and have found and joined a deaf club local to me. It's fantastic. Not only do they have a "hard of hearing" club (aside from the club for members who are more severely/profoundly deaf) they offer a lipreading class (which I've signed up for). I've alsobeen able to borrow tapes to play at night when I'm in bed to help with my tinnitus as this is particularly bad at such a time. The social side is fantastic too, made new friends and get lots of tips and advice from more experienced hearing aid use Ian

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I'm pleased Ian, that you've found a support group.


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Hi Lisa How are things with you? Did you have your hearing tested? If so, what did you find out? Did it put your mind at ease about your hearing? Best wishes Ian

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Felicity, Did your doctors ever diagnose your condition? Mine say it's ottosclerosis, a hardening of the bones in the ear that deliver sound. I can hear well if I have a headphone IN my ear but only if it's the kind that actually touch my head (make sense?). The first time I got the nerve up to have my hearing tested, the audiologist put the tuning fork next to my ear and I could barely hear it. As soon as he touched it to my head behind my ear it was so LOUD! I was amazed! You mentioned in another thread how you hear sounds that aren't there and hear a roaring. I have heard that roaring since I was a teenager and thought it was normal "white noise" and maybe I could hear better than most people. Then in my early 20s when I had my daughter, I realized I couldn't hear her cry. I started having deafening ringing in my left ear, annoying clicking, and sharp pains. I thought later maybe it was an infection (and it could have been) but it went on for a year or more when I was without good insurance. I was a teacher at a private school, teaching middle and high school. I noticed more and more that I was irritated by loud noises and when everyone would talk at once I couldn't hear the person standing next to me. I went on to teach 4th grade and found the same problem, even worse. When I finally got good insurance through my DH's job, they allowed me to have an exploratory surgery and attempt to implant prosthetic microscopic bones in place of mine that had hardened and weren't sending signals to the nerves. When the doctor got in, though, he found a facial nerve laying on the main bone he needed to replace, so he cleaned up a lot of scar tissue that he found and sewed me back up. My hearing improved significantly for about 3 months. Then the ringing and roaring started again. Soon I felt the same symptoms in my right ear and eventually the pain and clicking subsided in my left ear. Based on the measurements he gave me 5 years ago, I would say my hearing loss in my left ear is about 70% and in my right ear 40% but more than the loss is the constant sound. It keeps me from hearing things and makes me hear things that aren't there. Most frustratingly, it makes it VERY difficult to hear when anything else is going on - crowds, dishwasher, running water, engine running, tv, etc. Like one of the earlier posts, I tend to hear every conversation in the room equally whether close-by or far away, especially in an enclosed room. The sound seems to travel better from far away than close-by. It makes it very difficult to focus on the person speaking to you. Thank you so much for this outlet and resource! I am so glad to find people who understand what I'm going through. Liz

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Hi Liz
My specialists said I had otosclerosis too, but I really have sensorineural deafness. This is the most common form including age related deafness. This means the little hairs inside my cochlear have died off and so they cannot change sound vibrations into electrical impulses needed to be able to hear in the brain. It doesn't sound to me as if you have sensorineural deafness (or inner ear deafnes) but rather a middle ear deafness which is usually caused by otosclerosis.

Your tinnitus (as the roaring noises are called) sound quite usual for someone with a hearing loss as you describe. I used to say that if only those sounds would stop I would be able to hear properly... but of course they can't stop because there is no cure.

With the level of hearing loss you have you need to get yourself checked by an audiologist/ENT surgeon who deals with implantable solutions. If you still have bone conduction (that's what you have if you can hear when a tuning fork touches your skull) then there are some very simple and effective solutions... far simpler than a cochlear implant and in fact you can try before you buy.

Have a look at c-a-network.com (if the web-site doesn't show up here in the forum because URLs are blocked in the forum then it is http : // c-a-network dot com) then choose stories and select Baha! Baha is a bone activated hearing aid and transfers the vibrations into your cochlear by-passing middle ear problems (ie the little bones). The people I know who can use this find it amazing, can hear wonderfully well immediately they are fitted.

Let me know how you get otn.


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Sorry for the delay. Yes I did get my hearing tested and it tested right in the normal range, not even "low". So apparently whatever my issue is, my ears are working properly. Maybe it's a brain issue smile


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