Comments on: Study of People With Hearing Loss Reveals Reluctance to Acquire Hearing Aids http://ahearingloss.com/2009/12/03/study-of-people-with-hearing-loss-reveals-reluctance-to-acquire-hearing-aids/ Friends With Hearing Loss Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:29:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Hearing aid specialist http://ahearingloss.com/2009/12/03/study-of-people-with-hearing-loss-reveals-reluctance-to-acquire-hearing-aids/#comment-1218 Hearing aid specialist Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:00:38 +0000 http://ahearingloss.com/?p=280#comment-1218 Hearing loss is clearly widespread. Unfortunately, it takes a long time for people to recognize that they can benefit from doing something about their own loss. That fact does not appear to be changing. Hearing loss is clearly widespread. Unfortunately, it takes a long time for people to recognize that they can benefit from doing something about their own loss. That fact does not appear to be changing.

]]> By: Robin Fender http://ahearingloss.com/2009/12/03/study-of-people-with-hearing-loss-reveals-reluctance-to-acquire-hearing-aids/#comment-1063 Robin Fender Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:08:36 +0000 http://ahearingloss.com/?p=280#comment-1063 Hi my name is Robin and i also have to wear hearing aids from beltone but it gets very expensive when i have to buy my batteries and the things to clean the hearing aids. Does anybody know how i can get some help in paying for my items i need for my hearing and also i tried to get ssi for it through social security but was turned down?. Can somebody tell me which step to take for that since i was turned down and someone to call my number is 601-572-9026 please respond somebody i would appreciate it. Hi my name is Robin and i also have to wear hearing aids from beltone but it gets very expensive when i have to buy my batteries and the things to clean the hearing aids. Does anybody know how i can get some help in paying for my items i need for my hearing and also i tried to get ssi for it through social security but was turned down?. Can somebody tell me which step to take for that since i was turned down and someone to call my number is 601-572-9026 please respond somebody i would appreciate it.

]]> By: Ron Pelipor http://ahearingloss.com/2009/12/03/study-of-people-with-hearing-loss-reveals-reluctance-to-acquire-hearing-aids/#comment-1057 Ron Pelipor Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:18:15 +0000 http://ahearingloss.com/?p=280#comment-1057 My father has partial hearing loss. He can hear you if you speek directly to him. He can not make out what any one says on tv no matter how loud. A hearing aid does not help him. My father has partial hearing loss. He can hear you if you speek directly to him. He can not make out what any one says on tv no matter how loud. A hearing aid does not help him.

]]> By: Lorne http://ahearingloss.com/2009/12/03/study-of-people-with-hearing-loss-reveals-reluctance-to-acquire-hearing-aids/#comment-1045 Lorne Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:17:07 +0000 http://ahearingloss.com/?p=280#comment-1045 I was more motivated to deal with my eyesight in my teens and twenties when I had trouble seeing to drive and to read. When I had trouble hearing at concerts, nightclubs and house parties, I just stopped attending them. I wasn't motivated to get hearing aids until I could no longer work without them. I was more motivated to deal with my eyesight in my teens and twenties when I had trouble seeing to drive and to read. When I had trouble hearing at concerts, nightclubs and house parties, I just stopped attending them. I wasn’t motivated to get hearing aids until I could no longer work without them.

]]> By: kim http://ahearingloss.com/2009/12/03/study-of-people-with-hearing-loss-reveals-reluctance-to-acquire-hearing-aids/#comment-1044 kim Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:11:19 +0000 http://ahearingloss.com/?p=280#comment-1044 I think too, there is the issue of grappling with a shift in identity. To admit you can't hear is to admit the person you were has changed forever. In my case, I saw myself as a musical person from a young age. I played music. It was a big part of my life. Suddenly I had this progressive hearing loss and no idea how bad it would get. There was a period of disbelief, then grief. I was sure mistakes had been made, someone had a cure or something. After you get your first pair of aids, then you're in shock all over again when you realize they really don't have a good handle on correcting hearing loss. Eyesight seems so much more complicated -- until you learn that it isn't. I think too, there is the issue of grappling with a shift in identity. To admit you can’t hear is to admit the person you were has changed forever. In my case, I saw myself as a musical person from a young age. I played music. It was a big part of my life. Suddenly I had this progressive hearing loss and no idea how bad it would get. There was a period of disbelief, then grief. I was sure mistakes had been made, someone had a cure or something. After you get your first pair of aids, then you’re in shock all over again when you realize they really don’t have a good handle on correcting hearing loss. Eyesight seems so much more complicated — until you learn that it isn’t.

]]> By: Ann_C http://ahearingloss.com/2009/12/03/study-of-people-with-hearing-loss-reveals-reluctance-to-acquire-hearing-aids/#comment-1043 Ann_C Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:34:53 +0000 http://ahearingloss.com/?p=280#comment-1043 I wore HA's since I was four, but was wired into the loop system at the clinic since I was two. Kind of an osmosis in sound, so I was already used to wearing devices for my hearing loss from get-go. My mother suffered from age-related hearing loss, same as her father, but took seven years to admitting that she had a hearing loss problem and finally got hearing tests and hearing aids. Think that for her, my mom didn't want to admit to yet another health problem, as so many older people experience physical ailments that curtail their lifestyles even more. Denial is not a river. The mind is a lot stronger than the body is willing. I wore HA’s since I was four, but was wired into the loop system at the clinic since I was two. Kind of an osmosis in sound, so I was already used to wearing devices for my hearing loss from get-go.

My mother suffered from age-related hearing loss, same as her father, but took seven years to admitting that she had a hearing loss problem and finally got hearing tests and hearing aids. Think that for her, my mom didn’t want to admit to yet another health problem, as so many older people experience physical ailments that curtail their lifestyles even more. Denial is not a river. The mind is a lot stronger than the body is willing.

]]> By: Lorne http://ahearingloss.com/2009/12/03/study-of-people-with-hearing-loss-reveals-reluctance-to-acquire-hearing-aids/#comment-1042 Lorne Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:32:34 +0000 http://ahearingloss.com/?p=280#comment-1042 Like Kim, I wasn't ready to wear hearing aids as a teenager. I waited nearly a quarter century before I got my first pair. I'm still discovering how much I missed for all those years. Like Kim, I wasn’t ready to wear hearing aids as a teenager. I waited nearly a quarter century before I got my first pair. I’m still discovering how much I missed for all those years.

]]> By: kim http://ahearingloss.com/2009/12/03/study-of-people-with-hearing-loss-reveals-reluctance-to-acquire-hearing-aids/#comment-1041 kim Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:07:12 +0000 http://ahearingloss.com/?p=280#comment-1041 Too true about the ability to fool people MM. I work hard at remembering not to bluff. Many hearing people are astonished when I tell them how bad my hearing is. Trouble is, those I forget to tell think I'm strange because of the numerous inappropriate responses when I've guessed wrongly. I am lucky the people are work for tend to overlook my weirdness. Too true about the ability to fool people MM. I work hard at remembering not to bluff. Many hearing people are astonished when I tell them how bad my hearing is. Trouble is, those I forget to tell think I’m strange because of the numerous inappropriate responses when I’ve guessed wrongly. I am lucky the people are work for tend to overlook my weirdness.

]]> By: MM http://ahearingloss.com/2009/12/03/study-of-people-with-hearing-loss-reveals-reluctance-to-acquire-hearing-aids/#comment-1040 MM Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:28:06 +0000 http://ahearingloss.com/?p=280#comment-1040 The British system via the NHS means most aids may be given free. I resisted wearing them, and lied to get jobs, convinced them I was hearing, they thought I was crazy, not deaf, but they hired crazy people and NOT deaf ones ! Many of us hoh/acquired deaf can really fool a lot of the people most of the time when we choose, then, it becomes a habit too hard to break, because once people know you are deaf, down comes the wall.... and you are wide open and vulnerable. No doubt why my work record showed 15 to 20 jobs every year...... some lasted weeks, some days.. when I couldn't work the interviews any more that was it. The British system via the NHS means most aids may be given free. I resisted wearing them, and lied to get jobs, convinced them I was hearing, they thought I was crazy, not deaf, but they hired crazy people and NOT deaf ones !

Many of us hoh/acquired deaf can really fool a lot of the people most of the time when we choose, then, it becomes a habit too hard to break, because once people know you are deaf, down comes the wall…. and you are wide open and vulnerable.

No doubt why my work record showed 15 to 20 jobs every year…… some lasted weeks, some days.. when I couldn’t work the interviews any more that was it.

]]> By: kim http://ahearingloss.com/2009/12/03/study-of-people-with-hearing-loss-reveals-reluctance-to-acquire-hearing-aids/#comment-1039 kim Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:14:42 +0000 http://ahearingloss.com/?p=280#comment-1039 ART-- The expense is a very big problem for many and I personally think it's outrageous medicare doesn't cover hearing aids. Several states are working on that. HLAA is a great way to get involved in the politics. Check them out if you haven't already. Also, you can get good basic aids at costco for about half the price that an audiologist would charge. ART– The expense is a very big problem for many and I personally think it’s outrageous medicare doesn’t cover hearing aids. Several states are working on that. HLAA is a great way to get involved in the politics. Check them out if you haven’t already. Also, you can get good basic aids at costco for about half the price that an audiologist would charge.

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