----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Fleming" <fle
...@ozemail.com.au>
To: <shhhgroups@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 8:23 PM
Subject: {SHHH Support Group} Re: hearing aids
> Hi Erin,
> Yes you are correct in that you don't need to get the top of the line
> aids.
> I understand that there is a new aid on the market that automatically
> turns
> on the T switch when you use the phone. My aids came with a battery to
> place on the receiver of the phone which turned on the T when using it,
> however I got very frustrated with this as if I moved my head even the
> slightest the T would turn on and off so it made listening very difficult.
> If the audiologist has told your Aunt that she only has to turn on the T
> at
> a switch on the aid then it has been programmed. I find that I don't want
> all the programs that reduce background noise, as even though it does
> this,
> you then have difficulty hearing anyone speaking. Your Aunt should
> definitely have a trial period. At SHHH we have found that many of the
> elderly clients who have come to see us are disappointed with what they
> have
> been supplied and are unable to get a refund.
> Hope this is helpful to be able to advise your aunt.
> Cheers,
> Jan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shhhgroups@googlegroups.com [mailto:shhhgroups@googlegroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Erin Mckenzie-Christensen
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 September 2009 7:05 PM
> To: shhhgroups@googlegroups.com
> Subject: {SHHH Support Group} Re: hearing aids
> I just talked to my aunty and discovered that the audiologist is now
> telling
> her there is a period where she can get her money back before she was told
> the only option was to "upgrade the model" I think she is under the
> impression that the more features and more automated the hearing aid the
> better it is and I dont necessarily think this is the case. What do others
> think? Since I have a bicros aid there is not that many options I can have
> it is different to having two normal hearing aids and this is what my aunt
> keeps saying but generally and from I have heard from other HA uses you
> dont
> necessarily need all the features. She was also told that the tubing in
> BTE
> HA lasts between 1-3 years and I am sure that mine was changed after 6
> months! She was told again that she wouldn't need the t-switch for the
> telephone but that it was inbuilt into the HA and that she could use the
> button to activate it. I mean the info that Christian got said that the
> program had to be activated by the clinician which I am assuming is the
> audiologist. I just want my aunt to have a simple easy to use HA that is
> suitable for her hearing loss. I am worried that she is expecting it to
> fix
> everything but she has had them in the past a long time ago so I guess she
> does know a bit about them. She is discovering that you have to shop
> around
> there were two places selling the same model with the same features $600
> difference in price!!! Why aren't there controls on this sort of thing??
> It
> makes it really hard for the consumer to know what to buy and where etc. I
> have told her to look at the SHHH website at the info sheets (She cant use
> a
> PC but my uncle can) so he will be able to get the info off the website!!!
> Theres one about telecoils. I cant believe what her audi told her about
> the
> phone I CANT hear on the phone sometimes even with the aid the volume
> control on the phone and the t-switch!!! If I use a different phone I am
> stuffed!!
> Sorry that is my rant for today
> Erin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erin Mckenzie-Christensen" <erin...@bigpond.com>
> To: <shhhgroups@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 6:55 PM
> Subject: {SHHH Support Group} Re: hearing aids
>> Thanks christian I will tell my aunty about some of the things it
>> suggests.
>> She is not able to use a computer but maybe her husband could have a look
>> at
>> it for her....
>> Erin
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Christian" <christian...@gmail.com>
>> To: "SHHH Support Group (Self Help for Hard of Hearing People)"
>> <shhhgroups@googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 7:03 PM
>> Subject: {SHHH Support Group} Re: hearing aids
>>> Again if you are looking for advice,
>>> http://www.shhhaust.org/informationsheets/03_HowDoIGetAHearingAid.pdf
>>> heres a few helpful hints.
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