Re: Hearing Aid made my hearing worse?

[Guest guest]

Judy,

There is constant emphasis now on not exposing yourself to loud noise

levels to avoid deafness.

I guess, therefore, that a hearing aid, used on high volume, might

well do the same in the long term.

Forgive a limeys question,but what has coming from Missouri to do

with it - are you known for being argumentative or something??

>

> Like many folks, I had my worse ear implanted. However, my left

ear was not always the bad

> one. Once upon a time they were both equal.

>

> It's always been my theory that my left ear is so much worse than

my right ear because I

> wore an analog hearing aid in the left ear alone for more than 24

years. They started out

> being the same. That's not to say that they didn't become different

for some other reason,

> but I really think it was because I didn't wear two aids. Of

course, because I had one, it was

> kept on full blast and I can't help but think damage was done that

way.

>

> During all those years, the only controls I had were on, off,

volume up and volume down.

>

> I've always believed that hearing aids help and damage at the same

time. My audi from years

> ago, said no, but I'm from Missouri.

>

> Do any of you have opinions on this?

>

> Judy in Jax

>

[Guest guest]

LOL, . I've been caught!

It comes from the famous statement made in 1899 by US

Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver from Missouri :

" I'm from Missouri -- you'll have to show me. " The story

of " why " is too long for this site, but suffice it to say that

it means skepticism of official dogma in all subjects.

PS Missouri is known as the " Show Me " state.

PPS I'm really from Nebraska and New York. :-)

Judy, who lives in ville, FL

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>

> Judy,

>

> There is constant emphasis now on not exposing yourself to loud noise

> levels to avoid deafness.

> I guess, therefore, that a hearing aid, used on high volume, might

> well do the same in the long term.

> Forgive a limeys question,but what has coming from Missouri to do

> with it - are you known for being argumentative or something??

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> Like many folks, I had my worse ear implanted. However, my left ear was

> not always >the bad one. Once upon a time they were both equal.

>

> It's always been my theory that my left ear is so much worse than my right

> ear because >I wore an analog hearing aid in the left ear alone for more

> than 24 years. They started >out being the same.

It was the same with me. I started out with the left being just a tad better

than the right, so I chose to aid my left ear. Ten years later I went

bilateral because the unaided right ear was now half as good as the left.

Big change! After being bilateral for nearly another ten years my right ear

improved until it became slightly better than the left. Both are now pretty

useless, but I can understand a little better with my right aided ear than

with my left.

So I'm getting my left ear implanted. The date for surgery will be set as

soon as my insurance company completes all the paperwork. My audi said

they'll have someone investigate and poke them. I hope they use a cattle

prod. LOL

Rhonda

[Guest guest]

I agree with you, especially if the loss is a profound one.

There is only so much stress damaged hearing nerves can cope with and

I believe that in my case, eventually they got worn down by the

amplifcation of hearing aids and collapsed.

I never realised this, but through out my life (I was born deaf) I

experienced periods of temporary recruitment after being in very noisy

situations. Usually, my hearing would recover the next day but in

2005 it never came back, hence my journey for a CI. It was only after

this happened that I understood why I got the temporary episodes earlier.

If I had known about the stress that hearing aids place on the already

damaged hearing nerves, I would have been much more careful and not

exposed myself to very noisy situations. Hearing aids amplify all

noises, not like natural hearing which can to some extent fade out sounds.

>

> Like many folks, I had my worse ear implanted. However, my left ear

was not always the bad

> one. Once upon a time they were both equal.

>

> It's always been my theory that my left ear is so much worse than my

right ear because I

> wore an analog hearing aid in the left ear alone for more than 24

years. They started out

> being the same. That's not to say that they didn't become different

for some other reason,

> but I really think it was because I didn't wear two aids. Of course,

because I had one, it was

> kept on full blast and I can't help but think damage was done that way.

>

> During all those years, the only controls I had were on, off, volume

up and volume down.

>

> I've always believed that hearing aids help and damage at the same

time. My audi from years

> ago, said no, but I'm from Missouri.

>

> Do any of you have opinions on this?

>

> Judy in Jax

>