[obol] Hearing them birds

[Bruce]

The "definitive" (at least for what I've found) and expensive
unit is the SongFinder. Info at http://www.nselec.com/

Bruce Craig.

STEVE JAGGERS wrote:

> This thread reminds me that I have seen ads for various birder specific 
> hearing aids in..?.Audubon, some other birding oriented publication, ABA 
> sales.?..not sure.
> I think there are some available that are quite specific to birding in 
> that they are designed to amplify only higher pitch sounds.
>  
> I hope they keep working out the bugs and get costs down as I realize I 
> too begin to experience some progressive loss. 
>  
> Steve Jaggers
> Portland.
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Dennis P. Vroman <mailto:dpvroman at budget.net>
>     *To:* Larry Mcqueen <mailto:larmcqueen at msn.com> ; 'Charles R. Gates'
>     <mailto:cgates at empnet.com>
>     *Cc:* obol at lists.oregonstate.edu <mailto:obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, October 03, 2006 5:41 PM
>     *Subject:* [obol] Hearing them birds
> 
>     Larry, and other hearing loss folks (me included I'm afraid)
> 
>     Perhaps a decade and a bit more now, there was an article in Oregon
>     Birds on
>     this.  A lady in PA composed it I believe.  Her work was to help
>     those with
>     hearing loss, she was a hearing specialist.  I contacted her and
>     ended up
>     purchasing a set of hearing aids.  I'm happy I did, for as Larry
>     mentions
>     they do not correct 100% for hearing loss, but they sure do help!  The
>     really high pitch birds need to be close before I can hear them, but
>     they
>     help greatly to hear even lower pitch songs and calls at a distance
>     further
>     away from me than I could with out them.  It's likely there are
>     better aids
>     out there now than when I got them year ago.  On a side note, the good
>     hearing aids are a bit spendy.
> 
>     Dennis...still listening north of Grants Pass
> 
> 
> 
>      > Thanks, Charles, for your post.  It's tough for those with normal and
>      > supernormal hearing to understand or at least consider, this hidden
>      > handicap
>      > of aging birders.  I have new hearing aids (my second pair),
>     which help in
>      > many ways, but hearing aids do not restore normal hearing.  In
>     fact, they
>      > can block some aspects of normal hearing which are taken for
>     granted, and
>      > they can change the quality and reduce the presence of bird
>     calls.  This
>      > is
>      > an issue experienced by many and rarely discussed.
>      >
>      > Larry McQueen
> 
> 
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