[obol] birding topic hearing aid info forwarded

[Judy Meredith]

hi obol
This is clipped from a longer message from a different list.
I don't kow about this product but those of you exploring options
might want to hear about it. I am going to need something 
soon too, I am missing more and more  birds and hearing 
more and more ringing instead!
Judy Meredith
jmeredit at bendnet.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: william bronn 
To: MOU NET 
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 3:38 AM
Subject: [mou] hearing aid thank you!


Sincere Thank You to all the birders who responded (some even several times and over the phone) to my questions on hearing-aids for birders: I was so impressed by the results that Chuck and Mary Ann Kjos had with a Phonak Micro Valeo Open Fit system that I had to try them first. (Incidentally, the Micro Valeo is still available but being phased out for the new EXTRA model.) My experiment was with the new EXTRA model with the "open fit"; I really liked them but my audiologist and I just could not get past a feed-back problem when we tried to get back the high frequency (4,000-6,000 Hz) bird song range at a high enough volume for me to hear the birds ( I tested them in the field and with bird tapes - not much singing in the fall of course.) The cost was about $1900 each. My audiologist said I still have pretty good hearing (for voice) even though I've been struggling with hearing speech in group settings for many years; my upper frequencies fall off pretty quickly though. I am now using a pair of Starkey Destiny (BTE = behind the ear) with open fit hearing aids. These are, as my Audiologist, promised, outstanding! It is the exceptional feed-back control. My audiologist and I will be tweeking the settings in the spring, I'm sure, but I now get really enhanced volume without the feed-back. They cost $2,000 each. I hope this information will be of use to many of you, too.

Bill Bronn
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