Re: [Phys-L] Digital Hearing Aids

[Bill Norwood <bnorwood111@gmail.com>]

Bernard,
If you care to say, the sum of what sound exposures, chemicals, illnesses,
dietary factors and genetics brought on your degree of hearing loss?
Bill Norwood
On Feb 1, 2016 2:29 PM, "Bernard Cleyet" <bernard@cleyet.org> wrote:

> This is a bit late.  Update: — since, I've purchased the $6+k  Phonak
> (insurance only $2k paid)
>
> The Phonak people say the one Costco sells (for $2k) is the next to the
> top.
>
> My previous are 4+ years.  The new a huge improvement.  BUT one huge
> prob.  The “ear molds” are too large.  I can wear only a few hours before
> too uncomfortable to wear, so I wear only when needed.  Since I’m > 60 dB
> down they are deep into the canals in order to prevent feedback.
>
>
> On 2015, Nov 23, , at 09:57, Donald G Polvani <dgpolvani@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> >   His
> > advice on keeping the aids dry is worth heeding as I believe I caused
> one of
> > my aids to fail by wearing it when I was sweating profusely (fortunately,
> > this happened under warranty).
>
>
> I suppose it depends on the mfg..
>
>
> I dropped one in the toilet, scooped it up, rinsed it in tap water, then
> reverse osmosized water, and then 91% 2-propanol.  This was several years
> ago and it worked well —replaced now, and still works.  One of my more
> recent sets died, so I’m using the old one again.  Since the contacts are
> gold plated, the IC potted, etc.,  the only source of trouble may be the
> “soft” speaker.  Is it isolated w/ a tympanum?   At least one citation does
> this with a wax plug.
>
> http://www.livescience.com/39727-blue-whale-earwax-chemical-archive.html
>
> bc just discovered Costco dispenses two mfg.'s top of their lines for <
> $2k.
>
> p.s. tomorrow I’ll price my insurance’s.  It may be less expensive to pay
> Costco rather than the insurance co-pay
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