Klarinet Archive - Posting 000366.txt from 1999/12

From: Frank Galiani <fgaliani@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] attenuation
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 12:13:06 -0500

Don, While I agree with you about the hearing aid industry as a whole, there is an
excellent alternative. Faced with serious unilateral hearing loss, I consulted with
a professional American Academy of Audiology certified audiologist recommended by my
family physician. My medical insurance covered the several hours of testing and
adjusting necessary to fit me with a quality hearing aid, as opposed to those
off-the-shelf rip-offs sold by hearing aid stores. On a number of visits after I
received the hearing aid, the audiologist continued to adjust and fine tune the
hearing aid to get the best possible response for my particular hearing loss
situation. It's really a better way to go. I believe you would be happy with the
results. Best of luck, whatever your course of action. Frank Galiani

Don Longacre wrote:

> My problem is deafness. I don't know how many db down my hearing is over a
> standard norm but I can hear sufficiently well in concert band where I play
> clarinet and in a big band where I play tenor. The hearing aids I have had
> including my present set are made to compress audio and therefore tonality
> of my instruments is slightly different than that heard without the hearing aids.
> Also, the aids are peaked at conversion frequencies, say between 200 and 600
> Hertz. I'm looking for aids that can emulate a flat frequency response from
> say, 100 to 15000 Hertz. I have a low opinion of the hearing aid industry as
> I think they are rip off artists and muddle the science of audiology. But thats
> only my opinion. I'm not stone deaf by any means but darn near it. Cause?
> When I was a teenager I worked in foundries and machine shops where noise
> levels were high and I mean high. Kids today, listening to high db level
> amplified rock, are asking for ear trouble when they're older. Its a shame
> because, given what we know today, they can do something about it now.
>
> Don Longacre, nw2v@-----.com
>
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