A soaked Q-tip is a simple way of peroxiding your ears....and it feels good to absorb the solution and whatever else shows up. ;) Beats trying to pour it into the side of your head...difficult, even with a mirror.
Go and have your hearing checked anyway. It's painless...except for finding out that your hearing Isn't what it used to be....🤦♂️
Single-side hearing aids aren't that unusual, either. The tech involved has improved to the point that:
-If you wear both sides like me, you can adjust the balance and slightly coarse eq settings on your cell.
-Part of the set-up of your device(s) can include much finer initial eq at the audiologists' office; later fine-tuning can be done over the phone remotely with some....like mine.
-If you're using ear buds, you can toss them. Bluetoothed, you can take/make calls or listen to your tunes. Newer TV's allow you to listen as well at whatever volume you like.
-Bass lines aren't 'physical'...but that's best left to a sub anyway.
-I'm allowed 3 follow-up 'tune-ups' for free.
The last came in handy, but was hilarious for the while before taken.
Everybody appeared to have a slight 'lisp', caused by sibilance. Even on the TV....
Listening to The Chump lisp was precious, getting to hear him have an apparent 'disability'....so much for Mr. Perfect. ;)
Wonderful. 🤣
I even have the ability to 'focus' their acoustic response; biased forward, 'surround', even towards behind me...which takes care of being snuck up from behind or talked about behind my back.
My mids had lapsed quite badly, which I was delighted to have returned.
The main drawback?
The world is a lot nosier than I'd remembered.
But now...I can 'tune it out' or even shut it off.
Oh, and you can still use your system earphones even with the 'behind the ear' versions....like mine. The 'in ear' versions are for minor loss generally. Sound protection earphones become necessary, but should be used by everyone anyway to avoid my issue from the get-go.
"But I've got Perfect Hearing." Uh-huh...if you're anywhere close to my age (69), doubtful.
Go get checked, and get back to me on that....
Go and have your hearing checked anyway. It's painless...except for finding out that your hearing Isn't what it used to be....🤦♂️
Single-side hearing aids aren't that unusual, either. The tech involved has improved to the point that:
-If you wear both sides like me, you can adjust the balance and slightly coarse eq settings on your cell.
-Part of the set-up of your device(s) can include much finer initial eq at the audiologists' office; later fine-tuning can be done over the phone remotely with some....like mine.
-If you're using ear buds, you can toss them. Bluetoothed, you can take/make calls or listen to your tunes. Newer TV's allow you to listen as well at whatever volume you like.
-Bass lines aren't 'physical'...but that's best left to a sub anyway.
-I'm allowed 3 follow-up 'tune-ups' for free.
The last came in handy, but was hilarious for the while before taken.
Everybody appeared to have a slight 'lisp', caused by sibilance. Even on the TV....
Listening to The Chump lisp was precious, getting to hear him have an apparent 'disability'....so much for Mr. Perfect. ;)
Wonderful. 🤣
I even have the ability to 'focus' their acoustic response; biased forward, 'surround', even towards behind me...which takes care of being snuck up from behind or talked about behind my back.
My mids had lapsed quite badly, which I was delighted to have returned.
The main drawback?
The world is a lot nosier than I'd remembered.
But now...I can 'tune it out' or even shut it off.
Oh, and you can still use your system earphones even with the 'behind the ear' versions....like mine. The 'in ear' versions are for minor loss generally. Sound protection earphones become necessary, but should be used by everyone anyway to avoid my issue from the get-go.
"But I've got Perfect Hearing." Uh-huh...if you're anywhere close to my age (69), doubtful.
Go get checked, and get back to me on that....