for you folks with hearing aids.......

hillbille

I have the new rechargable type that you put in a little box/holder and they recharge over night.  DON'T, repeat Don't let the wife put them in your charger, after my last stay in hospital I gave mine to my wife as they were dead and didn't want them lost/stolen from hospital room, when we got home she put them in the box/charger backwards, I now have one that will not charge, I swapped them next morning when I found them backwards and still dead. only one charged up, don't know if it shorted or just went bad, only about a year old, guess next vistit to VA I will have to drop them off for repair, can't say she really ruined them but it is something to hold over her head for a while...... it outta keep me out of doghouse for a few weeks

Rocky Raab

Resounds? My first set went wonky and the VA sent me new ones, but due to the Great Covidiocy, could not or did not program them correctly. Mine now don't charge correctly, also. Mine don't go to "standby" when they're fully charged; they stay "on" and so when I take them out of the charger in the morning they are already half discharged. I have to take them out and put them back in to start the charge cycle over again. From 10 to 20 minutes later, they're back to full charge.

You might try insert/remove/insert a few times to see if that helps. If not, the VA will indeed replace or reprogram them for you.

Brookwood

I have the battery type aids and was always jealous of you fella's with the rechargeable's until I read this post! 

Have had mine for exactly 3 years this month and have not been wearing them much the last year or so.  They were supposed to help with my tinnitus but they seem to make it worse.  Had planned to see if there was anything they could do at the VA but my last annual appointment was just a mere phone call with my doc.   My local clinic has had all the workers doing most things from home.    

Rocky Raab

The brand you get varies because hearing loss varies. Bob and Fred may require vastly different correction profiles, so they get different kinds of units.

bustedknee

Huh?

Whut did he say?

I lost the first one while halibut fishing. 

My feet slipped from under me and I hit on my knees and the HA flew out.  There is a halibut wearing it now, pointing toward the surface telling his buddies, "Shhhh, there is a boat approaching!"

The second one squealed when I pulled my bow (hand by my ear) to shoot a moose.  I flicked it out and it was never seen again.  Good riddance.

No more battery problems - I just say "Whut?" a lot.

hillbille

Rocky Raab said:

Resounds? My first set went wonky and the VA sent me new ones, but due to the Great Covidiocy, could not or did not program them correctly. Mine now don't charge correctly, also. Mine don't go to "standby" when they're fully charged; they stay "on" and so when I take them out of the charger in the morning they are already half discharged. I have to take them out and put them back in to start the charge cycle over again. From 10 to 20 minutes later, they're back to full charge.

You might try insert/remove/insert a few times to see if that helps. If not, the VA will indeed replace or reprogram them for you.

Yes the resounds have tried that rocky, even held that little on off button on the top of them, I have the over the ear type, by doing that finally got the right one to show up on my remote as working just low battery, then it took charge, can't seem to get the left on to respond even though when I hold the button down for 10 seconds or so I do get a noise, beep or some such, pushed all the buttons on remote and played with it in the charger for last few days, looking back guess they are about 2 years old, what I like is the tv speaker option, I can turn volume on tv off and use the little box they gave me to send the volume right to the hearing aids, it doesn't keep wife up if I stay up past her bedtime, sort of hard when only one aid working, gotta go back thursday so I will drop them off then no big deal just an annoyance right now.........

Toolman286

Another reason I'm glad I stuck with batteries a year ago in my new pair. Less expensive then & it would have been more expensive to replace the rechargeable batteries than to buy regular ones over time. Even bought a set that use batteries for my Mom. They were selling them for less to phase them out. Hearing aid sales people are on a par with used car salesmen with a 1000% markup. 

Butchdog2

 I know a fellow that has his tied into his cell phone. He is legally deaf. Saw him slap the side of his head and then say a few words.

Asked if the bugs were after him, nope just answering the phone, wife checking in.

nmyers

If you have (& can use) a smart phone, you can have the HA dealer install a control system on your phone.  It works really well; you can adjust the frequency range to improve what you hear.  Of course, no one makes a HA that filters out background noise.

Neal

Toolman286

On the better ($$$) HAs they can at least turn down the background noise. On my Phonaks they even turned down the wind noise when driving in the car. To alter this subject,,, The Phonaks I have should have cost $6800. Unfortunately they're not covered on my or most medical ins plans. Fortunately, I found out that I now get a discount under a VSP HA plan (VSP is normally for vision.) My audiologist wasn't happy that I only paid her $4200. AND they still made money as replacements (during the first 3 years) are $450 per HA, which is probably still above the real cost. The VA supplies only top of the line for free, which is what veterans deserve.

Toolman286

Mine are paired with my old flip phone via blue tooth. I can  hear better but they can't hear me as well. It's just a few buttons & you're linked on or off. Problem is that it eats up the batteries.