Comments on: Ear Job (2): Hearing Aids http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/10/ear-job-2-hearing-aids/ Ridiculous Pursuits, Solemn Matters Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:52:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roger Gibson http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/10/ear-job-2-hearing-aids/comment-page-1/#comment-10508 Roger Gibson Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:15:39 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=1092#comment-10508 A huge improvement in the hearing aid industry is the "personal programming" movement. I adjust my own hearing aids and wear HearSource hearing aids. I hear extremely well and I am in complete control. When I can't figure something out, HearSource adjusts my hearing aids for me remotely over the internet. I never have to leave the house.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10508','Roger Gibson'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10508','Roger Gibson','A huge improvement in the hearing aid industry is the \"personal programming\" movement. I adjust my own hearing aids and wear HearSource hearing aids. I hear extremely well and I am in complete control. When I can\'t figure something out, HearSource adjusts my hearing aids for me remotely over the internet. I never have to leave the house.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> A huge improvement in the hearing aid industry is the “personal programming” movement. I adjust my own hearing aids and wear HearSource hearing aids. I hear extremely well and I am in complete control. When I can’t figure something out, HearSource adjusts my hearing aids for me remotely over the internet. I never have to leave the house.
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]]> By: John http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/10/ear-job-2-hearing-aids/comment-page-1/#comment-1760 John Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:02:02 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=1092#comment-1760 harvey: Any info available on the manufacturer or model? I've seen hearing assistants but never used one; would gladly help research it but so far have not seen anything classifiable as "over the head," or anything with "clear plastic cups." (The models I've looked at all have in-the-ear plugs, like <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001CVU1DW/ciaouk-ce-mp-21/" rel="nofollow">this one</a>.)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1760','John'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1760','John','harvey: Any info available on the manufacturer or model? I\'ve seen hearing assistants but never used one; would gladly help research it but so far have not seen anything classifiable as \"over the head,\" or anything with \"clear plastic cups.\" (The models I\'ve looked at all have in-the-ear plugs, like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B001CVU1DW\/ciaouk-ce-mp-21\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">this one<\/a>.)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> harvey: Any info available on the manufacturer or model? I’ve seen hearing assistants but never used one; would gladly help research it but so far have not seen anything classifiable as “over the head,” or anything with “clear plastic cups.” (The models I’ve looked at all have in-the-ear plugs, like this one.)
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]]> By: harvey whitten http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/10/ear-job-2-hearing-aids/comment-page-1/#comment-1750 harvey whitten Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:25:43 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=1092#comment-1750 I have an over-the-head hearing assistant that depends on two clear plastic cups ,one on each side. Bought it a few years agao, but no info about where to get a new one. From southern california I believe. Any know of this useful device??<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1750','harvey whitten'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1750','harvey whitten','I have an over-the-head hearing assistant that depends on two clear plastic cups ,one on each side. Bought it a few years agao, but no info about where to get a new one. From southern california I believe. Any know of this useful device??'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I have an over-the-head hearing assistant that depends on two clear plastic cups ,one on each side. Bought it a few years agao, but no info about where to get a new one. From southern california I believe. Any know of this useful device??
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]]> By: Ear Job (3): Tinnitus http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/10/ear-job-2-hearing-aids/comment-page-1/#comment-1404 Ear Job (3): Tinnitus Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:08:54 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=1092#comment-1404 [...] hearing aids, and hearing in general. If you missed the earlier bits, feel free to backtrack to Part 2 (on hearing aids); there's a link there to the first [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1404','Ear Job (3): Tinnitus'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1404','Ear Job (3): Tinnitus','[...] hearing aids, and hearing in general. If you missed the earlier bits, feel free to backtrack to Part 2 (on hearing aids); there\'s a link there to the first [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] hearing aids, and hearing in general. If you missed the earlier bits, feel free to backtrack to Part 2 (on hearing aids); there’s a link there to the first [...]
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]]> By: John http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/10/ear-job-2-hearing-aids/comment-page-1/#comment-572 John Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:22:36 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=1092#comment-572 <a href='#comment-570' rel="nofollow">@Sarah</a> - Saw that when I visited your site later yesterday -- perfect! (It even was in black-and-white. In my earlier comment, I started to say that's how I envisioned it.)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('572','John'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('572','John','<a href=\'#comment-570\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Sarah<\/a> - Saw that when I visited your site later yesterday -- perfect! (It even was in black-and-white. In my earlier comment, I started to say that\'s how I envisioned it.)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Sarah – Saw that when I visited your site later yesterday — perfect! (It even was in black-and-white. In my earlier comment, I started to say that’s how I envisioned it.)
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]]> By: Sarah http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/10/ear-job-2-hearing-aids/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Sarah Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:30:44 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=1092#comment-570 <a href='#comment-558' rel="nofollow">@John</a> - John- your comment about my brother inspired me to go dig out the photo and write a post about it, so thanks for that. Memories are funny things... http://sarahstockton.typepad.com/weblog/2008/10/bang-a-drum.html<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('570','Sarah'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('570','Sarah','<a href=\'#comment-558\' rel=\"nofollow\">@John<\/a> - John- your comment about my brother inspired me to go dig out the photo and write a post about it, so thanks for that. Memories are funny things...\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/sarahstockton.typepad.com\/weblog\/2008\/10\/bang-a-drum.html'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @John – John- your comment about my brother inspired me to go dig out the photo and write a post about it, so thanks for that. Memories are funny things…

http://sarahstockton.typepad.com/weblog/2008/10/bang-a-drum.html

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]]> By: John http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/10/ear-job-2-hearing-aids/comment-page-1/#comment-558 John Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:28:46 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=1092#comment-558 <a href='#comment-543' rel="nofollow">@Sarah</a> - It's always sobering, to remember that as much as I b!tch -- y'know, like "Nobody understands how hard it is for me!" -- those who are totally deaf <i>really</i> have some hard times. (For instance, as I will write later, I <i>can</i> use plain-old telephones... and have no idea what it's like to need, let alone use, a TTY device.) In my mind's eye I can see that photo of your brother, perfectly.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('558','John'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('558','John','<a href=\'#comment-543\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Sarah<\/a> - It\'s always sobering, to remember that as much as I b!tch -- y\'know, like \"Nobody understands how hard it is for me!\" -- those who are totally deaf <i>really<\/i> have some hard times. (For instance, as I will write later, I <i>can<\/i> use plain-old telephones... and have no idea what it\'s like to need, let alone use, a TTY device.)\r\n\r\nIn my mind\'s eye I can see that photo of your brother, perfectly.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Sarah – It’s always sobering, to remember that as much as I b!tch — y’know, like “Nobody understands how hard it is for me!” — those who are totally deaf really have some hard times. (For instance, as I will write later, I can use plain-old telephones… and have no idea what it’s like to need, let alone use, a TTY device.)

In my mind’s eye I can see that photo of your brother, perfectly.

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]]> By: Sarah http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/10/ear-job-2-hearing-aids/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Sarah Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:09:13 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=1092#comment-543 My older sister was born with total hearing loss. She learned some oral speech by attending schools for the deaf throughout her childhood, though she then received a BA from Cal State Northridge with the help of sign language interpreters. My younger brother was born with some hearing loss, and was "mainstreamed" in the same elementary and high school as me, though he faked comprehension most of the time and was pretty miserable. Although he became completely deaf by his early twenties, he graduated from UC Berkeley- again wth the help of interpreters- God Bless the State of California for that, which paid for all of it. I have a photo of my brother as a little boy wearing his hearing aids - two plastic molds that fitted into his ears, and cords running down to a small box held in place by a harness that he wore on his chest. Kind of like the baby slings that we see now, only instead of holding an infant, the harness holds a receiver about the size of a deck of cards. My own hearing is extra-acute- I assume from being the "ears" of my siblings growing up- I never seem able to shut sounds out, which can be very tiring at times!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('543','Sarah'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('543','Sarah','My older sister was born with total hearing loss. She learned some oral speech by attending schools for the deaf throughout her childhood, though she then received a BA from Cal State Northridge with the help of sign language interpreters. My younger brother was born with some hearing loss, and was \"mainstreamed\" in the same elementary and high school as me, though he faked comprehension most of the time and was pretty miserable. Although he became completely deaf by his early twenties, he graduated from UC Berkeley- again wth the help of interpreters- God Bless the State of California for that, which paid for all of it. I have a photo of my brother as a little boy wearing his hearing aids - two plastic molds that fitted into his ears, and cords running down to a small box held in place by a harness that he wore on his chest. Kind of like the baby slings that we see now, only instead of holding an infant, the harness holds a receiver about the size of a deck of cards. \r\nMy own hearing is extra-acute- I assume from being the \"ears\" of my siblings growing up- I never seem able to shut sounds out, which can be very tiring at times!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> My older sister was born with total hearing loss. She learned some oral speech by attending schools for the deaf throughout her childhood, though she then received a BA from Cal State Northridge with the help of sign language interpreters. My younger brother was born with some hearing loss, and was “mainstreamed” in the same elementary and high school as me, though he faked comprehension most of the time and was pretty miserable. Although he became completely deaf by his early twenties, he graduated from UC Berkeley- again wth the help of interpreters- God Bless the State of California for that, which paid for all of it. I have a photo of my brother as a little boy wearing his hearing aids – two plastic molds that fitted into his ears, and cords running down to a small box held in place by a harness that he wore on his chest. Kind of like the baby slings that we see now, only instead of holding an infant, the harness holds a receiver about the size of a deck of cards.
My own hearing is extra-acute- I assume from being the “ears” of my siblings growing up- I never seem able to shut sounds out, which can be very tiring at times!
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]]> By: John http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/10/ear-job-2-hearing-aids/comment-page-1/#comment-532 John Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:35:51 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=1092#comment-532 <a href='#comment-531' rel="nofollow">@marta</a> - Just hunted around your site for a mention of this uncle, whom I didn't remember you writing about; I think I found two (mentions), maybe three. I do apologize on behalf of the State of Florida. It really IS embarrassing, especially because I know there are others, many others, in the same invisible straits. "Vanity" (and other forms) doesn't come easily as a word I use in describing myself, and I certainly wouldn't have thought to use it that way when I was a kid. Much easier to use workarounds like "It just feels <i>weird</i>," which is mildly self-deprecating instead of flat-out pejorative. (And now that I'm thinking about it, especially the timing, it's possible I had to be humbled on various other fronts before I could display some humility on that one too. So even for that I can't claim credit.) Completely empathize with the hubbo on this.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('532','John'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('532','John','<a href=\'#comment-531\' rel=\"nofollow\">@marta<\/a> - Just hunted around your site for a mention of this uncle, whom I didn\'t remember you writing about; I think I found two (mentions), maybe three. I do apologize on behalf of the State of Florida. It really IS embarrassing, especially because I know there are others, many others, in the same invisible straits.\r\n\r\n\"Vanity\" (and other forms) doesn\'t come easily as a word I use in describing myself, and I certainly wouldn\'t have thought to use it that way when I was a kid. Much easier to use workarounds like \"It just feels <i>weird<\/i>,\" which is mildly self-deprecating instead of flat-out pejorative. \r\n\r\n(And now that I\'m thinking about it, especially the timing, it\'s possible I had to be humbled on various other fronts before I could display some humility on that one too. So even for that I can\'t claim credit.)\r\n\r\nCompletely empathize with the hubbo on this.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @marta – Just hunted around your site for a mention of this uncle, whom I didn’t remember you writing about; I think I found two (mentions), maybe three. I do apologize on behalf of the State of Florida. It really IS embarrassing, especially because I know there are others, many others, in the same invisible straits.

“Vanity” (and other forms) doesn’t come easily as a word I use in describing myself, and I certainly wouldn’t have thought to use it that way when I was a kid. Much easier to use workarounds like “It just feels weird,” which is mildly self-deprecating instead of flat-out pejorative.

(And now that I’m thinking about it, especially the timing, it’s possible I had to be humbled on various other fronts before I could display some humility on that one too. So even for that I can’t claim credit.)

Completely empathize with the hubbo on this.

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]]> By: marta http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/10/ear-job-2-hearing-aids/comment-page-1/#comment-531 marta Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:17:08 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=1092#comment-531 I remember my uncle wearing one of those large and very noticeable hearing aids back in the 70s. He hated it as I recall. As my uncle has been missing for several years, I can only imagine what life is like for him--if indeed he is alive--without hearing and on the streets. Well, if that's where he is. Vanity is one reason why my husband has an eye that doesn't work. When he was a kid he wouldn't wear his eye patch. To be honest, I'm not sure he's learned the same lesson as you.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('531','marta'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('531','marta','I remember my uncle wearing one of those large and very noticeable hearing aids back in the 70s. He hated it as I recall. \r\n\r\nAs my uncle has been missing for several years, I can only imagine what life is like for him--if indeed he is alive--without hearing and on the streets. Well, if that\'s where he is.\r\n\r\nVanity is one reason why my husband has an eye that doesn\'t work. When he was a kid he wouldn\'t wear his eye patch. To be honest, I\'m not sure he\'s learned the same lesson as you.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I remember my uncle wearing one of those large and very noticeable hearing aids back in the 70s. He hated it as I recall.

As my uncle has been missing for several years, I can only imagine what life is like for him–if indeed he is alive–without hearing and on the streets. Well, if that’s where he is.

Vanity is one reason why my husband has an eye that doesn’t work. When he was a kid he wouldn’t wear his eye patch. To be honest, I’m not sure he’s learned the same lesson as you.

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