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Re:Ask HN: My father is starting to lose his hearing. What s... by Jemaclus on Friday January 19, 2024 @01:08PM (#39058878)
The volume is easily controllable, and the hearing aids themselves come with a noise ceiling that prevents sounds from getting too loud, although this is adjustable by the audiologist on a case-by-case basis. I can go to a bar or a concert and actually hear _better_ than those around me, because the hearing aid is actually keeping the sounds from being too loud.

Occasionally when the waveform flattens against the ceiling, it sounds pretty strange, but not disturbingly so.

Anyway, I've never had this problem and I've worn a hearing aid since the 80s, so I suspect it's not as big of a concern as you might think.

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Re:Ask HN: My father is starting to lose his hearing. What s... by nashashmi on Friday January 19, 2024 @02:37PM (#39060026)
That's an interesting feature. I didn't know that audio technicians and scientists solved this problem. My father-in-law started wearing a hearing aid a year ago (before Biden made it easier so It had a hefty $4k price tag). It was hooked up to his phone. I don't think he was very savvy with the volume button. Often times he didn't know if the sound was coming thru bluetooth or the phone directly. Now he has a ringing problem that keeps him at night. And he needs a white noise maker to tone it down.

I will take a trip to the audiologist at Costco to get more insight. I hope it is as good as you say it is.

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