Re:FDA Authorizes First Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Software
by xur17 on Friday September 13, 2024 @02:07PM
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> But he's always been picky about his soundscapes, wanting the TV muted during ad breaks etc etc.
I'm with him on this one. Commercials always end up being louder than the rest of the content, and are just.. annoying.
Re:FDA Authorizes First Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Software
by geocrasher on Friday September 13, 2024 @03:05PM
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I thought I had hearing loss. I don't. I have Audio Processing Disorder. When I found out about APD and read its symptom list, I cried. It's me, all over. Between that and ADHD I now understand how my brain processes (or doesn't process) sound properly and why even a well intentioned (but clueless) audiologist told me I had "selective hearing".
Re:FDA Authorizes First Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Software
by vel0city on Friday September 13, 2024 @02:59PM
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> he found the pair he was fitted with ~20 years ago absolutely useless
IKUK but that's like having bad vision so you put on a pair of your glasses from 20 years ago, still having bad vision, and deciding glasses just don't work well. Hearing and vision change over time. And that's assuming those were good hearing aids 20 years ago compared to what is available today.
I hope your dad ends up taking a chance.
This is what I'm still trying to convince my dad of, after he found the pair he was fitted with ~20 years ago absolutely useless. He found that they simply made everything louder which did nothing to help him pick out what he wanted to hear.
But he's always been picky about his soundscapes, wanting the TV muted during ad breaks etc etc.