Hearing Aid Malfunction

[COOL BREEZE]

The left hearing aid broke yesterday. I was given 3 choices. 1. Wait for an appointment late April. 2. Wait for my doctors next available appointment in 2-3 months. 3. Bring it in it will still be 3-4 weeks to be repaired as it has to be shipped out for repair. Nice choices.

[Commander Bob]

The left hearing aid broke yesterday. I was given 3 choices. 1. Wait for an appointment late April. 2. Wait for my doctors next available appointment in 2-3 months. 3. Bring it in it will still be 3-4 weeks to be repaired as it has to be shipped out for repair. Nice choices.

Sorry to hear that 'COOL BREEZE'. I hope you get this resolved more sooner than later. Are you SC on the hearing??? I can't remember if you mentioned it before.

Best wishes,

CB

[COOL BREEZE]

Sorry to hear that 'COOL BREEZE'. I hope you get this resolved more sooner than later. Are you SC on the hearing??? I can't remember if you mentioned it before.

Best wishes,

CB

JUST 0%. I also have a pending claim for titnatus.

[COOL BREEZE]

I recommend you go to your audio department at the VA and explain the problem to them..they might have a phone with a volume control for you (but you may have to wait on that one also). I did get a home phone from the VA Audio dept. that is awesome. It has a volume control, works with my hearing aids, and "lights up" when it rings.

Most importantly, it has incredibly clear crisp sound to it (great audio quality), which helps me tremendously understand the speaker. These are not cheap Wal mart variety phones with a volume switch added but a very high quality expensive phone designed for use by individuals who are hard of hearing. And they are free at your VA to hearing loss SC Vets if you ask for it and your audiologist thinks it will help you. The brand name of my high quality VA supplied phone is "Clarity", and it is awesome.

There are other devices they have that may also help you. Ask them. The "hearing" community has no idea what it is like to be hard of hearing, erroneously beleiving that hearing aids will

magically solve all our issues...yea right.. like what are you going to do for the next 4 weeks working in a call center waiting for your hearing aids to be repaired.

This is a severe problem...often another one hearing aid users have is batteries. What if your hearing aid batteries fail at an in opportune time, such as when you are on a job interview. I am sure your interviewer wants to wait while you replace those batteries..even if you were alert enough to make sure they are on your person.

With my hearing aids, I cant put them in right out of the shower. I have to carefully dry my ears, then still wait for moisture to go away for an hour or so as the humidity tends to "fog up" my aids rendering them unusable.

Even when I have my aids in, and the batteries are working...it is still not like being able to hear. My aids are supposed to be compatable with the telephones, but most of the time they start ringing and I have to take them out when the phone rings....then remember not lose the devices, which my VA wont replace until the aids are about 4 years old.

Thank you for that advice! I received a call today from the audio dept that my request for the phone was approved and it will arrive in a few weeks. Its like members like your self that share this information here with us otherwise we would never know that the VA will provide this-ask and you shall receive!

[Pete53]

I have an appointment thursday to see about replacing my old hearing aid. Like I have said before I wish that all of the VA worked like the hearing clinic.

Do you have to ask for the bluetooth hearing aid?

[jbasser]

I recommend you go to your audio department at the VA and explain the problem to them..they might have a phone with a volume control for you (but you may have to wait on that one also). I did get a home phone from the VA Audio dept. that is awesome. It has a volume control, works with my hearing aids, and "lights up" when it rings.

Most importantly, it has incredibly clear crisp sound to it (great audio quality), which helps me tremendously understand the speaker. These are not cheap Wal mart variety phones with a volume switch added but a very high quality expensive phone designed for use by individuals who are hard of hearing. And they are free at your VA to hearing loss SC Vets if you ask for it and your audiologist thinks it will help you. The brand name of my high quality VA supplied phone is "Clarity", and it is awesome.

There are other devices they have that may also help you. Ask them. The "hearing" community has no idea what it is like to be hard of hearing, erroneously beleiving that hearing aids will

magically solve all our issues...yea right.. like what are you going to do for the next 4 weeks working in a call center waiting for your hearing aids to be repaired.

This is a severe problem...often another one hearing aid users have is batteries. What if your hearing aid batteries fail at an in opportune time, such as when you are on a job interview. I am sure your interviewer wants to wait while you replace those batteries..even if you were alert enough to make sure they are on your person.

With my hearing aids, I cant put them in right out of the shower. I have to carefully dry my ears, then still wait for moisture to go away for an hour or so as the humidity tends to "fog up" my aids rendering them unusable.

Even when I have my aids in, and the batteries are working...it is still not like being able to hear. My aids are supposed to be compatable with the telephones, but most of the time they start ringing and I have to take them out when the phone rings....then remember not lose the devices, which my VA wont replace until the aids are about 4 years old.

Thanks for posting that Broncovet. I have a friend who will be SC'd for his ears (Tinnitus and hearing loss) and he cant hear crap. They gave him hearing aides maybe he can get a high quality phone also.

J

[broncovet]

A hearing aid is just ONE option for the hard of hearing, and not everyone tolerates hearing aids well or benefits from them. Another example is what I call an "FM system". Now, I think they are called an "assisted listening device".

A good example of when an ALD may be appropriate would be if a HOH Veteran was trying to attend some sort of classes or was in a classroom type setting.

The teacher, or speaker, speaks into a microphone. The HOH Veteran puts on a set of headphones and the speakers voice is amplified so he can hear it.

While I can not promise the VA audio would pay for such a device, I think most of it would depend on if your audiologist thought those would be better for you than hearing aids. (They are probably cheaper than most hearing aids).