Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 08:26:18 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fran Saunders Subject: Re: Hearing Aid Advice In-Reply-To: <025101bfd7fc$3a641070$c8290318@CC512599A> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hello, all! As a lifetime user of hearing aids, I have this to offer: The birder's ear and other non-medical gadgets have gotten good reports and if that suits you, fine. If not, there are other options. Various acoustical RF devices are available now. These work with your hearing aids. Go to a place like Self Help for the Hearing Impaired in Bethesda (you must make an appointment) and try out a variety of items that might suit you better. Whatever you do, please do not buy a hearing aid without going through an audiological check. Go to a clinic (GWU, so does Gallaudet) and tell them your problem (can't hear high tones, etc.) and let them fit you with various devices. You and your audiologist can select the one you need. These items usually come with a short trial period, so you can test in the field. Hearing aids are much too expensive these days, and the digital ones top the list for anyone to "fool" with this type of purchase on the recommendation of a friend or anyone else. No slight to all of you who have tried to help with brand names, etc.,...these are good ideas to bring to the audiologist, but again, please don't try the DIY approach with hearing devices! I've learned that the hard way..... Best birding to you all... Fran -------------------------------- Fran Saunders Web Site Director Maryland Ornithological Society Silver Spring, Maryland webmaster@mdbirds.org http://www.MDBirds.org/ ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================