My New Hearing Aids

I was fitted with my hearing aids today. It was like someone turning on the light in  a dark room. I went from dull mono to clean FM stereo. WOW! I could hear the door knobs tuning to open doors. I could hear my own footsteps! When I got home I heard this incessant  knocking. Where was it coming from? I looked at the wall. It was the clock hanging in the living room! Now I can hear the dogs barking, sirens , neighbors, squirrels on the roof, cars and motorcycles on the road. I had gotten used to the muffled sound. I went outside and sat in my front yard. It is a pleasant day

now you can hear the ghost riders in full fidelity

All the better to hear The Forum Monkeys in their fully monkeyness.

What?  Great news, Bill.  Enjoy every note. 

Ahhhhh the passing of wind.
 
No sound (eerrrrrm smell) is mo bettah!

I wanted these hearing Aids but the V A wouldn't cover the cost 
 

I thought I was going to love wearing my HAs.
 
However, they are a pain with the cell phone and headphones.
 
And hearing the ants pi$$ on a cotton ball is annoying too.

Did you notice the tinkling bell sound of the water in the shower? I had a really bad wax buildup and a nurse cleaned it out. One ear had something about the size of a cigarette butt in it, I had no idea. It was the first thing I noticed, the tinkle little bell sound of the water in the shower. Then maybe you are not supposed to wear them in the shower, I don't know.
I need to go to an audiologist. I have tried some online hearing tests and I don't seem to hear anything above 8khz, I think that's right... high end. Then too I have really bad tinnitus and I wonder if it masks the upper frequencies. I wonder if the cures that they, audiologists, tout for tinnitus actually fixes it or does it mask it. I cannot hear crickets unless I am out among them. My wife will say, wow listen to the crickets sometimes when we g to bed. I'm like what crickets? I've gotten used to it and though my ears ring rather loudly all the time, if I don't think about it I forget about it. They are ringing almost as loudly as the TV right now but the ringing is so high pitched that I am able to hear normal midrange and lows just fine.
I need to go to the doctor, don't I?
 
I sure am glad you are better. Do the hearing aids bother your ears? Do they hurt your ear at all? Do you have to get used to them or is it like they aren't there, you just hear better? Are they the ones that go down in your ear or the more visible ones or did you get implants?
I'm curious because I think this is probably in my near future. FWIW, if I had the unfortunate choice, I would take being blind over being deaf without a second thought.
 
Congrats!
 
Julien

Can you turn them down?

Bill,

How do you shower with the in ear style of hearing aids, do you have to wear something over the ears to protect them? I am assuming that you have to leave them in, all the time?

I didn't get the smart control with them. I don't know why but I didn't order or pay for them. 

I can't over stress what it was like when they turned on. I had forgotten what stereo clarity was. Wow is all I could say. Then I remembered that I had mixed all my tunes without my ears aworkin!  I Am afraid to listen to them with the hearing aids