On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:57:58 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
> On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:38:33 PM UTC-10, Stu Rawlings wrote:
> > On 2/19/2021 5:28 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:42:21 AM UTC-10, Stu Rawlings wrote:
> > >> On 2/19/2021 4:30 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > >>> On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:22:50 AM UTC-10,
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>> On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 1:09:29 PM UTC-6,
> > >>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> ...Health Insurance! :-)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> Hey wait a minute! You always said you didn't need health insurance
> > >>>> because
> > >>>> you are a nurse and are your own insurance. Besides, you 'doctor'
> > >>>> yourself up
> > >>>> with cannabis oil, Seroquel, and garlic; why would you need
> > >>>> insurance?
> > >>> My daughter had a toothache and went to the dentist. It's going to
> > >>> cost us 3 grand. My dentist bill is $2,500. We're going to have to buy
> > >>> a new range because the old one died. Our plan was to get a newer used
> > >>> car this month but it looks like that's out the window. My daughter as
> > >>> been offered a job at the animal clinic where she's required to put
> > >>> some hours in for school. I'm hoping she takes the job and gets dental
> > >>> insurance. That would be nice.
> > >>>
> > >> Damn, that all sounds costly. Hey you know about hearing right?
> > >>
> > >> I bought three of those sonic pest-repllers' that plug right
> > >> into the wall and they all have three settings, low, medium
> > >> and high..It says not to run them on high if humans or pets are going
> > >> to be in the room, so just I had to plug one in to the wall in the
> > >> kitchen and run it on high, just to see how nasty it was.
> > >>
> > >> At any rate, I couldn't hear it very much at all, while my
> > >> wife was telling me to turn it off quick, it bothered her.
> > >>
> > >> My question is did I stand too close to the stage and listen
> > >> to my music too loud when I was a younger guy and roach my
> > >> hearing, or perhaps I'm just tone deaf to that particular
> > >> frequency?
> > >>
> > >> <i have my doubts about how effective the chasers will be
> > >> anyway..i put three of them in my barn today>
> > >
> > > As it goes, most people will lose about half of their hearing by the
> > > time they're in their 60's. Kids can hear up to 20,000 Hz and above.
> > > Someone my age might hear up to 11 kHz. You can get a free signal
> > > generator app for your phone and test your limits.
> > > Around 30% of people over 65 will have some hearing loss. Mostly it'll
> > > be in the higher frequencies. People with hearing loss will typically
> > > have most of the loss in frequencies starting about 2 kHz. People that
> > > have some loss due to their occupation, will probably show a steep drop
> > > in hearing starting at 1 kHz. Their hearing will be completely gone by 4
> > > kHz. It's the large losses above 1000 Hz that makes speech comprehension
> > > difficult.
> > > Oddly enough, people in my generation have better hearing than their
> > > parents. That's what the research has shown. I can't say why that is.
> > > I doubt the ultrasonic chasers will work on bugs. OTOH, I'm thinking of
> > > an high frequency generator app that keeps cats away from me. I won't
> > > hear a thing but my wife would get ****ed off. It's always something.
> > >
> > Well thanks for a really well written response, I do appreciate it. As
> > far as I can tell I can hear well enough when it comes to conversation
> > and such, I'm not really concerned about being hard of hearing but the
> > fact that it was too aggravating for my wife to listen to when I
> > couldn't hardly notice it bothered me a bit.
> >
> > Now I recall my dad saying "you're gonna go deaf listening
> > to that shit you call music that loud"
> >
> > I do wear hearing protection now around machinery, like
> > closing the barn door after the horses are running away?
>
> I have a constant ringing in my ear so if you don't, consider yourself
> lucky. It's a good idea to wear hearing protection when you can. The thing
> about hearing loss is that it's so gradual that people don't notice it.
> The good news is that these days you can buy rechargeable Blu-tooth ear
> pieces that can help you hear. In the future, they'll be made specifically
> for hearing losses - they just probably won't be advertised as such. The
> cost will be under $200.
> ====
>
> D. has hearing aids that just don't work and they cost £4.000.00!
>
> Where do we find these Blu-tooth aids??

They're not hearing aids but ear bud-type headphones that are capable of amplifying ambient sounds. There's currently an explosion on these products so there's a lot of product out there.
I suspect that your husband has a hearing loss in the severe range since he was a military guy. If so, the ear buds might not have enough power for him. Your best bet is to demo a pair. I haven't had a chance to test some out but I can tell that's the direction these things are going.
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Wirel.../dp/B08MWY75DH