"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:57:58 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
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> 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

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Yes he was in the military for 22 years. He looked those bud things up
and some are from the company that his current ones came from . A friend
of ours got her hearing aid from the NHS i.e. free and it is fantastic. It
links to an app on her phone and can be adjusted to filter out background
noise or certain frequencies or to focus on people talking on the other side
of the room. Unfortunately they aren't available here on the NHS in Scotland
at present.