If you click Hearing Aids Report #6, you'll get the links to all the previous posts about my hearing aids.
I've been wearing hearing aids for a few years already, and it's still a learning process. Today I found myself in a very difficult situation. I was at an event in a hall with terrible acoustics. I had been in the building once before, but it was almost totally empty, so I hadn't noticed anything problematic.
This was an event for senior citizens to let us know about various rights, so I really wanted to stay and listen. I found what was the best noise insulated spot, on a fabric couch by a curtained window. All was fine until they started using a microphone, which was too loud, but I thought I could stay by turning off my hearing aids. Thank Gd for Bluetooth control... however the multiple speakers in the ceiling caused me to hear it echoed.
When a man with a very loud voice started to talk, I let out a scream and some of the staff came to see what was wrong. They took me to a room just off of the hall and gave me a chair in the doorway, hoping that it would be better. I still couldn't hear him clearly enough to understand what he was saying.
Then I decided to play around with streaming, as you can see in the photo. I kept adjusting it until I could both hear and understand what he was saying. The low tones were at maximum and the high tones were off. Once the event was over I returned them to their regular setting. Has any other hearing aid wearer had a similar experience? I'm surprised that I was the only one so uncomfortable at the event filled with senior citizens.
I also guess it's time to revisit the clinic.
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