For those who wear hearing aids, how often do you turn off them off (not remove)?

[Ant]

I do it often because some things (e.g., theaters, concerts, work,
people, etc.) are too loud, and sometimes I just want peace and quiet.
It is sometimes nice to be have hearing problems to avoid loudness. ;)
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[masonc]

On Tue, 19 May 2015 12:36:54 -0700, Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>I do it often because some things (e.g., theaters, concerts, work,
>people, etc.) are too loud, and sometimes I just want peace and quiet.
>It is sometimes nice to be have hearing problems to avoid loudness. ;)

In a word: never

[Ant]

>> I do it often because some things (e.g., theaters, concerts, work,
>> people, etc.) are too loud, and sometimes I just want peace and quiet.
>> It is sometimes nice to be have hearing problems to avoid loudness. ;)
>
> In a word: never

Wow, even when annoyed with sounds, loudness, etc.? :/
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[masonc]

On Tue, 19 May 2015 19:38:20 -0700, masonc <mas...@frontal-lobe.info> wrote:

>On Tue, 19 May 2015 12:36:54 -0700, Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>

>>I do it often because some things (e.g., theaters, concerts, work, h

>>people, etc.) are too loud, and sometimes I just want peace and quiet.
>>It is sometimes nice to be have hearing problems to avoid loudness. ;)
>
>In a word: never

I take it back. In a restaurant the other day the noise was too much. I turned
it off. By the way, I'm setting my aid so that I can use the switch to lower
the sound. Using the loudness wheel is tricky and I don't trust its wear-out.
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[Don12345]

I never turn mine off while I am wearing them. They filter out loud
noise. I turn mine off at night when I go to bed and I open the battery
door. I think that is important. My aids are 12 years old and they still
work very well and they have never needed any repairs.

I won't tell what brand they are because I don't want to advertise the
brand. Because I was supposed to get free batteries for life and they
cut me OFF after about 7 years. Of course, that is the dealer doing
that. I should write to the hearing aid company and tell them what this
dealer did. I paid that dealer $6,800 for a pair. Now when I go to a
dealer, a set runs about $4,000 and one told me "WOW, we don't even have
hearing aids that cost that much and THAT was 12 years ago!

Don

[Ant]

Wow, I thought $2K was expensive for my Oticon Sumo DM! Why is yours so
expensive? Is it rare? Special custom? 12 years? Lucky. Mine started
having issues after maybe 3-5 years. :(

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[Don12345]

Well, I guess that was to include free batteries for life. I was
ignorant and told the audio I wanted the very best he had. But like I
said he cut the free batteries off prematurely at around 7 years. I
should have reported him to the manufacturer.

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