I just stumbled across your video and am so happy that I did. For two reasons: I am not English, but love the language and it is so rare nowadays to see or hear someone talking not only in full sentences, but in an elegant, educated way. And I also loved that particular accent. OK, not 'accent', but let's say the colour of your English. It sounds very British and very elegant to me and my non-British ears. Speaking of which: I got hearing aids, when I was 24. Same as your first ones: visible BTEs with ear moulds. In a nice black-silver colour, though, but still rather bulky. However, I wore them. Not because I was so mature and responsible, but simply because my girlfriend had her ways to trick and force me into wearing them. And, yes, I loved hearing with them. But I was so self-conscious about the way they looked and what I might look like to others with them on. It took me years to come to terms with that. And what I always thought was: 'If I had been fitted at a younger age, everything would have been a lot easier and wearing hearings aids all normal now'. So, it was very revealing and somewhat shocking for me to learn that you went through so much trouble at such a young age.
Thank you so so much for your comment it’s really made my morning! And it’s so nice to hear go another hearing aid user too! It can feel very lonely struggling with this! And I’m glad this video can help! Where abouts are you from??
@@MrsBGeographyGood morning! That was a speedy reply. Thank you very much. Yes, it can feel lonely. How many times have I thought 'Oh God, I must be the only 24y-old with a hearing loss', when in fact I know that can't be true, of course. When I was 13 and in 6th or 7th grade I had a class mate, who was hard of hearing. She wore hearing aids and nobody had a problem with that. No one even took notice of it. There was no picking or mobbying, whatsoever. That is pobably the reason, why I always thought it would be better to get hearing aids at a younger age Funnily enough though, I was exactly 13, when it was first suggested I should have hearing aids. But despite of the encouraging experiences with my class mate, I just couldn't muster up the courage to wear them myself. The stupid teenager that I was. I'm from Hamburg, by the way.
Ahh lovely! Thank you so much for sharing! The confidence to stand out comes at different times for everyone! I’m so glad you finally got them to help yourself! Hamburg that’s so cool! I’d love to visit Germany! I’ve never been.
@@MrsBGeography I've got a question. I've seen you wearing headphones in one of your videos. May I know how you handle that? Do you just put them right over your ears and adjust the volume so it simply passes the dome (or earmould). Or do you place them in a way that the sound is picked up by the the hearing aids? Or do the headphones trigger the inductive transmission (t-coil)? I am asking because I really struggle with using headphones. If I put them in a normal position, I can't hear/understand very well, because I have normal earmoulds, which block the sound. If I position the headphones right over the hearing aids instead, then the t-coil is activated by the magnet in the headphone driver and the sound is transmitted directly, which gives me maybe not the best audio experience, but the best chances to depict sound and speech details. Unfortunately, after 30 minutes or so, my ears start hurting badly, when wearing the headphones not centered as they are supposed to be worn, but more over the contour of your ear. Besides, as soon the position slightly changes, the magnetic field is not strong enough any longer and the hearing aids start switching back and forth between t-coil and mic, each program change accompanied by beeps. What worked really well for me, was audio hooks (I think they were called). Two hooks that place over your ears, next to the hearing aids (inductive, via t-coil). However, I had two different models and both of them broke almost instantly. So I changed to audio leads that are connected to a clip at the bottom of your hearinga aids. This way your hearing aids actually work like headphones. But the downside is: it makes your hearing aids look even bulkier and obvious than they are already. So, in short: nothing worked for me. I now take my aids out, when I use headphones.
@@bibialtona1649 yeah I use headphone over my hearing aids. The headphones I have are big enough that they don’t squash my ears or hearing aids. I do turn them down so that they don’t squeak. I hope this answers your question!
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This was so interesting! Youre so brave sharing this and im glad youre proud now. I had no idea you'd faced all that! Youre the best love u xxx
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I had NO idea... wow.
Yeah! I really don't tell anyone! I must be out of the habit !
I just stumbled across your video and am so happy that I did. For two reasons: I am not English, but love the language and it is so rare nowadays to see or hear someone talking not only in full sentences, but in an elegant, educated way. And I also loved that particular accent. OK, not 'accent', but let's say the colour of your English. It sounds very British and very elegant to me and my non-British ears.
Speaking of which: I got hearing aids, when I was 24. Same as your first ones: visible BTEs with ear moulds. In a nice black-silver colour, though, but still rather bulky. However, I wore them. Not because I was so mature and responsible, but simply because my girlfriend had her ways to trick and force me into wearing them. And, yes, I loved hearing with them. But I was so self-conscious about the way they looked and what I might look like to others with them on. It took me years to come to terms with that. And what I always thought was: 'If I had been fitted at a younger age, everything would have been a lot easier and wearing hearings aids all normal now'.
So, it was very revealing and somewhat shocking for me to learn that you went through so much trouble at such a young age.
Thank you so so much for your comment it’s really made my morning! And it’s so nice to hear go another hearing aid user too! It can feel very lonely struggling with this! And I’m glad this video can help! Where abouts are you from??
@@MrsBGeographyGood morning! That was a speedy reply. Thank you very much.
Yes, it can feel lonely. How many times have I thought 'Oh God, I must be the only 24y-old with a hearing loss', when in fact I know that can't be true, of course. When I was 13 and in 6th or 7th grade I had a class mate, who was hard of hearing. She wore hearing aids and nobody had a problem with that. No one even took notice of it. There was no picking or mobbying, whatsoever. That is pobably the reason, why I always thought it would be better to get hearing aids at a younger age Funnily enough though, I was exactly 13, when it was first suggested I should have hearing aids. But despite of the encouraging experiences with my class mate, I just couldn't muster up the courage to wear them myself. The stupid teenager that I was.
I'm from Hamburg, by the way.
Ahh lovely! Thank you so much for sharing! The confidence to stand out comes at different times for everyone! I’m so glad you finally got them to help yourself! Hamburg that’s so cool! I’d love to visit Germany! I’ve never been.
@@MrsBGeography I've got a question. I've seen you wearing headphones in one of your videos. May I know how you handle that? Do you just put them right over your ears and adjust the volume so it simply passes the dome (or earmould). Or do you place them in a way that the sound is picked up by the the hearing aids? Or do the headphones trigger the inductive transmission (t-coil)?
I am asking because I really struggle with using headphones. If I put them in a normal position, I can't hear/understand very well, because I have normal earmoulds, which block the sound. If I position the headphones right over the hearing aids instead, then the t-coil is activated by the magnet in the headphone driver and the sound is transmitted directly, which gives me maybe not the best audio experience, but the best chances to depict sound and speech details. Unfortunately, after 30 minutes or so, my ears start hurting badly, when wearing the headphones not centered as they are supposed to be worn, but more over the contour of your ear. Besides, as soon the position slightly changes, the magnetic field is not strong enough any longer and the hearing aids start switching back and forth between t-coil and mic, each program change accompanied by beeps.
What worked really well for me, was audio hooks (I think they were called). Two hooks that place over your ears, next to the hearing aids (inductive, via t-coil). However, I had two different models and both of them broke almost instantly. So I changed to audio leads that are connected to a clip at the bottom of your hearinga aids. This way your hearing aids actually work like headphones. But the downside is: it makes your hearing aids look even bulkier and obvious than they are already.
So, in short: nothing worked for me. I now take my aids out, when I use headphones.
@@bibialtona1649 yeah I use headphone over my hearing aids. The headphones I have are big enough that they don’t squash my ears or hearing aids. I do turn them down so that they don’t squeak. I hope this answers your question!
You are cool.... You are awesome....your video is going to sensitise a lot of people...
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I'm deaf.......wow that airplane is loud
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