Late afternoon. You had a busy day. Jill is
coming tomorrow. Larry and the crew are also coming to tear out much of the
master bathroom tomorrow – an all day event according to Larry. Late morning
you had your hearing checked by an audiologist at Tri Health in the Mason
Community Center then ate at Panera/Chipotle for lunch. Afternoon was saved for
a variety of necessary errand runs. – Amorella
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hours. Busy, but accomplished day. I found my hearing is not as bad as I
thought and was surprised that Aetna/Medicare absorbed the bill, I didn’t even
have a co-pay. Alas, the hearing aids are strictly on our own. I only need them
in large conversations (more than four or five people). This almost never
happens so for now I’m not going to buy even one hearing aid. Craig is like a
captain or chief in the Tucson Red Cross. He cannot afford the luxury of no
hearing aid. I talk to few people at any one time. Lives do not normally depend
on hearing specific orders to help save or care for lives in an emergency. If I
had to buy one presently I would buy the Halo 2 or Muse from Starkey with the ‘receiver
in the ear’ style. The audiologist, Jeannie M., did not pressure me to buy and
appeared to suggest that I wait and check things out. She had given me a test
to check the ‘pressure’ on the eardrums (okay) as well as put me in a
soundproof closet, so to speak, for the hearing tests. Both ears had similar readings,
It hard for me to distinguish between soft consonants such as fat and hat and
reap and heat when spoken very softly. No problems with vowel sounds. Background
noise popped in a crowed environment such as a concert or restaurant.
Background noise further garbled those soft consonants when I listened. All in
all though I’m glad I took the test and have a copy to show in any hearing aid
store I might wander into. Actually, I could use a nap right about now.
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