New to hearing aids. Phonak M

Snap! I too picked up my NHS aids yesterday. They’re brilliant and I was able to wear them all day, rapidly losing the ‘echo’ of my own voice. I wasn’t sure what had happened to them yesterday morning as I couldn’t hear my hair rustling when I inserted them and did some button fiddling, eventually working out that I hadn’t completely snapped the battery compartment closed completely! I then had to undo my button fiddling. All a learning process. I haven’t used the blue tooth facility yet. The only problem I’ve found is that, tiny as the ear pieces are, I find my ears are sensitive and slightly irritated by them. This doesn’t surprise me as I’ve never tolerated ear buds particularly well. I’m just hoping I’ll get used to them as the benefits are so welcome!
Good luck with yours.

Morning. My HA are in, the Bluetooth is working but they won’t connect to the app, so frustrating !
Charley girl. That’s a shame about your HA which ones were they ? Please let me know how you get on with your new ones.

Gingster. Try and persuade your husband to go back and get them adjusted. There’s different size tubes now so they won’t fall out and you don’t need to touch the HA if their blue tooth you can use the app. Good luck it seems there’s a lot of trial and error.

My Dh refuses to wear his.
They irritate him and he fiddles with them and then they fall out.
Hopeless!
Very annoying for the rest of us.

I need them to hear a conversation in a busy place but they just amplify the background noise as well as close up taking. - the latest NHS ones have a "Noisy Environment" setting - you need to go back and get yours upgraded.

They connect to your phone via bluetooth and you can alter the settings from there.

I have NHS ones from Specsavers but I cannot hear the doorbell, phone or a conversation. I cannot live like this so tomorrow I pick up my £2K ones from Specsavers.

You've done well to keep them in all day if you've never worn them before! Even just a change of aids takes a few days to adjust to. I have NHS bluetooth too, it's amazing how natural they'll sound to you once you've been wearing them a few weeks.

Thank you Katy and Vera

I've worn hearing aids for about 10 years now. Earlier this year I was issued some new Phonak ones (on the NHS via Specsavers). They are much better than my old ones. They have an app so you can create different settings on your phone (e.g. outside sports, restaurant etc) - but I must say I haven't had much luck with those.

The big bonus is that they connect via Bluetooth to my phone, so phone calls go straight into my hearing aids and are much clearer. I also use them to listen to podcasts on my phone whilst gardening, cleaning etc.

As others have said, the main problem is that hearing aids amplify all sounds, so I still struggle in noisy environments - but they are getting better all the time!

Can you have hearing aids if you have tinnitus?

Yes, I find it helps quite a lot.
I certainly notice the difference if I don't wear them, say if I'm just at home on my own for the day.
Mine are free NHS ones, but not Bluetooth. I don't think they're available in all health authorities.

Hi yes they’re recommended if you have tinnitus that’s one of the reasons I wanted to try them.
watermeadow. Maybe you should try the newer Bluetooth aids. Mine have different settings for using with your phone, also the loop system in banks etc, plus a restaurant and tv setting I’ve yet to try the restaurant setting but apparently it blocks out background noise.

I got them after losing hearing and awaiting an op fir perforated eardrum as I was completely deaf in right ear with this. I was offered them pro temp the minute I out it in everything came back. After waiting a year for an op I refused it and just kept going with the aid.

I meant yo say, could you explore that I wonder?

watermeadow - my mother-in-law has a setting of some sort for telephone use.
She hasn't bothered to find out.
It's very annoying to be honest.

Can you have hearing aids if you habe tinnitus?

I’ve had hearing aids for 7 years but wear them only when I must. I’ve never got used to them and it’s always such a relief to remove them.
I need them to hear a conversation in a busy place but they just amplify the background noise as well as close up taking.
With them in everything is still muffled but louder. They are especially useless for phone calls.

Yes Luckygirl their NHS blue tooth ones. I definitely need them so will persevere.At least my tinnitus is much improved with them.New day tomorrow onwards and upwards.

The trick is to bung 'em in and keep 'em in. That is the only way to get used to them.

I know some people who take them in and out and try for short periods and then ditch them - to the detriment of those around them who are trying to make themselves heard!

I hope you got yours on the NHS and did not spend thousands on them! I have state-of-the-art aids from the NHS free, with all batteries free too - a bargain!

Aah that’s good news Horatia. I’ve had mine in all day, but I’ve got a headache so taken them out for a rest. I think it might take a while to get used to them.

Katyj My husband found hearing aids very strange at first, but after a wearing them a few times he adjusted to them and can feel the full benefit of them now.