Hearing aids attached to spectacles

WelshPoppy

Eric Sykes had hearing aids attached to a glasses frame. He didn't have lenses in them though

He did. He called them his 'hearing glasses' and said that they enabled him to have a life and a career as his hearing deteriorated.

My dad's aids were built in. All the "equipment" was in the arm apart from a small transparent curvy bit that fitted in his ear (from the arm).

I checked with my sister at the weekend. The instructions with her NHS hearing aids a few years ago said to insert the bit that goes in the ear Before putting the other bit over the ear. Mine says put the earpiece on first 🤦‍♀️. Is it important?

I've worn glasses for 50 years and one hearing aid for 15 years. Never had a problem wearing them together. Glasses go on as my feet hit the floor on getting out of bed, hearing aid then goes in.

I've had my NHS aids for 5 years now. At first I struggled because of eczema in my ears and itching. I've got that sorted now and I am waiting for an appointment for an upgrade. They are going to give me Bluetooth aids with a background noise filter.
I manage with glasses although there can be a bit of rustling, much worse if I have a hairband on as well.

REDRIDINGHOOD - I too have hearing aids and suffer eczema and itching. How did you get your problem sorted?

@granless.
Had it all my life and hearing aids made it worse. I could hardly wear them and was having microsucton every 3 months. Had various drops from GP but they weren't very good.
Finally found an article about using betnovate scalp lotion as ear drops. I only need to use it about once every 6 weeks for 2 days and my ears are completely clear. It has to be on prescription but as it happens I already had it for my scalp.
www.ouh.nhs.uk/patient-guide/leaflets/files/12094Pbetnovate.pdf

I have hypoallergenic skeleton moulds, which are so much more comfortable than the solid pink moulds.

How did you get these TidyHouse?? Were they recommended by a private supplier? And very expensive?

Hello winter white hello all. I too was at the hospital yesterday and was prescribed two hearing aids which I was not expecting,
I have just tried to put them in and found it quite awkward. So I took them out and they are sitting in front of me now. Expectantly

I did have an aid sone years ago but struggled with terrible itchiness so had to stop wearing it.

Thank you RedRidingHood - I’ve made a GP appointment.

Hi winterwhite. Tbh I don't remember exactly how it came about. I think I asked the audiologist about hypoallergenic, and he then suggested skeleton. This was nhs. It's over ten years ago now, so I don't know whether they're harder to get due to saving money.

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I have worn NHS behind the ear hearing aid for a few years now. The tube from hearing aid into ear should be fitted length wise to suit your ear. I never have a problem and I wear glasses, in fact on bright days and in the summer I wear two pairs as I have Boots Polaroid sunglasses which are made to fit over normal glasses, again with no problem.

I find it very fiddly, firstly putting in hearing aids, then specs. Hair gets tangled too and then there is the itching🙄, but I do like being able to hear and they help my tinnitus. My late DH would have nothing to do with them and was lost in a world of his own, then dementia. So I keep on keeping on.

I also like wearing earrings so there’s quite a lot going on there apart from when I wear contact lenses going out.