Hearing aids attached to spectacles

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.

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.

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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.

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

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.

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

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

@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

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

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.

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 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?

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).

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.

Not sure what you mean Barbadosbelle?
Sorry, a bit confused.

my husband did not have them attached to specs but he had aids inserted into his ears. He could not get on with them and has stopped wearing them. To be honest it was not for poor hearing but to allegedly help his tinnitus .

I’ve been wearing NHS aids for 6 years, although I no longer wear glasses I do wear sunglasses and night vision glasses for driving. I would go back to your audiologist and check you have the correct ear tube fitting, I had to have different ones to those I was originally prescribed. Another couple of things I find help is pulling my ear cartilage away from my head just above the lobe when inserting the ear piece and I always clean my outer ear and the ear piece every day with an unscented wet wipe which makes the ear piece slide in more easily

My father wore hearing aids for several years and he always struggled with them, including losing them in Sainsbury’s, where (amazingly) they were found on the main shop floor! They really were the bane of his life. Aged 99, he wasn’t dexterous enough to fit them in or change the battery and he was far too independent to ask us for help.

I’ve seen a documentary about children with hearing aids and I think one baby had the hearing aids somehow fitted within a head band thingy. Worked very well it seems.

I also attended an online seminar about hearing aids and some people always find them difficult.

It feels to me extraordinary that so much time and money is spent on research to make hearing aids as tiny as possible but what seems to be important is that they are as wearable as possible. I’d be perfectly happy with some that stick on a pair of glasses, or a hair band or a hat, if they worked and didn’t get lost!

Anyway, it sounds from others on here, that if you persevere you should be ok. I hope they work well for you once you’ve got used to them.

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I have wondered about those. Will be interested to hear of any experiences. I have an NHS hearing aid that I find very difficult to put in. It is a solid lump of silicon type material connected to a wire and an over the ear casing. I can't have a 'pod' type aid as I have a grommet fitted. The material causes my ear to itch and is very uncomfortable. I have made an appointment to see if there is an alternative as I find it exhausting trying to find the right way round....here's hoping.

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

NotSpaghetti

Does that help their hearing?!
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I admit I haven't read all the responses, but I'm with the majority, I think.
I've worn glasses practically all my life, and have worn NHS hearing aids for about 4 years now, and don't have any trouble. I just rest the tube over the top of my ears and push the other bit into my ear.
Keep at it!

I've worn aids and glasses for decades. It takes a while to get used to the aids, but worth the patience.

Think long and hard before going private. My latest NHS aids are bluetooth, so the phone, radio etc goes straight into my ears. They are far superior to the private aids I bought at a cost of £4K.

Also, remember that if you wear hearing aids you are entitled to a disabled person's railcard which gives 30% discount for you and for one other person travelling with you.

teabagwoman

I sympathise with your frustration Winterwhite. It does get easier with practice but the solution for me was to get new glasses with a narrower end to the side arm. I haven’t heard of any hearing aids that are attached to glasses.

Well, I know a lot of my parents' generation used them in the 1970s, but I do not know if you can still get them.

Try googling!