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Since a closed serious head injury (TBI) 28 years ago I have had a form of hearing loss called 'discrimination'. Basically I can hear but not make out sounds when there are too many. I could not have a conversation in a room when others were talking for example. Is there any recent thinking on how to manage or improve this type of hearing loss?

Great information dear. This information is very helpful for me

Hearing loss can be very isolating, I find people get impatient with me, or give up trying to include me in conversations. I appreciate it must be very frustrating for them, its frustrating for me too! How do you deal with the social aspects of hearing loss? Thanks

I find it difficult to discern what someone is saying in loud social situations, but have no problems at other times - would I need a hearing aid all the time?

What do I do with my husband who says he is not deaf.I put the T V on and it booms out and makes me jump out of my skin as he has left the sound on high. If he has the T V on in the kitchen I cant hear the t v in the living room. I got his hearing tested when he went for his specs and he was told he had hearing loss. I also got him a gadget from Amplivon which does work, but he wont use it. Guess what. I am going deaf from the LOUD NOISE coming from the T V.

I have NHS aids that I find difficult to use would I be able to get easier to use in ear ones at a private clinic?

Is there anything that can be done for hearing loss caused by a perforated ear drum. My dad say's that the hearing aids given to him don't make any diference.

My lovely husband has always had very bad eye sight and now I fear that his hearing is deteriorating - I find myself repeating most things twice or more now....I am concerned but I have tried to mention it and it was laughed off with comments like 'its selective hearing darling' and its bad enough having bad vision I thought hearing kicked in if vision failed - I am sure I am ok and you just need to speak clearer" I don't know what to do or how to bring it up again ? Any advice ?

How do I persuade my husband to take a hearing test?

Recently my ear drum burst. It has left me with considerable loss of hearing on my left side. I'm a month on and still struggling. When should I expect my normal hearing to resume?

i am really finding it difficult to hear certain pitches at the moment can this be remedied ?

Hi Patricia and Richard,

Your stories are heartening. I wear NI hearing aids with digital programs to block noise behind me. However my hearing has now got to the stage where nothing helps to hear in crowded environments although one to one conversations at home are fine. So people talk to me thinking I can understand their conversation. I am nodding my head and hearing one in ten words. Any help is desperately needed.

I belong to social club where we eat at long narrow tables. I just can't hear either the person opposite me and even at times the person at my side because of the overall background noise of everyone speaking to everyone else.

Pubs are the same.

I do have a little tinnitus. My NH hearing aids are middle range, if I went privately would top of the range be any better?

My current hearing aids are compatible with the Phonak Roger Easy pen. I obviously would have to point this at the person I was talking to, but if I could have a conversation with them this would be fantastic.

You both said Cochliar Implants solved all these problems, even the noisy pub/club/restaurant all round sound blocking my hearing. Should I be asking for this implant?

Any helpful suggestions would be very very welcome, I know I'm not alone.

Fran

I went to a well known opticians where they offer hearing tests.After my third bi-annual check up they said that my hearing had deteriorated and I needed hearing aids in both ears. I don't struggle to hear conversations, even in noisy rooms. My family do not think I am losing hearing. My question is: do these places want you to have hearing aids before you actually need them,in order to increase sales?
(I will go to Docs. to be referrred when I need it.)

my parents have some hearing loss and so do my grand parents, can you tell me if its hereditary or not?

thanks

if you think there are problems should you see the GP or book an appointment at an opticians? Which is better?

My hearing has steadily worsened over the past couple of years - having to turn up the tv volume and constantly asking people to repeat themselves. It is driving me mad along with the rest of the family ! I am only 47 so I am in denial that I may be going deaf. Should I just bite the bullet and visit my GP , do doctors carry out routine hearing tests? I need to do something and soon , smiling and nodding at people because I have already asked them to repeat themselves and still didn't catch what they said is making me look like a simpleton !

I am only in my mid 40s but now need two hearing aids. It is only the pitch/frequency (sorry not sure which is the right word) for conversation. I can hear everything else: babies crying, lawnmowers several streets away, motorbikes even though I am well off the main road. But I can't hear conversation!
As I get older is it likely that I will lose other types of noises or will I just lose even more of the conversation around me, or lose everything?
Thank you very much.

How do you cope with hearing loss?

My father has been totally deaf in one ear for most of his adult life, his good ear has been gradually deteriorating over the years. will it continue to deteriorate and will he require a hearing aid eventually in that ear

I've been struggling with sudden onset of tinnitus and hyperacusis for the past 3yrs, despite slight hearing loss at first it improved after a few months adjusting to the constant buzz/hiss, the specialist I saw couldn't explain why it had happened and put it down to anxiety/stress, I was given a white noise generator which helps slightly but isn't a great fit and I have to remove it for conversation, I'm wondering if there might be something that can help to reduce the internal sounds I hear and improve the clarity of external sounds ?! I also have a family history of deafness, not among siblings but both my mum and aunt, my gran and 8 great aunts/uncles suffered varying levels of deafness, all had to wear external hearing aids.

MY husband's hearing has got steadily worse and it does cause difficulties and frustrations for the whole family - he asks us to repeat things all the time and doesn't seem to have heard things the family have talked about.
He had a hearing aid for 1 ear on the nhs about a year ago but no longer uses it as he says it doesn't make any difference. I have suggested he goes back to check it's working properly etc but he hasn't. I don't think he realises how it's affecting the rest of the family and how we have a laugh about it to get over our frustration. I'm worried he's missing out on life around him.
Is an implant suitable for someone like him?

I have tinnitus and hearing loss. My question is, can I make either condition worse by going somewhere where there is loud music?

I have no hearing in my left ear at all due to measles as a baby, now the my "good" ear is deficient. I have been told a hearing aid would not help as it is just not quite bad enough, my low tones are good but higher tones are poor and I have tinnitus. Is a private hearing aid better than an NHS one and is that why I was not considered for it?

Is there an age when you should generally start going for hearing tests, or do you just go when you feel things are not right in your hearing.

I have what they call 'neurological' hearing loss and I really wish people were informed about it! I can hear but I cannot 'discriminate' ie understand what is said if there are competing noises. How rare it this and why is it such a 'poor relation'? Can they really do nothing to improve it?