Question for Barbara M.

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Is Tommy going to something other than the Music??

has had the Siemen Music aids since Feb.99

and I've been wondering if they are still " good "

enough for him if that makes any sense. Just curious

as to what changes you all are making and why?? Thanks

for any info!

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Hi - I *think* that your son's Music hearing aids are probably a newer

model than Tom's. He's had his for 3 years and for the most part, we've been

pleased, although we'd like to find an aid that gets him more gain in the higher

frequencies. Tommy's Music hearing aids are programmable aids, but are not

digital. I'm sure in the two years since Tom got his aids and your guy got his

there have been changes.

And of course, every kid is different and their loss is different. Tommy has a

severe loss overall, but it starts at a moderate loss in the lower frequencies

and moves down to severe/profound in the higher frequencies. My little son,

Sam, has a profound loss and is 95 db pretty much across the board. Sam has

Phonak Novo Fortes - they've done a great job for him. Very different boys

(boy, oh boy are they different!), very different losses so they have different

aids.

Part of the reason too we are shopping is that his aids are starting to wear a

bit - we sent one of his aids in for repairs a couple of months ago and they

replaced everything (I'm not sure there's anything now original to that

particular aid!). But the primary reason is trying to get better gain in higher

frequencies.

let me know if you need additional information!

Take care

Barbara