Re: Re: Re: Insurance and diabetes

[Guest guest]

Hi, Sky...well, for instance, a neighbor gave me a set of wind chimes

for xmas and hung them directly outside my kitchen window. I can't hear

them at all.

I have trouble distinguishing " sixth " from " fifth " when it's dictated

and this is a real problem in my work.

When I'm in a group of people in a restaurant and there's a lot of

background noise, I can only hear the person who' s sitting right next

to me. Sometimes even across the table is a problem.

When I'm watching a video at home, sometimes I have to turn the volume

up to the very highest (but not always). Usually don't have that problem

in a movie.

Is there a Costco near you? Because you can get free audiology testing

there by a certified audiologist. (Of course they want you to buy their

hearing aids).

Hearing loss is part of the usual aging process but OTOH, my mother had

normal hearing that gradually worsened after 80 and she was totally deaf

by the time she was 90. Well, I'm only 67 now so I hope it progresses

SLOWLY for me. But I'm concerned.

Vicki

Re: Re: Re: Insurance and diabetes

>

> At 12:19 AM 2/18/05, whimsy2 wrote:

>

>>I do think it's ironic that I can't get insurance because of diabetes,

>>even though I have no diabetic complications...

>

> Unfortunately insurance companies never seem to take individuals and

> individual needs into consideration.

> ..............

> Okay, I've just sat here for a minute or two and have managed to

> avoid

> the temptation to climb up on a soapbox.

>

>>but I'm being sideswiped

>>by hearing loss which can't be corrected or slowed down (it's a high

>>frequency hearing loss, which isn't correctable with hearing aids,

>>apparently).

>

> Vicki, what are some of the symptoms of high frequency hearing loss?

> I'm

> wondering because I think my hearing may not be all that it was. Seems

> like

> when I visit some friends and we end up watching the news or something

> on

> TV I'm always asking them to turn it up a notch. I feel so OLD

> sometimes

> with all of this ka-rap happening.

>

>

> -=sky=-

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, Sky...well, for instance, a neighbor gave me a set of wind chimes

for xmas and hung them directly outside my kitchen window. I can't hear

them at all.

I have trouble distinguishing " sixth " from " fifth " when it's dictated

and this is a real problem in my work.

When I'm in a group of people in a restaurant and there's a lot of

background noise, I can only hear the person who' s sitting right next

to me. Sometimes even across the table is a problem.

When I'm watching a video at home, sometimes I have to turn the volume

up to the very highest (but not always). Usually don't have that problem

in a movie.

Is there a Costco near you? Because you can get free audiology testing

there by a certified audiologist. (Of course they want you to buy their

hearing aids).

Hearing loss is part of the usual aging process but OTOH, my mother had

normal hearing that gradually worsened after 80 and she was totally deaf

by the time she was 90. Well, I'm only 67 now so I hope it progresses

SLOWLY for me. But I'm concerned.

Vicki

Re: Re: Re: Insurance and diabetes

>

> At 12:19 AM 2/18/05, whimsy2 wrote:

>

>>I do think it's ironic that I can't get insurance because of diabetes,

>>even though I have no diabetic complications...

>

> Unfortunately insurance companies never seem to take individuals and

> individual needs into consideration.

> ..............

> Okay, I've just sat here for a minute or two and have managed to

> avoid

> the temptation to climb up on a soapbox.

>

>>but I'm being sideswiped

>>by hearing loss which can't be corrected or slowed down (it's a high

>>frequency hearing loss, which isn't correctable with hearing aids,

>>apparently).

>

> Vicki, what are some of the symptoms of high frequency hearing loss?

> I'm

> wondering because I think my hearing may not be all that it was. Seems

> like

> when I visit some friends and we end up watching the news or something

> on

> TV I'm always asking them to turn it up a notch. I feel so OLD

> sometimes

> with all of this ka-rap happening.

>

>

> -=sky=-

>

>

[Guest guest]

At 07:33 PM 2/18/05, whimsy2 wrote:

>Hi, Sky...well, for instance, a neighbor gave me a set of wind chimes

>for xmas and hung them directly outside my kitchen window. I can't hear

>them at all.

Okay. Thanks, Vicki, for the information. I can still hear high-pitched

wind chimes so I guess I'm okay for now. Maybe I'm losing the lower

registers. I should have it checked out eventually. I have a lot of

tinnitis (sp?) also. Had that forever, it seems.

>Is there a Costco near you? Because you can get free audiology testing

>there by a certified audiologist. (Of course they want you to buy their

>hearing aids).

Not that I know of. Sam's Club seems to be the main membership sort of

warehouse around these parts.

>Hearing loss is part of the usual aging process but OTOH, my mother had

>normal hearing that gradually worsened after 80 and she was totally deaf

>by the time she was 90. Well, I'm only 67 now so I hope it progresses

>SLOWLY for me. But I'm concerned.

I hope it works out.

sky

[Guest guest]

At 07:33 PM 2/18/05, whimsy2 wrote:

>Hi, Sky...well, for instance, a neighbor gave me a set of wind chimes

>for xmas and hung them directly outside my kitchen window. I can't hear

>them at all.

Okay. Thanks, Vicki, for the information. I can still hear high-pitched

wind chimes so I guess I'm okay for now. Maybe I'm losing the lower

registers. I should have it checked out eventually. I have a lot of

tinnitis (sp?) also. Had that forever, it seems.

>Is there a Costco near you? Because you can get free audiology testing

>there by a certified audiologist. (Of course they want you to buy their

>hearing aids).

Not that I know of. Sam's Club seems to be the main membership sort of

warehouse around these parts.

>Hearing loss is part of the usual aging process but OTOH, my mother had

>normal hearing that gradually worsened after 80 and she was totally deaf

>by the time she was 90. Well, I'm only 67 now so I hope it progresses

>SLOWLY for me. But I'm concerned.

I hope it works out.

sky