hearing loss simulator (was Re: Hearing Test)

[Guest guest]

I've come across some hearing loss simulations like the one on the

Phonak website that has some " preset " simulations for normal

hearing, and mild and moderate hearing losses in different

situations (not customizable to any specific audiograms):

http://www.phonak.com/consumer/hearing/hearinglossdemo.htm

The problem that I've encountered is yes with hearing loss your son

can't hear well, isn't that why your son have hearing aids, so his

hearing is corrected!

You mention that the simulator that you used has aided simulation -

what does that sound like? Is it different from " normal " hearing?

http://www.listen-up.org/haid/audio.htm

>

> Yesterday, I had an interesting experience. I took my son for a

hearing test check-up at

> Boston Children's Hospital. The audiologist asked me if I would

like to hear as my son does.

> This is something I have wanted since the day I found out about

his loss. Any way, he hooked

> me up to a simulator where I heard exactly as my son does

(doesn't, actually), unaided. Then

> he switched the program so I heard as my son does, aided.

>

> Apparently, this is new technology that is to be used in

counseling parents. I would really like

> to hook a couple of my sons teachers up to the simulator. Then

they could understand why

> we ask for what we do. I don't know how wide spread this simulator

is, the audiologist

> implied that it was new. I just wanted the group to know it exists-

maybe some audiologists

> and school systems could be induced to buy or borrow it.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

The sound in my son's case had a bit of an " echo " , like hearing in a

big room with bad acoustics. The quality of most of the voices was

pretty true except mine which sounded very robotic. He wears digital

aids, so I don't know what analog aids would sound like. Apparently,

music would sound very different for him, but there was none in the

office for me to hear. Also, because we were in a quiert room, I didn't

hear what other sound is like.

hearing loss simulator (was Re: Hearing Test)

I've come across some hearing loss simulations like the one on the

Phonak website that has some " preset " simulations for normal

hearing, and mild and moderate hearing losses in different

situations (not customizable to any specific audiograms):

http://www.phonak.com/consumer/hearing/hearinglossdemo.htm

The problem that I've encountered is yes with hearing loss your son

can't hear well, isn't that why your son have hearing aids, so his

hearing is corrected!

You mention that the simulator that you used has aided simulation -

what does that sound like? Is it different from " normal " hearing?

http://www.listen-up.org/haid/audio.htm

>

> Yesterday, I had an interesting experience. I took my son for a

hearing test check-up at

> Boston Children's Hospital. The audiologist asked me if I would

like to hear as my son does.

> This is something I have wanted since the day I found out about

his loss. Any way, he hooked

> me up to a simulator where I heard exactly as my son does

(doesn't, actually), unaided. Then

> he switched the program so I heard as my son does, aided.

>

> Apparently, this is new technology that is to be used in

counseling parents. I would really like

> to hook a couple of my sons teachers up to the simulator. Then

they could understand why

> we ask for what we do. I don't know how wide spread this simulator

is, the audiologist

> implied that it was new. I just wanted the group to know it exists-

maybe some audiologists

> and school systems could be induced to buy or borrow it.

>

>

>

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