Hearing aids - tiny inner ear type

[bonerp]

Hi all,
Last week had a hearing test as tinnitus getting worse in one ear and they said I have mild hearing deafness. An aid would help to encourage the ear to work rather than shut down or slowly get worse.
There's me thinking ah £1000 for a decent invisible one.... £5400 😳
Obviously half price as only need one, but still....
Has anyone used the steezia super mini or such like and found it useful? Or any other recommendations....
Thanks

[beambeam1]

Never used Steezia but I've been using Starkey since I was 14 (40 now!) and they are probably closer to what you're thinking in terms of price point. I've had better prices zx so many members of my family having the same hearing loss we practically buy wholesale but either side of £3000 per pair is the norm for us. Many of the manufacturers will include 5 years warranty and support too which is worth considering.

[Bomberharris]

Good morning

You are welcome to pm me

The ones I use and helped me a lot with tinnitus and anxiety/ depression which it can cause is signia

Tiny battery powered which you can alter and adjust the speaker and microphone via an app on your phone and have different settings to help.

A very good company based in Farnham common - help in hearing mine were £3000 back then

[Steve Campbell]

I was advised that the "in ear" type are not best for partial hearing loss as they effectively block sounds and boost everything......for partial loss you are better with the "on ear" with open silicone cups....so I guess it depends on your specific case. My hearing is compromised at the higher frequencies so the aids only boost that element of the spectrum and let bass sounds directly through the open cups.

When I first looked at this, I looked straight to the "in ear" ones. However, the on ear are very unobtrusive ....when I first got them I spent 2 hours with a friend who didn't notice them until near the end....and I'm bald !

I have a pair of Oticon Real. They were cheaper than you have been quoted for one. Hearing is a really interesting sense that is something you probably don't notice throughout your life....I really didn't know my hearing had been gradually fading for a long time so obviously the brain accomodates a lot. When I had them fitted it was a revelation (bird song is MUCH louder than I thought !)

[bonerp]

Thanks for info everyone. Useful.

[CarlosSainz100]

This is quite timely as I'm finding the tinnitus in my ears is getting quite distracting and getting me down a bit. I'm ok if there's no background noise but if I'm trying to listen to someone in a crowded room I struggle.

At least 10 years ago a female colleague of mine told me she had a hearing aid and then proceeded to lift up a patch of hair and press some buttons to turn up the volume (or something like that). It was a bit like The Borg out of Star Trek or the Bionic man. It was fascinating. And I had no idea she had any kind of hearing impairment.

This was 10 years ago so the details escape me, but does anyone know what this could have been?

[Anastie]

Steve Campbell said:

I was advised that the "in ear" type are not best for partial hearing loss as they effectively block sounds and boost everything......for partial loss you are better with the "on ear" with open silicone cups....so I guess it depends on your specific case. My hearing is compromised at the higher frequencies so the aids only boost that element of the spectrum and let bass sounds directly through the open cups.

When I first looked at this, I looked straight to the "in ear" ones. However, the on ear are very unobtrusive ....when I first got them I spent 2 hours with a friend who didn't notice them until near the end....and I'm bald !

I have a pair of Oticon Real. They were cheaper than you have been quoted for one. Hearing is a really interesting sense that is something you probably don't notice throughout your life....I really didn't know my hearing had been gradually fading for a long time so obviously the brain accomodates a lot. When I had them fitted it was a revelation (bird song is MUCH louder than I thought !)

This!

I have had outer ear hearing aids now for 3 months. I put off getting them as I'm a bit of an audio anorak and like quality sound. Plus I play guitar. I was extremely concerned that having hearing aids would ruin most of the things I get pleasure from.

I went for a private hearing test and explained my concerns. I was told I have higher frequency loss as per post above and I would struggle to hear people clearly in busy pubs and restaurants.

I looked into all options during the consultation including inner ear etc. I was told with the hidden inner ear ones I would not have directional sound. This is important to me.

I was fitted with a pair of Phonak Audeo LR hearing aids. The difference was subtle but incredible. There is zero tiny sound. I can hear all sounds very natural including bird song. When out with other people in crowded places I can hear the person in front of my comfortably. My music sounds normal nor artificial which was my concern if I got hearing aids.

The difference these have made to me is incredible. I was really self conscious when I got them but soon realised that most people don't notice unless they look hard, I tell them or their standing behind me and I have very short hair!

My routine is only to wear them when I leave the house as I can hear my wife (or choose not to at times) ok!