Originally Posted by
a77impala
I am a Vet and just bought hearings aids, how did you qualify at the VA? Do they have a means test?
Anyway I have moderate to severe loss, I'm 71 and just got them in January, they help but not perfect. I enjoy hearing the birds now, it had been years. Still some conversations I don't understand. I can watch Jeopardy without captions!
Mine are behind the ear with speaker in the ear. Very hard for anyone to see, wind noise is the same but can now talk to fellow riders without them having to yell at me!
I have pretty severe hearing loss from the Army and it was on record when I had to obtain a waiver for my 1st Class Flight Physical for hearing.
The VA provided me hearing aids by Siemens that have a custom in ear piece with a very small microphone / controller that goes behind the ear. Additionally, I have a bluetooth unit that connects to my cell phone and tablet and makes talking on the cell extremely easy and clear with the hearing aids as speakers and the bluetooth unit as a microphone. I can also control directional microphones either from the bluetooth unit or on the hearing aids themselves that makes it possible to hear the person sitting across the table from you in a noisy restaurant or even change the direction so I can carry on a conversation with someone sitting in the backseat of the car.
If you have a "Service Connected Disability of 10%" for hearing loss you should be able to get them from the VA.