My feelings and thinking where it comes to hearing aids

First off hearing aids is not only an important health device but it is also a very important personal device. We should think about out health first foremost. Then we have to be concerned with what we can afford to pay for the aids we need. If you are a Vet then I say try your best to get into the VA system because it will save you a lot of money. Always understand that aids will never give you you full hearing back, it just will not happen, maybe in the future that will figure out how to complete to restore our hearing. Also be welling to get what ever extras you need with your aids to give you the best hearing as possible. And last forget about what others think. I say you should never care about what others think. This is about you and about you being able to enjoy your life to the fullest possible. Yes I know sticker shock is real when it comes to hearing aids, it is also true for any think that has to do with health. Glasses are not cheap nor are they something we can hide unless we go with contacts, but most time contacts are not as good as glasses, and the same is true for hearing aids CIC aids are not as good for most of us as BTE or ITE aids that are larger and can been seen. I do believe in the streamers or connect line extras that go with aids. I have not tried aids that connect directly to the Iphone but I have researched them and I know they consume the battery much faster and also you still have to handle the phone to take a call due to there not being a mic in the aids, maybe that will change in the future. With my streamer I can be completely hands free, and the police in my area will not give me trouble using my phone. The bottom line is that hearing aids are very important if you have a hearing loss bad enough that you need aids. It can mean you can not job so your career could be taken from you. I for one waited to long to get aids and my hearing got to the point that I could not understand speech to the point that it caused me to be a very bad speller and also I made lots of mistakes when dealing with my customers and co-works and even my family and friends.

Please think about this when you know you need aids. And before you up in with both feet do your research and learn as much as you can about hearing aids, the extras and learn as much as you can about your hearing loss. Be will to get what you really need, but understand what you really need and not to much more that you need and never except less than you need.