Technology Is Incredible.
As most of you know I have a very profound hearing loss. From about 3000 Hertz up I'm completely deaf, which means I can only hear about half of human speech. No sounds like music (only hear half of it), birds, smoke alarms, a woman's voice, etc.
Recently, hearing assist devices have been created that not only can reallocate human speech from those upper ranges into the lower ranges but does so by octaves so something like music can be heard in a natural way. They are also capable of bluetooth streaming not only from another source such as a cell phone but from music devices and between each other. I upgraded my hearing aids earlier this week and, for the first time in nearly two decades, I was able to hear music in it's entirety. It was a pretty incredible and moving experience. I had forgotten how beautiful music is. My comprehension of spoken words has also improved and will continue to improve as I become more acclimated to the devices.
I can now talk on my cell phone using only my hearing aids, which is matched to my hearing. My aids bluetooth connect to the cell phone so both transmit and receive are done are my hearing aids. I had my first cell phone conversation with my wife this week in which I understood everything she said. It's pretty incredible.
For any of you out there that wear hearing assist devices but have trouble with either comprehension or with select frequencies I would urge you to take a look at what can be done for you. It's opened up a whole new world for me. If you have any questions just let me know. I'll be happy to share what I know on them.
