I have only just picked up on this thread and the recent comments about hard of hearing and deafness are particularly relevant to me
I wear aids in both ears and have had eight sets of hearing aids in the past ten years
I had four pairs from the adult hearing centre until they told me that they couldn't
help me any more because the ones I had were the best and there was a three year warranty remaining
I tried ****ts . paid a fortune for aids and got my money back because they were useless
Went to S*******S ,they are better but I still cannot hear voices or listen to music
I am told repeatedly by the audiologists that I will hear a pin drop /a tap dripping ,paper rustling , And I can , but I want to hear voices , take part in a conversation , listen to the music I loved , but now cannot bear the shrieking cacophony of orchestras and choirs that I used to love
I once got reference from the Adult H C to the hospital (ENT)but the doctor without seeing me said he did not think it necessary I appealed to my own doctor , but never got any response
I am back and forward regularly to the audiologists to have my aids tuned , but it never seems to work
To make matters worse the doctor I have been seeing recently was going to refer me to the hospital ENT , but she has now left so I have to start all over again
I know I must sound a miserable old 'B' but I have just returned from the funeral of a very loved friend and for thirty minutes I had to put up with voices I could not hear or music that I loved in the past but now only a screeching noise
So I do understand the frustration of those of you with hearing loss
jimbo