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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 19/4/2024 (lemmy.nz)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Great that you're getting hearing aids! Probably a whole ton of birdsong awaits you.

[–] Floofah 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’ve fought shy of getting hearing aids for too long, I’m hoping they will remove my stress and embarrassment of often needing people to repeat what they are saying to me.

The birdsong, especially the piwakawakas as they flit around close by indeed will be lovely to hear clearly again.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I hope they remove your stress too! I think there's an adjustment period but hopefully it will be fast. People underestimate the amount of social isolation that comes with hearing loss.

[–] Floofah 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, me too, and I’m sure Mrs Floofah will be happy as well. She gets frustrated by my poor hearing. I get them next Thursday. Already loaded the app on my phone and iPad!!

Hopefully I will be able to report back here very positively.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Didn't realise they could come with an app, that's interesting.

I'm excited for you!

[–] Floofah 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I’ll report back, hopefully positively. My appointment has been delayed until next Monday.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Okay, looking forward to it!

[–] Floofah 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I’ve got my hearing aids, boy are they great!! Has transformed my hearing capability. The app has allowed me to tweak the settings, and amazingly when wearing them, I no longer hear my tinnitus hiss as badly. Don’t know how that works as I can clearly hear higher frequencies. Has really improved my speech understanding, it’s all so clear now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Hey, thanks so much for updating me!! Sorry it took me so long to reply, was taking a break from social media.

I'm so excited for you, it all sounds wonderful. The lowering of tinnitus is an unexpected bonus! Really glad it improved your speech understanding. Made my day reading your comment.