Re: For those who wear hearing aids, how often do you turn off them off (not remove)?

Date	2015-06-24 01:27 -0700
From	Ant <ant@zimage.comANT>
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Subject	Re: For those who wear hearing aids, how often do you turn off them off (not remove)?
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Wow, I thought $2K was expensive for my Oticon Sumo DM! Why is yours so 
expensive? Is it rare? Special custom?  12 years? Lucky. Mine started 
having issues after maybe 3-5 years. :(


On 6/23/2015 7:21 AM, Don12345 wrote:
> I never turn mine off while I am wearing them. They filter out loud
> noise. I turn mine off at night when I go to bed and I open the battery
> door. I think that is important. My aids are 12 years old and they still
> work very well and they have never needed any repairs.
>
> I won't tell what brand they are because I don't want to advertise the
> brand. Because I was supposed to get free batteries for life and they
> cut me OFF after about 7 years. Of course, that is the dealer doing
> that. I should write to the hearing aid company and tell them what this
> dealer did. I paid that dealer $6,800 for a pair. Now when I go to a
> dealer, a set runs about $4,000 and one told me "WOW, we don't even have
> hearing aids that cost that much and THAT was 12 years ago!
>
> Don
>
>
> On 5/19/2015 3:36 PM, Ant wrote:
>> I do it often because some things (e.g., theaters, concerts, work,
>> people, etc.) are too loud, and sometimes I just want peace and quiet.
>> It is sometimes nice to be have hearing problems to avoid loudness. ;)


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