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<blockquote data-quote="ronny" data-source="post: 3319645" data-attributes="member: 8853"><p>I have sensorineural hearing loss. Simply put, the sensor hairs in my inner ear are shot. All the very high frequencies and very low frequencies are gone. All the other frequencies are at varying stages of hearing loss. The good news is that good hearing aids give me all the volume I need. The bad news is that with all that volume, I usually get loud gibberish. </p><p></p><p>There are some people who I simply can't hold a meaningful conversation with. Not gonna happen. Young kids are the worst. Teenage girls are iffy, especially when they're on the other end of a fast food PA system. Curiously, some deep-voiced men are just as bad. About 10% of the people I come in contact with have frequency ranges which allow me to have good quality conversations with. </p><p></p><p>I haven't been to a movie since "Saving Private Ryan". TV is a medium to be seen, not heard & understood. My wife's voice is one I can't master. I hate the phone. It is easy too withdraw and crawl into a hole. Thankfully, I fought that battle and won.</p><p></p><p>Now, the good. I have Starkey Livio's, not the AI model, though. Mind you, they have their weaknesses, for sure, but they have been instrumental in fighting that battle I mentioned. Sadly, their software falls short in some areas, but the groundwork is there for some really serious benefits. These aids have a lot of adjustments I can make myself, and, if needed, they(I) can communicate wirelessly with my audiologist to make other adjustments. They don't solve the human speech issue, but they certainly help. I'm sure the same tech is available from other mfrs. BTW, they ain't cheap.</p><p></p><p>I tried 2 different sound bars and, although they were better than my LG's speakers, they didn't help the speech issue, I didn't know about clear voice at the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ronny, post: 3319645, member: 8853"] I have sensorineural hearing loss. Simply put, the sensor hairs in my inner ear are shot. All the very high frequencies and very low frequencies are gone. All the other frequencies are at varying stages of hearing loss. The good news is that good hearing aids give me all the volume I need. The bad news is that with all that volume, I usually get loud gibberish. There are some people who I simply can't hold a meaningful conversation with. Not gonna happen. Young kids are the worst. Teenage girls are iffy, especially when they're on the other end of a fast food PA system. Curiously, some deep-voiced men are just as bad. About 10% of the people I come in contact with have frequency ranges which allow me to have good quality conversations with. I haven't been to a movie since "Saving Private Ryan". TV is a medium to be seen, not heard & understood. My wife's voice is one I can't master. I hate the phone. It is easy too withdraw and crawl into a hole. Thankfully, I fought that battle and won. Now, the good. I have Starkey Livio's, not the AI model, though. Mind you, they have their weaknesses, for sure, but they have been instrumental in fighting that battle I mentioned. Sadly, their software falls short in some areas, but the groundwork is there for some really serious benefits. These aids have a lot of adjustments I can make myself, and, if needed, they(I) can communicate wirelessly with my audiologist to make other adjustments. They don't solve the human speech issue, but they certainly help. I'm sure the same tech is available from other mfrs. BTW, they ain't cheap. I tried 2 different sound bars and, although they were better than my LG's speakers, they didn't help the speech issue, I didn't know about clear voice at the time. [/QUOTE]
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