I have tinnitus in my left ear.

Can anyone with Tinnitus tell me if you use a hearing aide dose it help with your hearing all i can hear is buzzzzing without a aid

Also has anyone used a hearing aid supplied by Specsavers if so how good are they ?
Thankyou
Jacko

I have tinitus in both ears there's no hearing aide as such. But I do use a little device which masks the sound of ringing and is supposed to help. I do know this. My hearing has not got any worse since

Horrible thing though

I worked alongside a project to put hearing aid tests into a national chain by a third party. we got paid for every test done, irrespective of if it got a sale. the conversion rate between test and sale is high & the mark up on the aid is huge so they didn't care.

also be careful of a hard sell as the testers only got paid commission on actual sales.

not saying this will be how they work, just what was done for a different company.

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Originally posted by welderman
I have tinitus in both ears there's no hearing aide as such. But I do use a little device which masks the sound of ringing and is supposed to help. I do know this. My hearing has not got any worse since

Horrible thing though

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A lass at work has just got some little hearing aids for her tinnitus. Says they're brill. She got it all through the NHS and cost her nothing, she was advised to avoid the specsavers type places as they're only interested in profit.

Get a referal from your GP to see a hearing specialist and take it from there, might be a bit slower but will be better in the long run

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Originally posted by jacko

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Originally posted by welderman
I have tinitus in both ears there's no hearing aide as such. But I do use a little device which masks the sound of ringing and is supposed to help. I do know this. My hearing has not got any worse since

Horrible thing though

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Hi Welderman can i ask what the little device is please and where do I buy such a thing is it a NHS Device ?

U2u me please if you dont want all the world to know
Thanks
Jacko

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I also have tinitus in both ears, and at first it keep my awake all night use to have the radio on etc... I have now got used to the continuous buzzing however keeping your ears very clean of wax helps using warm olive oil..

You can get a bed pillow with a built in speaker which you can plug your mp3 into...

Got this on the nhs from my very nice hearing specialist (femail)

Puretone audimed tinnitus system

I can take a picture if you wish

Found it on the web

MM8

In The Ear (ITE) White Noise Generator.

Click here for more information

Web Price: £150.00

 

 




[Edited on 3/11/12 by welderman]

http://www.puretone.net/tinnitus/index.htm


Thankyou for all the help

Welderman thanks the Puretone system looks interesting
Jacko