I got tinnitus about 5 months ago and it’s believed to be related to hearing loss. I believe it’s more related to dental/tmj issues but that’s for another discussion. I have profound hearing loss in the high frequency range and I mostly have issues conversing with people, specifically people who speak softly. Besides that, I was fine with day to day life until the tinnitus popped up. So for the sake of seeking any relief from this torture, I went to costco and was fitted with a pair of rexton hearing aids. I tried them for a few weeks and nearly returned them because of how annoying everything sounded and the fact that I kept it off most of the time. The audiologist made adjustments to the volume and told me to utilize the app more so I could adjust them as needed. I’m currently giving them another shot, but I’m having to constantly go into the app to make changes since I cannot seem to find anything that I can get used to. Everything sounds artificial and the sounds I can normally hear without my hearing aids sound worse with them on. For example, typing on a keyboard sounds way too clicky. If I adjust the volume/sharpness/softness to reduce the clickyness, then everything sounds almost identical to as if I wasn’t wearing any hearing aids.
I want to have a more hassle free / natural experience with this. I feel like a DJ when I have to keep pulling my phone out and moving the sliders up and down to fine tune every situation I’m in. I also hate the feeling of the earbuds in my ear. It’s hard to ignore that it’s there and I feel relief taking them off at night. Is this a normal experience for first time users and I simply need to toughen up? Or are there ways to make the experience better? The tinnitus is pushing me closer to insanity with each day and I really want to make this work. Sorry for the blogpost. I’m having a hard time finding a way to explain it all
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