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I read somewhere that the ‘word recognition’ results are more indicative of if a person would benefit from aids than the other parts of the hearing test.
In looking at my last test, the word recognition (near the bottom of the photo) seem to be quite good.
Since I’ve been wearing aids for the past couple of months I’m noticing that the only time they’re really benefitting me is when I’m watching TV when others are in the room. I need the TV volume a little bit louder to understand what’s being said than my husband. My husband is also soft-spoken, so I can hear him better with aids as well - but even my kids have a hard time hearing him.
I’m just wondering if having these aids is really worth the price…
I’m a pianist and organist and I have to take them out to play. When I’m around my young grandkids I also remove my aids because the noise is unbearable with them in.
I don’t know… maybe I’m missing more sounds than I realize without aids; but, then again maybe I don’t really need them. TV isn’t that important to me.

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@LisaD said:

I read somewhere that the ‘word recognition’ results are more indicative of if a person would benefit from aids than the other parts of the hearing test

Not necessarily. I have awful hearing yet fair wr scores (72% @ 90bd). So for me, wr score means really nothing. I still ask people to repeat even with aids and can hardly hear people without, unless in a soundproof booth with the words at 90bd.

Yes, you have excellent word recognition scores. They are at a pretty decent volume. Typical speech is in the 60-65 range. To me your word recognition scores mean that hearing aids have the potential to restore sounds that you’re missing. If your scores were less than 100%, hearing aids could still help but not all sounds can be restored and if your scores were in the 50-60% range or lower hearing aids wouldn’t offer a great deal of help and a cochlear implant eval might be warranted.
Only you can determine if your aids are worth it. My take is that they make it easier to get a.long with your husband, both for being able to understand him and to be able to share TV at comfortable levels. Over time your hearing is likely to get worse. Getting used to them now will make it easier to adjust to them than if you waited until you desperately needed them. What motivated you to get your hearing tested and consider hearing aids?

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