http://bobc7640.livejournal.com/ bobc7640 - LiveJournal.com Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:38:12 GMT LiveJournal / LiveJournal.com bobc7640 15043447 personal http://bobc7640.livejournal.com/713.html Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:38:12 GMT http://bobc7640.livejournal.com/713.html <p>Greetings.&nbsp;<br />I am a HOH almost-retired electrical engineer with a hereditary loss of hearing; after about 50&nbsp;<br />all the males in my family lose their hearing gradually.&nbsp;<br /><br />I am (reasonably) comfortable with this; if I must lose a sense, hearing's the one I'll sacrifice first.&nbsp;<br />However, for the sake of marital comfort and because I still work, I need hearing aids.&nbsp;<br /><br />I was, at first, appalled at the prices that are charged for these devices. I have as time goes&nbsp;<br />on become inured to this, but knowing a bit about DSP and a lot about electronics,&nbsp;<br />I have been on a quest to see just what is inside the device and why it is worth upwards of $2K bucks each.<br /><br />I have had no success whatever in getting technical details from anyone. Vendor data is always<br />"It'll make you hear better" or "It'll make you cuter" or "it'll cut out noise (a lie)". junk like that.&nbsp;<br />Discussion with my audiologist has been a bit helpful; she understands what I am looking&nbsp;<br />for, but has the same inability to get concrete data.&nbsp; Discussion with "the hearing aid guy down the street"<br />is worse than useless.<br /><br />Is there anyone out there that has some idea of just what is inside my ITE hearing aid?<br />I presently use a pair of GN Resound Canta 4's.<br /><br />Any help or advice would be appreciated.&nbsp;<br /><br /></p> http://bobc7640.livejournal.com/713.html curious public 0