Hearing Aids


Well Folks, I had to bite the bullet and get a pair. Went to an audiologist and the result is moderate hearing loss with tinnitus. I had already read some discussions here and researched other places as well and settled on a pair of Widex Moment 440's. I've had them in for 5 hours now and the clarity they provide with speech is astounding. Just got home and starting to listen to a wide variety of music. They have a "music" mode that is definitely more natural sounding than the other modes. I think it's going to take me a while to get used to hearing frequencies/sounds I was missing but these do have the ability to tweak a bit so I'll explore that later. I am finding right away I'm listening at lower volumes and there is now a crispness to notes along with textures I didn't have before. I'll update later as I progress with these. But overall very happy I made the move.
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The music mode is likely just a flatter eq curve.

unfortunately, hearing aids are designed with no thought at all given to sound quality.  Seriously, none.  Except for the implanted Lyric, they are all didital now.They are equalizers that bring up the volume in the frequencies where the consonants at the beginnings of words are, which help humans distinguish speech, mostly in the 2-4k range.