Results of Actual Hearing Test and Next Steps

Better off getting aids 

I have significant loss in my right ear, and tinnitus. I usually wear 2 hearing aids during the day. Hearing aids are designed and engineered for speech recognition, but maybe there are audiophile hearing aids out there as well; I'm thinking that that gold is being mined... Mine are blue tooth, which I use for the hands free telephone, but lately have been visiting my playlist on Spotify. .and the sound is not that good. I'm thinking of BT headphones... When I A/B with my hearing aids in and out at home, my systems sound better with the aids in place than not (totally my subjective opinion). Wearing them at home is, maybe, a habit I should develop, But like contact lenses there are reasons not to wear them for extended periods. Although I don't have the super critical hearing that seems prevalent in the audiophile world ( I probably never did) I do appreciate MUSIC and the process and physical nature of re-playing it. Having my recorded music sound good to me (it doesn't have to be perfect, I mean there are all those artifacts involved, and my ancient and abused ears) during playback is important to me. To get to the point, for less than a pair of speaker cables you can have an exam and a prescription for hearing aids. You can decide when and where to use them. You can decide if they are of a benefit or not, and proceed with your life.

Held off getting hearing aids until this year. "Say again" was beginning to sound like a skipping LP! I have Signia AX7, both for $4K no tax. Love them. My audiologist added a program that allows me turn on a program that is for music listening which means it turns off all the automatic stuff so they listen to the entire room like normal hearing. I now can hear like a kid again. If I don’t want to use them I take them out but for me I love them for listening to music. They have blu-tooth so I always have earbuds that nobody can see. Can adjust with an app on my phone to improve how they work in tough situations or to help hear the TV. The new hearing aids in 2023 are absolutely amazing but you need to be the judge.

One option which a friend of mine did was went to Miracle Ear and tried them for 30 days but did not end up buying those and went with Widelux. Hers are about 4 years old and the improvements that have occurred in just the last years are amazing. All major brands let you try them and you can return them for full refund if you just don’t want them.

I recommend getting prescription vs otc. Enjoy the music and hear what you been missing!

I am 74 and have worn hearing aids for about 15 years. I have very acute tinnitus so a lot of high frequency loss. My current aids have bluetooth and I can adjust them on my iPhone if necessary which I rarely do. They can never replace a good set of ears so protect them when you are younger. 

Widex Moments are audiophile hearing aids designed for music first then speech