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Around half of all people aged over sixty experience distorted hearing, which can often lead to feelings of humiliation and isolation. Dr Christian refers a patient with age related hearing loss to a specialist who arranges for a super intelligent selective hearing device to be fitted.

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I am 61 & have loss of good hearing since I was 8 or nine, NHS will not do anything for me as they say I have adequate hearing in the other ear, I have been written off on quite a few times, the last one about 18 months ago. They gave me a hearing aid that just makes the sounds I can hear,'louder'! which I have found to be of no use. My bad hearing causes me sooooooooo many problems & bad feelings as people think I being rude when I cant enter into a conversation. Please please let me know more about this hearing aid.

Posted on 18 Dec 2009 16:55 by Sandra
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Hi there I have been diagnosed with a severe hearing loss in one ear and I am ok in the other. This happened in the space of a couple of weeks and was told it was one of those things. I find this very frustrating and isolating. I have got an nhs hearing aid but do not find it helps as it amplifies all other noise and not what I need to hear; the only benefit is that it drowns the tinitus a little. Would it be worth looking at a digital hearing aid?

Posted on 30 Nov 2009 19:46 by Donna
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I have been using a digital hearing aid in my right ear for some years now and do not find it much help. I find I do not need it when talking one to one in a quiet environment and it makes little or no difference where there is background noise. Its main function is to let people know I have a hearing problem! It is a digital aid with four settings which have to be changed manually, one allegedly for a noisy environment. I got the impression that the aid featured in the programme adjusted itself automatically which suggests it is a more advanced model than mine. What are they called and are they available on the NHS? I belong to a professional group which holds regular meetings with a speaker. The topics are normally quite technical but I find myself missing the point because I am spending most of the time trying to work out the words being used rather than what is being said. This is especially bad when it comes to questions and answers; I often hear the answer but not the question. Most meetings are so stressful I do not enjoy them and have difficulty refraining from snapping at people. I notice there are lots of questions on the forum but have yet to find an answer; do you ever post answers? I appreciate that you cannot reply to individual questions but an open answer to popular questions would be a big help.

Posted on 29 Nov 2009 09:44 by Ted
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I found the programme interesting and would like to know if this hearing device is available through the NHS. If not where can they be obtained (product name) and what is the cost?

Posted on 27 Nov 2009 21:56 by Terence
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Where can you go to get a real specialist I went to my doctor with the same symptoms as on the programme, and my doctor gave me a hearing test, and refered me to a specialist who done the same things as the doctor and I ended up with 2 very large earing aids and I still cannot hear very well.

Posted on 27 Nov 2009 11:46 by Bob
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Can you advise where you obtain these hearing aids and what sort of costs are involved. Would you have to be referred by your GP, I have already been on the waiting list for my area for a year or so.

Posted on 26 Nov 2009 14:52 by Karen
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what kind of hearing aid was used in the the show it looked very small

Posted on 23 Nov 2009 10:12 by amelia
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how do i get my doctor to refer me to this specialist , in fact any specialist.I went to my doctor with the same symptoms and my doctor gave me a basic hearing test with what seemed to be a musical tuning fork on the top of my head ,declared that i was ok, checked my ears for infections and blockage and said it was just old age ( i am 58 ). when asked for a hearing test i was told to come back in 6 months. was the specialist on the programme a private specialist or NHS

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Can you advise where you can obtain these hearing aids and what sort of costs are involved.

Posted on 22 Nov 2009 23:09 by Nancy
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