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by jrace 2479 days ago
I worked in Audiology for 15 years and saw many elderly people unable to adapt to the changes and device acceptance was inversely related to age.

The world is a noisy place, and the less you exercises your noise reduction skills the harder it is to cope.

the #1 complaint I received from new users: "I hear too much noise"

the #1 request from all hearing aid users: "I only want to hear what I want to hear and nothing else"

Imagine telling your optometrist you only want to see the nice things in life.

In the Deaf community many people are shunned if they use hearing devices.

http://meducator.org/2018/01/the-cochlear-implant-genocide-o...