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[MossRoad]

As for hearing protection, I used these for shooting indoors after I damaged my ears as a kid on a rifle team.
http://www.davidclark.com/model10a.htm
Then I got a job at the airport fueling planes. I switched to these
http://www.davidclark.com/model19a.htm
I still use them every time I operate power equipment of any type and still have good hearing( ignore the temptation to comment on my sex life please ). They are comfortable unless you wear them over a baseball cap. That little button on top of the cap always seems to get under the head band and push on your skull. ouch!

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[Bird]

del, I don't know what hearing aids might cost in another country. I know a lot of older, retired folks spend the winter in south Texas and go across the border to buy their medications in Mexico (I've been over there with my parents for the same reason) and to go to dentists over there; never inquired about hearing aids.

Bird

 

[Bird]

Dan, I'm probably not qualified to answer about the difference in the prices, but I'll try to give you a little bit of the answer as I understand it. I just have to take the doctor and audiologist's word for it. The highest priced hearing aids are programmable, digital technology (supposed to get you the best sound, but no one has been able to explain to me what's different about the sound, just that folks who have them love them). The mid-range aids are still programmable, but analog (I don't quite understand it, but supposedly if your hearing gets worse next year, they can use their computer to re-program the hearing aid). The cheap ones are analog and have no adjustment after they're made except volume control. All of them are custom made supposedly to provide different amplification for different frequencies (I guess most folks have more hearing loss at some frequencies than others. In my case, the greatest hearing loss is at the higher frequencies). And then some hearing aids have other little refinements like automatically preventing sudden loud noises from being too loud. Of course, you will see some "hearing aids" advertised for $300 to $500 each that are not custom made and are nothing more than an amplifier. The tests they do supposedly measure the hearing loss (or lack thereof) at different frequencies in two ways; how much sound the ear picks up and how much of that is transmitted to the brain (nerve damage). In my case, supposedly only 80% of what my big ears pick up gets transmitted to my little brain (don't ask me how they figure that out)./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

And all I really know is that the darned things do work, but they're way too expensive for us poor folks./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

Bird

 

[DarinRay]

MossRoad,

I just had to laugh with you on your comment about your good hearing. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif Notice I didn't even mention your sex life. Oops /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif sorry about that but you made me laugh out loud and scare more poor dogs. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Darin

 

[JATO_RaT]

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[DaveNH]

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Very funny! LOL!

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