Way to go Ellen!

• CONGRATS to WINNER Ellen M. of Sunny Isles Beach, FL on winning the - 1 lb box of Godiva courtesy of Ascend Healthcare!
  • Thank you MTStars and Ascend Healthcare!!!.. - Ellen M............of Sunny Isles Beach...
    • Ellen, I'm in Pembroke Pines, do you want to share? - LOL!
      • Sure!! Pembrokes Pines - my last....sm - Ellen M............of Sunny Isles Beach...
        • Hey, my daddy used to live in PP, now lives in Plantation. - Administrator nm
          • Really? That's just a spit above PP...sm - Ellen M............of Sunny Isles Beach...
            • Yes, it is! I'm in Flagstaff, AZ more than a spit from where you are though. - Administrator nm
              • I loved Arizona - I lived in Tucson....sm - Ellen M............of Sunny Isles Beach.
  • Way to go Ellen! - nm
    • Thanks!!!! *S* Made my day today!!! nm - Ellen M............of Sunny Isles Beach...

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Funny you should ask about this. I just got my first hearing aids two days ago!!  I have sensorineural hearing loss and have been finding it increasingly difficult to understand the TV, conversations, etc., but no problems with transcription. Actually, I had my hearing tested probably 6-7 years ago and was advised to get hearing aids then but I was too cheap. It's unbelievable how expensive they are and I think it's crap that insurance doesn't pay for even a portion of the chart.

Anyway, since I only started transcribing full-time five years ago, I know that transcribing didn't cause my original hearing loss. It's hereditary in my case with a long line of hearing-impaired relatives on my mother's side. Whether it's become worse is up for debate. BTW, I worked 30+ years as a medical technologist (lab), where there is always a lot of low-level noise but not really loud.

I can't decide about these hearing aids. Sometimes I totally forget they're there but other times I feel like I have wads of gum in my ears. I take them out and I'm not sure I'm hearing all that much better with them. Time will tell, I guess.

Ellen S. 

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