I had in the canal hearing aids to begin with which were fine, and then as my hearing got worse, I progressed to others and was ok with them (as I didn’t know any better) but in the accordion orchestra as I am not a very good player I am at the back of the seconds. We have quite a quietly spoken conductor, so I often find myself having to ask “what did he say!”
The other problem is that when we had percussion joining us, they were behind me and are very loud! I now find I hear things behind me much better with my new hearing aids. The sound is very crisp, very clear and different but I can’t quite fully verbalise the difference! I do like the music option. What is surprising to me is that I often use it in everyday situations not just music!
I like being able to scroll through the options on my ear. I do find it easy to use. My hearing aids are a very good fit which is probably very important and probably better than any of my others. I get to hear far more than I would do with ordinary hearing aids, so for instance it is important to hear what the other sections of the orchestra are doing. I get to hear the loud and the soft bits. One downside is that I cannot get a directional focus on my hearing aids without using the phone which is a bit difficult when playing the accordion!
I also started to hear sounds that I had not heard to date!
Especially when driving so it was always difficult to know whether the new noise was something to worry about or not! I have found the team at North London Hearing & Harley Street Hearing to be fantastic, and I would, of course, recommend them.
Dr Naomi Whitelaw
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