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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 13/5/2024 (lemmy.nz)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Dave@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
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Last weeks thread here

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

It’s for talking about anything that doesn’t justify a full post. For example:

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[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 3 points 6 months ago

It's great to hear they are working for you!

The only thing that currently stands out, and it a tad annoying, is the aids amplify my own voice when I speak. Makes to me my voice sound echoey and louder than I’m used to.

A quick search and it seems it's normal you'll probably get used to it, but also there are some specific things that can make it worse so if you have a follow up appointment then mention it then as there might be some adjustments that can help to some minor extent.

I also saw mention of specific hearing aids that you can train your voice on and it filters it out. But I'm assuming they come at a premium.

[-] FloofahNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 6 months ago

It’ll, I’m sure, take time to get used to the hearing of my own voice amplified thing. The aids don’t, certainly at the moment, feel particularly intrusive in my ears, but I guess YMMV on that.

They told me about the "own voice" thing, it was the first thing I noticed on initial fitting. I guess I’ll get used to it, and maybe it’ll make me speak quieter but then Mrs Floofah won’t hear what I say, so a complete reversal of our recent communication difficulties!!

[-] Axisential@lemmy.nz 3 points 6 months ago

I sang semi-professionally for quite a few years. Used to use in-ear monitors and they do a similar thing - you do get used to it pretty quickly, or at least it becomes less annoying!

[-] FloofahNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 6 months ago

The audiologist said that if after a while I felt my voice echo was unacceptably intrusive, they could adjust the aids settings. It’s early days for me with the aids, but I’m pleased to say they do seem to be working well.

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