Analogue and digital hearing aids are completely different beasts. Up until now I have worn only analogue aids and I’m in the process of getting some digital ones so I thought I’d write about a few things I’ve noticed during the switch.
Didn’t that used to be louder?
Analogue hearing aids amplify all sounds at the same [...]

This text is from an old old article on Gizmondo:
I was in a hallway with two young ladies once. We smiled and chatted and stuff as we walked. In front of their apartment, one of them asked me something that I didn’t understand. It sounded like “Wannakwam mwin”. I said “Sorry?” “Mwahnnakwam mwin?” Not wanting [...]

Pardon? Say what? Come again? Say that again? Eh? Can you repeat that? Sorry? You what? Aye? I missed that? Hmm?
It doesn’t matter how you say it, they all mean the same thing: you didn’t hear what was just said.
I’ve been thinking recently about how often I don’t hear what someone has said and how [...]

Znuage from associatedcontent writes:
There is this one question that people ask me when they grow comfortable enough around me. That question: “You know how hearing people usually say they have a little voice in their head when they think? How about you? How do you think?” They are usually nervous that the question would offend [...]

A not always completely serious look at the technology that might, or might not, be available for hearing aid users in the future.
Music and radio player
I like listening to music but I always find it uncomfortable to wear headphones over the top of my hearing aids. There’s a few basic reasons why it can [...]