I'm wearing headphones right now, and when the 8000 hz tone sounded I didn't hear it over the tinnitus in my right ear. I had to take off the right earphone and listen only with the left and then I heard it. Back when I was 6 or 7 I had a cap gun. And for the heck of it I put a whole roll of caps on the ground and hit it with the tip of a broomstick. I must have been extremely lucky/unlucky because it detonated the whole roll instead of just a few, fractured the end of the broom, and stuck me with 43 years of the COD flashbang ring in my right ear. If a hearing aid helps with that, I'm all in.
omg lol, what a story. CoD flashbang lolol. I love it. But seriously, that really sucks man. i used to love my cap guns and never had that happen. You have a couple of options here my man, you can go to costco or ANY hearing aid place and see if they do a free demo. They will test your hearing and then program a set of hearing aids for you to try without paying anything. Costco does this but you need to be a member. Option 2, you can get a cheap OTC hearing aid from amazon for a hundred bucks and see if it helps. If it does, AND you have hearing loss, i would consider ditching the OTC and getting a nice set of hearing aids. Lemme know what you end up doing and how you make out. Good luck sir.
Love them! Renewed my Costco membership after watching your vids when my doc said it would cost me 7 grand for some Resound's. I never knew Costco sold hearing aids! Thanks man.
I was part of a long term study at a local university audiology clinic several years ago. The hearing aids were top of line at the time. They initially helped with my tinnitus quite a bit but over time the benefit subsided. I'm still wearing hearing aids but the tinnitus is ever present.
I've used noise generators like Simply Noise in the past for dealing with tinnitus, but it's only really useful when trying to work in silence. If there's nothing else going on, the static washes out the tinnitus and lets me focus on stuff that I want to do in quiet. After a bit the brain filters out the noise if that's all it's hearing. But like you mention with trying to hear people talking or other sounds, the noise generators become an impediment to hearing.
Hi Brian, As a 10 year hearing aid wearer I’m researching upgrading to the Jabra hearing aid for Bluetooth technology and product enhancements. I know that you are employed by Costco. Jabra recently introduced the Jabra Enhanced 300 model, dropping the 200 model from their website. My question is: does Costco carry their on version of this new hearing aid. You really do a great job explaining products and features. Thanks.
So the enhance select 100 and 200 were the basic and advanced tech levels. The enhance pro 10 was the premium level. These were all the same platform, just different tech levels. I'm not sure what the 300 is, im assuming it's the enhance pro 10. I'm trying to find out.
I have Widex hearing aids. I didn't like the Zen program. I am not a fan of ping dingy noise. My audiologist set it to generate white noise. The atmosphere app was really a game changer for me.
Thank you Brian, helpful explanation. 1.) Can you explain/demonstrate sometime how the "native" /built-in HAs 'tinnitus modules" work vs. those that are phone/bluetooth dependent on apps? 2.) I agree with you I don't get how you can hear better when the white noise going on. Tnnitus sucks. 3.) The documentation that shipped with my Costco Jabra 20's reads that "The tinnitus module" can be turned on by a third party, I guess that refers only to the module in the app, not on the HAs? The Jabras are frequently listed as "best for tinnitus," for some reason.
the tinnitus module is the same exact thing as the feature I showed in this video, in the 2 apps. We select a sound, waves etc... and we select the volume or intensity that you hear. It will be on constantly until we turn it off. There is literally nothing else to explain. It is the same as the app, only "WE" as fitters are the only ones that can adjust it. With the app, YOU, the user can adjust it. I have used this "tinnitus module" in the beltone fitting software. If you would like, yes i can make a video on it using the beltone fitting software as an example if you still are unsure but it will be a while, i have a long video "queue" right now.
@@HearingClub Thanks Brian, that helps, I get it now. The module would always be on if activated. Yikes, would not want that! I speculated that a button press on the HAs turned it on/off or something. No video request necessary on my behalf. Your content is helpful. - Bill S.
I guess not. Its weird, at first I thought maybe only audiologists were able to "treat" tinnitus and that's why we don't have access to it but I was able to enable it on the beltone hearing aids I'm the fitting software. I have no idea why costco doesn't.
@@HearingClub I think there might be some regulation of the industry that require the tinnitus modules to be activated and programmed by a licensed audiologist only. Simply financial protectionism IMO. Tuning white noise aint rocket science to require an MD.
I'm wearing headphones right now, and when the 8000 hz tone sounded I didn't hear it over the tinnitus in my right ear. I had to take off the right earphone and listen only with the left and then I heard it.
Back when I was 6 or 7 I had a cap gun. And for the heck of it I put a whole roll of caps on the ground and hit it with the tip of a broomstick. I must have been extremely lucky/unlucky because it detonated the whole roll instead of just a few, fractured the end of the broom, and stuck me with 43 years of the COD flashbang ring in my right ear. If a hearing aid helps with that, I'm all in.
omg lol, what a story. CoD flashbang lolol. I love it. But seriously, that really sucks man. i used to love my cap guns and never had that happen. You have a couple of options here my man, you can go to costco or ANY hearing aid place and see if they do a free demo. They will test your hearing and then program a set of hearing aids for you to try without paying anything. Costco does this but you need to be a member. Option 2, you can get a cheap OTC hearing aid from amazon for a hundred bucks and see if it helps. If it does, AND you have hearing loss, i would consider ditching the OTC and getting a nice set of hearing aids. Lemme know what you end up doing and how you make out. Good luck sir.
@@HearingClubThanks! I have a costco membership so I'm going to see about an appointment after the holiday madness has calmed down :D
I have tried the iPhone tinnitus manager. It literally drove me more nuts than the tinnitus itself. I have the Jabra's. Actually because of you!
Nice! How do you like them?
Love them! Renewed my Costco membership after watching your vids when my doc said it would cost me 7 grand for some Resound's. I never knew Costco sold hearing aids! Thanks man.
Hi I'm an apprentice. Your videos are an excellent learning tool for me. Thank you!
my pleasure! and good luck, its a very rewarding job
I was part of a long term study at a local university audiology clinic several years ago. The hearing aids were top of line at the time. They initially helped with my tinnitus quite a bit but over time the benefit subsided. I'm still wearing hearing aids but the tinnitus is ever present.
Oh wow, where can I find the results of that study, that's awesome!
I've used noise generators like Simply Noise in the past for dealing with tinnitus, but it's only really useful when trying to work in silence. If there's nothing else going on, the static washes out the tinnitus and lets me focus on stuff that I want to do in quiet. After a bit the brain filters out the noise if that's all it's hearing. But like you mention with trying to hear people talking or other sounds, the noise generators become an impediment to hearing.
exactly
Excellent vid! I have a moderate to severe noise notch with 8K tinnitus, what Costco hearing aid do you recommend?
I would recommend either philips or jabras. Luckily, you may demo both and let the fruit they bear, sway your thoughts and choice.
Hi Brian, As a 10 year hearing aid wearer I’m researching upgrading to the Jabra hearing aid for Bluetooth technology and product enhancements. I know that you are employed by Costco. Jabra recently introduced the Jabra Enhanced 300 model, dropping the 200 model from their website. My question is: does Costco carry their on version of this new hearing aid. You really do a great job explaining products and features. Thanks.
So the enhance select 100 and 200 were the basic and advanced tech levels. The enhance pro 10 was the premium level. These were all the same platform, just different tech levels. I'm not sure what the 300 is, im assuming it's the enhance pro 10. I'm trying to find out.
I have had tinnitus for years. It's getting louder as I get older, but my HAs take the edge off of it. Most of the time I just ignore it.
Ya same with me.
I have Widex hearing aids. I didn't like the Zen program. I am not a fan of ping dingy noise.
My audiologist set it to generate white noise.
The atmosphere app was really a game changer for me.
What is the atmosphere app? Is it a tinnitus app?
Thank you Brian, helpful explanation. 1.) Can you explain/demonstrate sometime how the "native" /built-in HAs 'tinnitus modules" work vs. those that are phone/bluetooth dependent on apps? 2.) I agree with you I don't get how you can hear better when the white noise going on. Tnnitus sucks. 3.) The documentation that shipped with my Costco Jabra 20's reads that "The tinnitus module" can be turned on by a third party, I guess that refers only to the module in the app, not on the HAs? The Jabras are frequently listed as "best for tinnitus," for some reason.
the tinnitus module is the same exact thing as the feature I showed in this video, in the 2 apps. We select a sound, waves etc... and we select the volume or intensity that you hear. It will be on constantly until we turn it off. There is literally nothing else to explain. It is the same as the app, only "WE" as fitters are the only ones that can adjust it. With the app, YOU, the user can adjust it. I have used this "tinnitus module" in the beltone fitting software. If you would like, yes i can make a video on it using the beltone fitting software as an example if you still are unsure but it will be a while, i have a long video "queue" right now.
@@HearingClub Thanks Brian, that helps, I get it now. The module would always be on if activated. Yikes, would not want that! I speculated that a button press on the HAs turned it on/off or something. No video request necessary on my behalf. Your content is helpful. - Bill S.
I'm glad that cleared it up and great question by the way. If you have any others, don't hesitate to ask my friend. Thank you for being here!
Thanks! Cup of coffee or a beer for ya as token of my appreciation.
Hey!! Much appreciated. Thank you.
Costco won’t turn on the tinnitus program on any of their brands???
Correct. As they told me at Costco.
I guess not. Its weird, at first I thought maybe only audiologists were able to "treat" tinnitus and that's why we don't have access to it but I was able to enable it on the beltone hearing aids I'm the fitting software. I have no idea why costco doesn't.
@@HearingClub I think there might be some regulation of the industry that require the tinnitus modules to be activated and programmed by a licensed audiologist only. Simply financial protectionism IMO. Tuning white noise aint rocket science to require an MD.
I have an iPhone and tinituss years ago and i don't use this feature because it's useless
Copy that
Do custom molds help with tinnitus?
I wouldn't think so.