TopSpin

From all my hours of flying and other areas o high noise I am hard of
hearing.

Picked up a (expensive) hearing aide several years ago.

1. It is controlled by a TV like remote. You can turn on and off and
change the programs and volume with remote.
2. Unit is programmed by plugging into the hearing aid sellers
computer.
3. There are 3 modes of operation.

a. Normal setting for your hearing. This and all three modes level can
be raised or lowered by the wand.
b. This mode is for the cocktail party and cuts out the base line
noise.
c. This mode if for talking on the telephone to keep units from
feeding back and squealing.

I wear them about 18 hours a day and get a week out of the batteries.

If you are interest in something like this, post a reply to this
thread and I'll give you how to contact company for more info.

Big John
Pilot ROCAF


On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:55:52 -0800, Top Spin
wrote:

You all must be experts on noise reduction, but I imagine that you are
dealing with very loud noises.

I sometimes have to work in noisy environments such as open offices
and airplanes. Most of the noise is conversation, background music,
and the like. I'm not concerned about damage to my ears -- just to my
concentration. Are there any ear plugs (or other devices) that are
effective at filtering out this kind of background noise so I can
think and concentrate?

I think I would prefer ear plugs rather than headphones because they
would be lighter and cooler, but I am open to any suggestions.

Thanks

While I am here, let me ask a seemingly opposite question. One of the
reasons I hate cocktail parties is that once the background noise gets
to a certain level (and not that high), I have a very difficult time
hearing what is being said right next to me. I can't follow a
conversation at all. This sometimes even happens in restaurants if
they are fairly noisy.

Is there anything that will filter out everything but nearby
conversation? Kinda the iopposite of the above.

Thanks, again.