# So... tell me about hearing aids

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 8, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-hearing-aids/781727 "2017-03-08T20:12:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-hearing-aids/781727/21 "2017-03-13T09:35:58Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> I was told that part of the reason my aid costs three grand is because it filters out background noise.
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> I call bullshit on that. My ability to follow conversations in noisy environment sucks. I miss my gf asking a question, but can hear the woman at the table next to us.
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> In _extremely_ noisy settings, where people are already speaking loudly to be heard, I do better removing my hearing aid.

You only have hearing in one ear. In noisy settings, the aids only work when you can hear in both ears. That is, nobody can hear in noisy settings with only one ear: hearing aids are necessary but not suficient.

I guess the same is true for people who don’t use hearing aids at all, and my Moms audioligst says that it’s a brain effect, not the hearing aids, but for my dad, who had some hearing in both ears, the modern hearing aids were effective. The old ones were useless.

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