>  BM> This is a complex issue.  For one thing, an aid normally amplifies
 >  BM> sound. Without knowing what exactly the situation was, I could say
 >  BM> that there might have been background noise that your aid was picking
 >  BM> up.  Also, aids have an induction coil and
"compatible" phones can
 >  BM> work with this to enable


 >  I agree and let us remember aids only amplify sound.
 > SOme have so
 > called 'tone' distinguisher filters but if you don't
 > have tone
 > receptor cells (caled hair cells though they're not
 > hair but look the
 > sampe of hairs)- nothing is going to enable you to
 > comprehend voices
 > so you'd just be wasting money getting a more powerful
 > aid... all it
 > would do is make noise louder (as it did , for me.)

True, and greater noise amplification encourages louder head noises.


 > Any news on HA's and batteries being covered by
 > medical insurance yet? I'm just
 > curious? Thanks.

Haven't heard anything at all about this.  This would probably require
doctors' visits and prescriptions, which would up the cost.

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