Been a year!

Yikes, it's been a year. Sorry for not posting for so long. I keep waiting until I have time to post a nice detailed summary, but I don't think I'll ever get the time. So here's a quick summary for those eagerly awaiting an update :)

The past year has been awesome! I just renewed my Lyric subscription last week after having my last set last me 88 days, (wow!). They really have been life changing for me. It's amazing how many people come up to me now and ask why I don't wear hearing aids anymore and how I was cured. I unfortunately have to tell them that I haven't been cured, but have the next best thing.

On average I'm getting between 2 - 3 months between fittings. My Audiologist made a change 3 months ago to lower the compression setting which has also made a big improvement. I no longer get the annoying sound variations when moving from loud to quiet sounds quickly. I've also found that after about 2 months in my ear that the crud seems to build up enough that I occasionally bump up the volume a notch on them to milk them for the last month. This drives my audiologist crazy because she just tells me to come in and get them swapped out instead.

My Audiologist has still been great to work with. I send her an email when I need a replacement and usually swing by for a 5 min appointment on my lunch hour and I'm done. If I didn't bug her with questions during my visit I'd probably be done in 2 minutes or less. It's really simple.

I've also found a solution that I'm really happy with for headphones and the airplane. Ended up buying some Sennheiser on the ear noise canceling headphones. They sound the best when I just put my Lyrics to sleep. It has been great to have a nice, higher fidelity source for music again.

Feel free to send questions or posts my way. I'll try to do better getting some updates in the future.