Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Another 3 month streak!

Just had my Lyrics swapped out after nearly 3 months. I think I adjusted them on 2 occasions during that time, both when I went to a motocross race. Otherwise I didn't have to mess with the volume or even putting them to sleep or turning them off. I really think the less adjustments the better when it comes to saving battery life. It may also be attributed to the new model they started installing this year.

My swap took about 5 minutes start to finish and was painless as usual.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi,
Love your blog. Reading it and your visitors comments convinced me to give them a try.

I'm currently in week 3 of my 30 day trial and am very happy! The first 10 days were an adjustment with some discomfort and pain which was relieved with ibuprophen. The last few days have been pain-free and very comfortable. My hearing has been excellent throughout the trial.

These are the first hearing aids I've ever worn and I'm now a big fan. I would recommend them to anyone to give them a try.

I'll also be going through the LACE ear training program which "retrains" your ears to hear. Hearing deficienies create bad hearing habits which effect our ear-to-brain pathways. The good news is we can retrain these connects to work correctly which increases our ability to hear even more.

I'm very excited about the program and encourage anyone to check it out. My audiologist's patients young and old have had great success with it. More info can be found here: http://www.neurotone.com

Dane said...

Susan,

Congratulations! So glad to hear your trial is going well. The LACE program sounds excellent and is probably a huge help for those that haven't worn hearing aids before, and even those that haven't. I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the tip and keep me posted on how things work out.

Regards,

Dane

Luxilon said...

Hi Dane - thanks for the blog - very informative.

I started wearing Lyric (just one ear) in August 09 and have gone on average 3 months between fittings. Really love it - can't believe I survived many years w/out wearing a hearing aid - I must have missed quite a lot - especially with my kids. I now go for days w/out remembering I have something in my ear. The last Lyric lasted me 3.5 months, but unfortunately died in a matter of two hours w/out giving me much of a warning, so I had to pull it out. I guess from now on I will just make sure I get them swapped every three months (sort of an oil change for the ears). My only concern is swimming with the kids - I keep my head over water - I will definitely look into getting some real ear-plugs so that I can really swim. My last Lyric (as I was told) was a newer model which was more water-proof. That seemed to be true as I no longer try to protect that ear when showering - whatever water accidentally gets there does not seem to damage it. My only concern so far is the cost, but considering all the benefits - Lyric Rocks!

Thanks, Greg.

Dane said...

Hey Greg.

Great to hear another success story. I did the same thing one time and waiting just over three months and it did tend to drop off more quickly when they did finally die.

I'm anxious as well to start trying out some swimming with these new models. We setup the pool next month and I'll be sure to post up my results. I've never had a problem showering at all, but I've also got some fairly deep ear canals.

Regards,

Dane

Unknown said...

Dane,
Just a heads up after noticing a few people had mentioned they were looking for Lyric dispensers in the northwest. InSound now has a rep for the Pacific NW. He's based out of Portland, so in the very near future there should be more dispensers in Washington and Oregon. He's working hard, so please be patient.

I know there is at least one brand-spanking new Lyric audiologist in southern Oregon, because I'm married to her.

As an aside: The Lyric hearing aid is a natural extension for her practice, as she had just started a new practice with a different approach: Limiting the number of patients she sees, selling hearing aids very near actual cost (and only to that limited number of patients), then billing a monthly fee for all follow up services - services that are customized to their requirements instead of following a calender. The idea is to put more emphasis on proactively servicing your needs after the sale, which is where much frustration with hearing aids occur. We'll see how it catches on (or if).