Hearing Aids with Notch Therapy — Post Your Experience!

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I have an appointment with an audiologist next week to see if the Signia Silk in-ear device with a notch program can provide relief for the tinnitus in my right ear at 8 kHz. It jumped from level 2 to level 5 after a left shoulder steroid injection last June.

I also found the same hearing aid on eBay from a vendor outside the US for half the cost

So has it made any difference?

 

[Head Tone]

Over the last two weeks, I have been using a single right-side Signia Silk 7 with a boost matching the hearing loss shown on my audiogram, along with a tinnitus notch from 7.5 to 8.5 kHz. I can't say yet whether my level 5 tinnitus has decreased, but mentally there is definitely an improvement. My brain feels more balanced, and I am enjoying life more again. It may take another month to see whether the tinnitus level has actually dropped.

There is also an option to add a masking noise generator program, but for now, my provider chose to start with the notch only.

 

[Head Tone]

I have been using the Signia Silk combination Notch hearing aid with the frequency amplification mode for needed ranges. I also use the Brownian noise masker function about 50 percent of the time. I have been using it for about two months now.

It has been a year since the tinnitus level in my right ear increased from a 2 to a 5. Over time, I got past hyperacusis, regained about 50 percent of my hearing loss, and the hearing aid helped significantly.

However, last week I experienced a relapse. My hearing now measures almost exactly the same as it did a year ago, based on audiograms I took myself using Nuheara earbuds.

Has anyone else experienced periodic relapses of hearing loss? At the moment, the hearing aid is no longer able to restore clear hearing, and the sound on the right side feels like it is coming from underwater.