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Hearing aid not working

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Glennie68
Glennie68

I have lost hearing in one ear - and have white noise tinnitus in this ear, which is not so bad as some people suffer. I was fitted with a hearing aid 3 months ago now , after NHS ENT department told me this was all they could offer after proving I didn't have an acoustic neuroma. My issue is the hearing aid doesn't really help me at all. I tried to tell them at the time that I can't understand speech that goes into my bad ear - but no one ever tested that. I find when I put my hearing aid in I can hear my own voice very loudly for a couple of minutes - then my brain adjusts and I just hear a load of noise I don't want to hear like fans on air conditioning units, or people clacking their staplers in the office. I still hear the white noise tinnitus whilst wearing my aid - and by the end of the working day I feel as if I have a finger stuck in my ear - and when I take the hearing aid off I don't actually notice that I have taken it off. I am hoping for advice. I am waiting to see a neurologist at the moment - might they be able to help?

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