western australia

open heart surgery

Today's hearing aids can pick up too many signals

@JudyEv (382328)

Rockingham, Australia

June 7, 2024 7:15am CST

Most of my friends here know that my husband, Vince, has had open-heart surgery. It’s now 2 ½ weeks since the operation and he is doing quite well although he has severe pain from time to time. Luckily, he has strong pain-killers for such times. We went up to the clubhouse tonight for the first time for three or four weeks and it was good to catch up with everyone again. We stayed long enough to have our pizza then came home again. That’s sort of an update on where he’s at at the moment but what I really wanted to say is that while he was in hospital, he mostly didn’t wear his hearing aids. This is because they are somehow attuned to his phone and it seems, to some of the machines in the hospital ward. So the aids weren't just amplifying the noises around but picking bips and pings from the machines in the vicinity. He was hearing these in his ears. The photo is of a sunset at Fraser Range on the Nullarbor Plain.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

7 Jun 24

I'm glad you got out to the clubhouse last night. I'm sorry the hearing aids pick up every sound from the machines.

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jun 24

I've edited my discussion to try to make it clearer. The noise wasn't just being amplified but some of the beeps he could actually hear in his ears.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

7 Jun 24

@JudyEv That must have been annoying.

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@Marilynda1225 (91126)

• United States

7 Jun 24

I'm sure it was nice to get out for awhile and enjoy some pizza at the clubhouse. That must have been extremely annoying to have his hearing aides picking up the noises from the machines. I never would have thought about that happening

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@Marilynda1225 (91126)

• United States

8 Jun 24

@JudyEv good thing he figured it out. Otherwise he might have thought he was going crazy

@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

He couldn't work out what was happening for a while. He would ask me what was beeping and it would be the guy-in-the-next-bed's machine.

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@nicegolden (412)

• Shenzhen, China

8 Jun 24

@JudyEv he was not booked a single room?I remember it's

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@RebeccasFarm (91297)

• United States

8 Jun 24

You are so right about that Judy..this photo is stupendous.

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

Thanks. We have such a lovely country. I hope we get to see some more of it once Vince is fully healed.

@LadyDuck (502636)

• Italy

7 Jun 24

I am glad you could both go to the clubhouse. I am sure that Vince is happy to go back to a more normal life. My mother always complained of the too many noises her hearing aids were capturing.

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@LadyDuck (502636)

• Italy

7 Jun 24

@JudyEv Poor Vince, I am sure it was more than annoying.

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jun 24

It's not so much the amplification but some beeps were being picked up and he could hear them right in his ears

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@Tampa_girl7 (54716)

• United States

7 Jun 24

I’m glad that he’s doing well. All the noise with the hearing aides has to be annoying.

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@Tampa_girl7 (54716)

• United States

8 Jun 24

@JudyEv thank goodness.

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

Once we got him home, it's all well again. Thanks.

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@LindaOHio (222624)

• United States

7 Jun 24

Lovely photo. I'm glad Vince was able to get out. I hope the pain subsides quickly. Have a good weekend.

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

Thanks, Linda. It did him good to meet up with old friends.

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Jun 24

Exactly - MEN!

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@LindaOHio (222624)

• United States

8 Jun 24

@JudyEv You're very welcome. My husband insisted on my purchasing a pair of hearing aids for him...and then when it was past the time that I could return them...he said he doesn't need them....Men!

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@GardenGerty (169489)

• United States

8 Jun 24

That would be really unpleasant and bizarre. Enough to make you think you are crazy.

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

He would be asking me what the beeping was and it would be the machine two patients away but he's hearing it in his ear-piece.

@allknowing (153529)

• India

8 Jun 24

Nice to know you went to the club and you both enjoyed the pizza as well. Hope those hearing aids will be helpful under normal conditions .

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

He wouldn't be without them under normal circumstances. Thanks, it was good to go to the clubhouse for a while.

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@kaylachan (84823)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

8 Jun 24

I can't say I blame him. technology has advanced that iphones (and probably some other phones) can be used to act as hearing aids with either a hearing aid, or earbuds. You can turn the setting off. But, while he was in the hospital, he likely didn't need them like he does outside of it.

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

It's true what you say. He had enough going on without worrying about hearing aids.

Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (40037)

• Toccoa, Georgia

7 Jun 24

I didn't know that about modern hearing aids connected to the phone and picking up so many sounds. Interesting.

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

Technology goes a bit too far sometimes.

@RasmaSandra (98026)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

7 Jun 24

That is a beautiful sunset, I am glad to hear he is recovering so well, I can imagine how that was annoying with the hearing aids,

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

He couldn't work out what the noises were for a while. None were from the machines he was attached to but from those around the next bed.

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@xFiacre (14786)

• Ireland

7 Jun 24

@judyev That must have been odd hearing those beeps that way. Life is never straightforward.

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

It's mostly okay again now we're home. Sometimes there will be something on the phone or computer which he hears in the ear-piece.

@TheHorse (238330)

• Walnut Creek, California

8 Jun 24

I had not heard of that kind of a phenomenon before.

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

It's really weird. Some sounds, even from his computer, happen right in his ear. However, phone, computer and watch are all sort of connected so maybe it's not so surprising.

@dya80dya (36805)

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7 Jun 24

This photo is beautiful. That noise is annoying.

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

Luckily, he has left hospital now and it rarely happens any more.

@snowy22315 (209025)

• United States

7 Jun 24

Good he is able to do some limited interaction with others. The aids were probably driving him crazy.

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

He ended up taking out the aids. It's okay again now he's home.

@ptrikha_2 (49775)

• India

7 Jun 24

Nice picture. I think the hearing aids should have a noise cancellation formula or feature. Else it can be so disturbing!

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

It's okay while he's home and even when he's out but something in the hospital machines seemed to be connecting with the aids.

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@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

7 Jun 24

Good to hear Vince can be out and about now - it's good for the soul to be able to interact again. I guess the aids do work - but maybe a little too well at times

- I never thought of that!

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

He has had just enough visitors. (He goes back to bed as soon as they leave.) But it did him good to leave the house and see other friends.

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@FourWalls (86775)

• United States

7 Jun 24

The sunset is gorgeous! My hearing aids are linked to my phone, too. That’s a problem when the “connected” sound goes off in my car when my car syncs with Apple Car Play, because the sound plays in the car and in my hearing aids. I haven’t picked up any notifications from alien spacecrafts yet, though.

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

Yes, that's about the same as Vince was experiencing. Technology is a bit too smart sometimes, isn't it?

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@wolfgirl569 (135847)

• Marion, Ohio

7 Jun 24

Hearing aids could be a problem in some areas. Glad he is doing great

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

There is always something to annoy us, it seems. But he's coming along okay, thanks.

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@paigea (36143)

• Canada

7 Jun 24

Hearing aids can be annoying in some situations. Hubby finds that also.

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@JudyEv (382328)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 24

At best, they're an 'aid' but they can't replace the hearing you used to have.