XPost: comp.misc   
   From: trevor@home.net   
      
   On 22/04/2017 1:12 AM, Dan Espen wrote:   
   > I find unsubstantiated cynicism disturbing.   
   > It speaks to paranoia which is a mental illness.   
      
   So go over to an amateur phychoanalysis group then, perhaps you could   
   discuss if they are any worse than people who claim others have a mental   
   illness because they disagree with you, and have been around long enough   
   to know how the world actually works.   
      
      
   > Hearing aids are mostly not covered by any insurance,   
   > let alone US government payments.  Who knew audiologists   
   > have pension funds?  Apparently, only you.   
      
   Apparently lots you don't know, like the fact the world consists of   
   countries other than the USA! :-)   
      
   >   
   > Anyone with hearing loss would do well to continue with annual   
   > hearing evaluations.   
      
   I must have missed where ANYONE suggested otherwise? Although many   
   people don't need every year though if they could adjust the aids   
   themselves. Every couple of years is enough for most people, and   
   certainly before buying new aids.   
      
   >   
   > My audiologist uses some Windows based software to access   
   > the hearing aids, I'd like a copy, and I don't buy any   
   > safety arguments.  But I don't know how to analyze the   
   > results of a hearing test and convert that into hearing aid   
   > settings.   
      
   But many here do. More to the point, once you have done the initial   
   set-up from your audiogram, you still have to fine tune them by ear. It   
   is *THAT* trial and error process that is a complete pain for many if   
   they have to go to an audiologist a dozen times and still not be happy! :-(   
      
      
   > I'm not upset that I don't have the software.   
   > It's probably just as well.   
      
   Which is fine for you of course. I never suggested it should be   
   compulsory! However people who think they should control *everyone* else   
   based on *their* preference are simply assholes. :-(   
      
   Trevor.   
      
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