XPost: comp.misc   
   From: trevor@home.net   
      
   On 23/04/2017 7:05 PM, geoff wrote:   
   > On 22/04/2017 4:54 AM, Johnny B Good wrote:   
   >> frequency. Continuous exposure to high SPLs accelerates this reduction in   
   >> the maximum frequency limit of hearing in each individual's case. It's   
   >> quite important to tailor a hearing aid's frequency response and gain so   
   >> as to avoid needlessly doing more harm than good.   
   >   
   > I don't know enough about it to have an opinion other that the concept   
   > of boost level at various frequencies could do immense more harm.   
   >   
   > .... like if I'm 20dB down at 14kHz, boosting that 14kHz by 20dB would   
   > seem more likely to destroy whatever was left around there real quick !   
      
      
   Good luck finding a hearing aid with response to 14kHz let alone one   
   that allows you to boost that frequency by 20dB! Most audiograms and   
   most hearing aid adjustments stop at 8kHz.   
      
   Secondly if we are to take your statement literally then nobody should   
   wear ANY hearing aid for fear of damaging what is left of their hearing   
   at any frequency!   
      
   I'm surprised people bother to make these comments without knowing   
   anything about hearing aids.   
      
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