[FRMAG]

I too have a high frequency hearing loss to the degree that I have hearing aids provided by the VA. Their audiologist tested me and found that I get about 60% of my input from lip reading.

That siad I very infrequently wear my issued hearing aids because they amplify all sounds equally and the result in a crowded room or high noise area is babel.

Another point raised actually tends to divide the Deaf Comunity. One faction maintains that their kids should be taught lip reading because it prepares them to live in the hearing world better and another contends that sign is the way to go because it better prepares them to live in the deaf world.

Many deaf folks I am and have been acquainted with use a combination of lip reading and sign which allows them to function in both worlds.

[neverdem]

That siad I very infrequently wear my issued hearing aids because they amplify all sounds equally and the result in a crowded room or high noise area is babel.

I've had the same experience. That was years ago. Supposedly newer models of hearing aids are more sophisticated, but I haven't tried them.