All hearing aids have a small, wide-range, adjustable EQ system built in. If you look at the top of most hearing aids you'll see there is a master volume control, and a tiny trim pot on either side of the control. One is a volume trimmer, while the other is the EQ. You can adjust the EQ to amplify the frequencies you have lost, which in most males is the higer frequencies, and with females it's usually low frequencies. For example, if you wish to amplify the sizzle of finger snaps, hand claps, rim shots and cymbals hits from your keyboard you merely add more high EQ to the onboard mixer. If you wish to hear better bass and low frequency drum sounds, you crank up the mixer's low EQ. With most hearing aids, the adjustment is very similar to an older car radio's tone control, with a single knob adjustment.

Bill, I'm not all that smart, but I'm old and I've done a lot of things in my life. Among them when I first got married was to have the fortune to work in the medical field for 15 years as chief cardio-pulmonary technician. Back then the position was normally held by a physician, therefore, in order to do the job I had to undergo 6 months of intense training at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, then rotate through all of the medical services at the hospital I worked at in Baltimore. It was a grueling schedule that required 18 hours a day, 7 days a week, and one that required a lot of dedication. I learned a lot about medicine during those years, but I also had to endure the emotional pain of watching some very nice people die on a daily basis. After 15 years I burned out emotionally, walked away from that life, and never looked back. Nope, I'm not all that smart--just old. The old folks on the forum have a lot of life experiences, and some are willing to share them with others.

Gary

[This message has been edited by travlin'easy (edited 04-04-2005).]