Love my new Bose...

My Latest Bose acquisition. Everyone knows I am a big Bose fan, and have never been disappointed with any of their wonderful products. This morning, UPS arrived at the door with my package from Bose - a pair or Bose hearing aids. Yep, over the years I have slowly but surely lost much of my hearing.

The US Navy played a major role in my hearing loss as I was a first loader on a 3-inch 55mm antiaircraft gun, which meant that I slammed shells into a revolving hopper at the rate of one a second, standing back to back with another guy doing the same job, positioned directly between the gun's breeches. The noise was defining and we lost our hearing for about two days after the firing exercise was over. Back then, 1957, we didn't have hearing protection other than a couple cotton balls stuffed in our ears. We didn't have ear plugs and could not use them even if we did, because the concussion from the blast could have embedded them deeper into our ear canal and cause severe damage. After about two or three days, our hearing returned but after four years of this, there was a constant ringing, tinnitus that never went away.


This morning, I placed those hearing aids in my ears, followed the instructions on the Bose AP in my smart phone, and WOW! I just listened to my Russian friend perform a song, and the clarity was absolutely awesome, the sound quality was beyond belief and I can now hear sounds that I have not heard in decades. WOW! I have had a few hearing aids in the past, but none compares to the Bose hearing aids. And, the price is relatively low in comparison to other hearing aids out there, just $849.95 for both ears. My last hearing aid purchase from a different manufacturer was $2,000 for one ear.

Thank you Bose for once again providing a fantastic product in the wonderful world of sound.

Gary 😀

Hi Gary,
Thanks for sharing this helpful information.
su amigo,
Ron ♫

With a generous return policy and customer support Bose is known for, and now your endorsement, seems you cant go wrong. Thanks, Gary... keep us posted after you've had them for awhile.

Cheers, Glenn

My dad has lost a lot of his hearing, and complains about the hearing aides he uses (both the price and sound quality) . I'll let him know.

Great news Gary. You'll now be able to hear the sonic delights you've missed all these years.

1. Your spouse's nagging and/or snoring.
2. The nightly barking of your neighbor's three dogs.
3. Overhearing your kids plans for divving up your estate.
4. The pitter-patter of tiny feet (at night in the attic).
5. The strange noise your car makes just before the transmission goes.
6. The chord you ACTUALLY played as opposed to the chord you THOUGHT you played on your ARRANGER keyboard.
7. CNN & MSNBC featuring reruns of Hillary's best speeches .

I hope Bose has a good refund policy.

Your best bud,

chas

PS: Hope you've still got a sense of humor .

Thanks everyone, and I will keep you updated on how they work out. I can say that after just one day, I am amazed at just how well they work.

Chas, I can still hear her snore, but all the other things no longer exist for me. I live in the middle of 5.5 acres, tight against 2.500 acres of forest. No neighbors close enough to hear their dogs barking, my children are now old codgers, both over 50 and left home many years ago, and I can no longer drive, so those transmissions sounds are just memories. I still have a good sense of humor, though.

Thanks again, everyone,

Gary

Thank you Gary for posting this. I'm on the cusp of needing these. Great to read a review from someone I actually believe!

What about the size and comfort after a long day?

Glad they are working out for you!

UPDATE: These things are absolutely incredible. They can be set to hear in unidirectional (front) or omnidirectional (surround) thereby allowing you to concentrate on the person that is talking to you, or listen to the entire crowd surrounding you. Additionally, you can set them to a specific balance, if one ear has less damage than the other. The clarity is beyond my wildest dreams.

Jim, they are very comfortable, hardly notice them at all. The only downside is they go through batteries fairly fast. After about 6 hours they are down to 25 percent, but they are relatively inexpensive from Amazon. I just ordered 64 batteries for $14. Changing them is a snap.

All the best,

Gary

Why don‘t they use rechargeable batteries? My mom has rechargeable ones, also with bluetooth, I once didn‘t realize my iPad was fully connected to them, and after a Skype piano lesson I gave Mom said she suddenly heard voices 🤦🏼‍♀️

I guess back then Soviet Union was something of an abstract threat to American people, and vice versa. And today you can watch me playing :-) You must have been really young in 1957, quite a tough youth you had, but you turned out well.

I think the batteries will last longer after you get used to all new experiences and won't be using it that much. I wonder if you need hearing aids when you listen to something with headphones, perhaps some amplifier and a pair of good headphones can be sufficient, although I believe you have tried a lot of things and your new hearing aids are indeed very well adjusted.

ZA312 seem to be a very common batteries so even a battery a day looks like a reasonable cost for all the advantage you get.

Chas has surely pointed out a lot of interesting aspects. I can't really sleep without earplugs, and then I have to add some white noise, well, an apartment building in a city, what can you expect... But I'm not ready to live in a middle of a forest either, although it sounds very nice.

Crossover, I'm not really sure whey they didn't go with a rechargeable system.

Kabinopus, I was a skinny, youngster when I was 17, the cold war was a bit scary, especially when we were cruising the north Atlantic, and we were always on Full Alert, especially when we encountered an unknown ship or aircraft within striking range. It was pretty scary! I was communicating with HAM radio operators in Russia way back in 1952, when I was just 12 years old, and now, with the aid of the internet, I can see and listen your wonderful arrangements. How times have changed. I also have a few Russian/American friends that I met while sailing Chesapeake Bay over the past two decades.

All the best,

Gary

Thx Gary,

I was also interested in these hearing aids till I found out they don’t have Bluetooth connectivity….kind of a big deal for me.

Good info. Good review.

Guitpic, my Bose hearing aids use bluetooth to connect directly to my Android smart phone so I can use their app to make or change the settings.

Good luck,

Gary

Gary

The connectivity that I’m talking about is the ability to answer/talk on my phone or listen to music on my phone.

I was told that the Boss hearing aids don’t have this capability…???

I don't know about this. You may want to call Bose customer service and ask them about this.

Today, I swiped down my the top of my smart phone and it revealed that I had 50 percent of my battery level remaining in the hearing aids. This was just prior to 12 noon. At 8 O'clock tonight I was down to 13 percent. The batteries were the ones I installed yesterday. I am really happy with these hearing aids.

Good luck,

Gary

I’ve heard nothing but good things about these new hearing aids.

When they become Bluetooth enabled for devices, I think I’ll get a pair.

I did try out Phonak Paradise hearing aids($5,000) for about a month. They were ok but made all my keyboard instrument sounds seem weird.

Sounds like you made a good choice.

The way the Bose hearing aids are designed males them great for keyboards. The tip that is inside the ear has a wax guard that permits sound to enter the ear through several openings in the wax guard. In my case, I lost much of my high frequency hearing ability, but I can still hear low frequency sounds well. The Bose hearing aid allows all those low frequency sounds to be heard the same as if I didn't have a hearing in in place, while at the same time amplifying those high frequency sounds that I could no longer hear without the assistance of the hearing aids.

Good luck,

Gary

One may say that this experience gave you courage to sail later by yourself, although that would be a little simplistic assumption :-)

The fact that you tried to communicate with people from other side of the world shows your desire to explore what was out there when you were a kid.

Picturing the events you described I wanted to play some dark and alarmed music, but that wasn’t agreeing with me, so I ended up composing it closer to my usual style, using suitcase piano (Rhodes) which has been my favorite voice for a while now, and my usual slow strings: