[Tweeters] Hearing Aids for Birding?

[Bob Flores via Tweeters]

Jim,
I use Phonak hearing aids currently, I have been using hearing aids for about 16 years, I have some insight for you. I suggest you look for hearing aids that are highly programmable and use a technician to program them for your hearing deficiencies. I have a setting for birding that I activate via my phone. What I did experience I had to relearn some bird songs/calls each time I did change aids. I am not sure if this is due to my adjustment to bird songs/calls because I had slowly lost hearing over time or maybe the tone replication from the hearing aids. It could be a mix of both effecting my hearing? I would like to mention I used, with my hearing aids I wear now, Merlin to relearn songs/calls and it expedited the time for me to recalibrate my ears. In my experience hearing aids are not perfect for birding but they greatly improve my birding experience over not having them in my ears. 

Bob

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> On Aug 9, 2025, at 10:23, Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> 

> Hi,

> 

>   I'm interested in knowing what others experience is with hearing aids

> and the use of them for birding.  Please include brand names for the aids

> you have used/are using.  Also please share how well/not so well they

> are for the purposes of birding.  Thanks!

>                                   - Jim in Skagit

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