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The best thing you can do is take in your copy of Nathan Pieplow's <i>Peterson Field Guide to Bird sounds of Western North America</i>. Have some book marks in there for the birds you would love to hear again and present them to the audiologist. They understand
the spectrograms and can do whatever adjustments possible. Of course, if you are actually deaf in that range, that can't be ameliorated. </div>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tweeters] Hearing aids for birding</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Jim - I'm about to buy my 4th pair of hearing aids - had hearing aids for 15 years. you first need to visit an audiologist and get tested to see where your hearing loss is, then work with
audiologist on which hearing seems best fit for you - audiologists sell more than one hearing aid. depending on your test results you may be okay with over the counter aids or you may need prescription aids. </div>
<div style="direction: ltr; font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">never used Costco, but hear good things from friends</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">On Sat, Aug 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM Me via Tweeters <<a class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA75726556-2edb-827b-ffb6-73043de3f7bb" href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>Hi Jim,<br>
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I am using an Oticon Intent 2. I am working with my audiologist to fine tune the program she added for birding which makes the sounds sharper. I can hear more birds but still losing out on higher pitch calls such as evening grosbeak and cedar waxwing. Not perfect
but much better than before.<br>
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Mike in Kent<br>
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Jim wrote:<br>
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> Hi,<br>
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> ? I'm interested in knowing what others experience is with hearing aids<br>
> and the use of them for birding.? Please include brand names for the aids<br>
> you have used/are using.? Also please share how well/not so well they<br>
> are for the purposes of birding.? Thanks!<br>
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - Jim in Skagit<br>
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