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The past couple of days I had a couple of experiences that made me realize I probably need hearing aids. I have known that I have some hearing loss for quite a while but thought I would hear anything at night and wake up, I do hear things like tree branches scraping on the windows or rats trying to gnaw into the crawlspace vents and wake up immediately... but now I think that's because those happen right outside my bedroom.
Here are the two experiences: One, I was in the bathroom with the door closed, but no extra sounds like running water or fan... thought I heard a soft scratching outside but figured it was a squirrel... bla bla it was the mailman, who said he had both banged on the security door and rung the bell. I hear those sounds fine from my bedroom with the door ajar, but the bathroom is further from the front door and I had the door all the way shut. Two, today I was driving and saw a fire engine coming from the opposite direction, a long block away (what is that, 300-500 ft?), with lights flashing, about the time I completed my thought of "why are the lights flashing but there is no siren?" it had gotten closer and I heard the siren.
So I'm wondering, if there are any folks here who use hearing aids, do you wear them to bed? If not, what's your plan in the event of an intruder?
Here are the two experiences: One, I was in the bathroom with the door closed, but no extra sounds like running water or fan... thought I heard a soft scratching outside but figured it was a squirrel... bla bla it was the mailman, who said he had both banged on the security door and rung the bell. I hear those sounds fine from my bedroom with the door ajar, but the bathroom is further from the front door and I had the door all the way shut. Two, today I was driving and saw a fire engine coming from the opposite direction, a long block away (what is that, 300-500 ft?), with lights flashing, about the time I completed my thought of "why are the lights flashing but there is no siren?" it had gotten closer and I heard the siren.
So I'm wondering, if there are any folks here who use hearing aids, do you wear them to bed? If not, what's your plan in the event of an intruder?