Thanks, Kim!
I was just wondering because as I was looking into this myself, we
were learning about deafness in one of my special ed courses and the
prof said hearing aids aren't usually reccommended until about the 50
range... which sounded mighty strange to me because I'm pretty far
from 50 (I think-- must get an updated evaluation) and even I feel
like I'm missing a lot.

--- In deafnessandhearingloss@yahoogroups.com, "anij_jnaii"
<anij_jnaii@...> wrote:
>
> HI,
>
> It really seems to depend on your audiologist, I believe that some
> will aid with mild loss starting at about 30db across the board, but
> it really depends.
>
> I would strongly recommend seeing and accredited audiologist and
> getting a full hearing test done. Make sure to get a copy of your
> audiogram so that you will be able to refer to it in the future, and
> if you have questions, having your A'gram will certainly help us and
> others answer questions better !!
>
> HTH
>
> Kim
>
>
>
> --- In deafnessandhearingloss@yahoogroups.com, "think613"
> <think613@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I'm mildly hearing impaired and happy to have found your
group. I
> > will set about reading some past messages to get to know you, but
for
> > now I have one question that I'm having difficulty finding an
answer to
> > online:
> >
> > At what level of hearing loss is a hearing aid appropriate? I
mean Db
> > level, not "moderate" or whatever since some people don't seem to
know
> > the difference...
> >
> > I have not been evaluated for years, since I was in school, and I
don't
> > know what my diagnosis is exactly but I think it's around 38/39,
or
> > maybe it's 27/28? I know they used to call me "mild to moderately
> > hearing impaired" in the board of ed as of about 10 years ago.
Can
> > someone please help me understand what that really means?
> >
> > I have lately been noticing the differences between me and fully-
> > hearing people, and thinking maybe I should have hearing aids.
But they
> > are so expensive, so I want to know as much as possible whether
they'll
> > make a significant difference in my life. I can't afford to shell
out
> > 6k just for convenience.
> >
>