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 deafnessandhearingl oss@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.
>