I'm not an audiologist, but I have to agree with Doreen and Kim.
Also, the audiologist will need to take into account your speech
discrimination abilities. VR can be a source to pay for hearing
aids, but, at least in my state, you have to be an active client and
it has to be part of your individual plan of employment. There are
some organizations that provide hearing aids, but many are for
children. I would suggest doing a web search for "hearing aid
funding assistance" or something to that effect.

I hope this helps!

Dawn


--- In deafnessandhearingloss@yahoogroups.com, Doreen Pettipas
<dodiepettipas@...> wrote:
>
> I agree with Kim. I only had about a 35db loss when I got my
first aid. Now I have a 85 db loss in my left ear and a 90-95db
loss in my right.
>
> As for cost of hearing aids, there are ways to get them without
having to pay the full price. For me, I got my aids paid for
through Voc Rehab because I need them to work. If you work and the
audiologist sends a report that the aids are necessary for you to
continue working, they will pay (at least in my experience). I did
have to bring in a copy of my health insurance book and show them
where it excluded hearing aids. My aids were about $3200 (about 4
years ago).
>
> Dodie
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: anij_jnaii <anij_jnaii@...>
> To: deafnessandhearingloss@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2007 10:36:47 PM
> Subject: [deafnessandhearingloss] Re: Hello! ...and a question
>
> 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.
> >
>