Tell me about it John…I also have hearing problems after a life in the engineering industry, and senior moments come thick and fast just lately…
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update
now gone deaf in one ear so a trip for a hearing test now
If the GP refers you to Specsavers, as they do nowadays, insist on seeing a hospital audiologist.
One is feeling sounds, less so hearing them, this isn’t new, been goin on for years, might have to seek medical advice 
Yep, d00d’s right get them for free on the NHS. I went to a company called ‘Hidden Hearing’ and it cost me a Kings ransom. The hearing aids are very good, but I only need them for watching telly and crowded places. It used to be weddings and christenings, but now it’s just funerals…
Tried Specsavers and told I have to get a Dr’s referral first. one specsaves I tried went through the press button sequence on the phone. This said press button 2 which I did. the person answering said I should have pressed button 1 for hearing. That was after a 10 minute wait for the call to be answered. I gave up
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Specsavers for hearing are IMO worse than useless and cause problems getting referred onwards. I’m now with the area hospital audiology and cannot fault them. Great modern BTE aids from Oticon (Sage) and unlimitted batteries. My present pair connect via Bluetooth to my home audio so I’m very pleased 
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What happens with me is every few months, when I stick my head under the water during the morning bath, my right ear has the rumbling you would associate with the blood being pumped, the left ear is silent, what happens during the course of the day is I am sensitive to the feel of noises, i,e I will feel the sound of a passing train, before I actually hear it, might just be wax or something but, its bloody annoying whatever it is.
It could easily be a build of hardened wax which needs attention. Get yourself a bottle of Otex Bicarb and then ask your doc to syringe your ears.
These are Oticon too LongDriver but they don’t need batteries, they are rechargeable, you just stick them in the little charging station overnight and Bob’s yer uncle.
You can hear a fleas heartbeat from fifty paces…
I got mine from the NHS and it’s doing fine and at no cost.
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I have a pair of these Signia Stretta, on the nhs/specsavers, they’re ok.
and this is what the Bluetooth App looks like:
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@OldGreyFox My area NHS are not into rechargeables, so hence the batteries are FOC by the box full of 80 at a time.
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Cost me five grand for mine LongDriver, a fool and his money…
Cripes Foxy. It’s the NHS for me every time unless paying for an op gets it done much quicker. My pacer would have been just 2wks quicker, so I stayed on the NHS list and saved a few grand. I even had the same cardio surgeon.
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With my dodgy heart and a determination to keep running I don’t know how long it will be until the fat lady sings…you can’t take it with you…
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Sounds as if I now ,after using otex half my hearing has returned in my right ear. So now booked in for a syringe ear cleaning first to discover if it is a wax buildup only.
If that doesn’t work the onto them he next stage,
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Day 2 using Otex ear drops. At the moment in the right ear that went completely deaf I can now hear up to 3/4 the sound of the left ear. I test this by using earphones and a sound test on the internet. still got booked in for an ear syringe as a backup incase I don’tg go back to full hearing in that ear
test I use
I’ve finally bit the bullet, and got a set of hearing aids today from Specsavers. The good lady wife has had a pair for a few years now, and has been nagging me for not listening to her properly and clearly… Is’nt that what we married guys are supposed to do, not listen to them! I’ve had umpteen syringes in the past, probably caused more problems than solved them. The young lady I saw, was wonderful, took me through all the settings and all the bits and bobs. When I put them in, my voice felt quite loud when I spoke, and I could certainly hear a lot better. All this free on the glorious NHS, the lord be praised! Anyway, got to go, must listen to the wife. Only kidding!! 
Well done, Mr John !! It also take me a few years accept that the healing loss was significant,