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Helpful auditory equipment resources

fj — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 22:20:55 GMT

Thought I'd start a thread on equipment and stuff.

Headroom www.headphone.com (retailer)
Ordinarily for the audiophile, but CAPD sufferers are not just audiophiles because our needs can be pretty specific. I especially love the idea of the Ultimate Ears UE-10 Pro which can be molded to fit your ear exactly.

Sennheiser www.sennheiser.com (manufacturer)
Cutting edge, premium listening equipment. They also offer high-quality lower end. Check out their audiology equipment in particular - www.sennheiser.com/sennheis...audiology .

Siemens www.hearing.siemens.de/00_en/...cts.jsp
Premium audiology equipment. Also very expensive. An audiologist I spoke to once said that filtering sound for CAPD isn't necessarily the best idea, because you increase you dependency on tools (and when you stop using them, your sensitivity goes up). Hence this is probably more of a last resort type thing, but it's still very alluring for me.

I had more links on filters but can't seem to find them right now.

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Training, speech-reading, filters...How have you adapted?

fj — Mon, 16 May 2005 00:56:33 GMT

First post. My kid and I are both recently diagnosed with CAPD, and I thought I'd try to get a tribe going to see how other people are doing, and how you deal with your situation. I'm especially curious to hear about adults who have been diagnosed after their prime. How do you cope? What's most difficult, or easiest?

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What affects you?

Tehara — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:51:39 GMT

I'm not sure, but I was thinking that my CAPD gets worse if my allergies are flairing up. Or pressure fronts?

All I know that is today, I couldn't follow one technical conversation. (I work in IT.) I tried to take notes and fake it. I heard all the words. The sentences made sense, but trying to get my brain to process the information didn't work. It was like it came in and bounced out.

I can't find my earphones at the office, so I may have to buy more....darn it.

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I made it!

Tue, 31 May 2005 18:20:31 GMT

Jones,
Thanks for the education and forum. I was wondering what kind of tests do they do to confirm APD? If it is confirmed what can they do for you? I have already perfected lip reading, note taking, close caption watching and repeating what I hear to people trying to communicate with me.
M.Ann

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