[TenTec] 400 Hz CW

[Ronald Hands]

Larry Menzel wrote:
   Anyway, as a result of that experience, I have
> considerably less hearing on my left side than on my right.  In fact I have 
> to have a small audio amp inline so I can equalize the signal from the rigs 
> or the right ear is quite a bit more sensitive, and when listening to weak 
> signals, I really need the biaural sense to hear well.
> 

   I, too, have more hearing loss in the left ear (and never 
drove a truck!).
   After I had failed on many occasions to comprehend her 
pronouncements, my wife finally insisted that I get a hearing 
aid.  Which I did.  It was prescribed and supplied through a 
local hospital, which made me fairly confident that it was really 
needed and was chosen to fit my requirements.  Couldn't be happier.
   My ideas of hearing aids dated from decades ago, when they 
often were plagued with feedback and simply didn't work very 
well.  That's not true these days.  Mine has built-in 
equalization (computer adjusted) so that it exactly complements 
my hearing loss.  It's a tiny in-the-ear device and I often 
forget I'm wearing it.  I have no trouble wearing it with 
headphones, and the particular model I have automatically adjusts 
its gain for telephone conversations (I think it senses the 
magnet in the telephone earpiece).  I'm hearing all sorts of 
nuances in classical music these days that I haven't heard for 
many years.
    MIne happens to be Oticon but I'm sure there are many similar 
brands.  The electronics in these things are so tiny that they 
makes SMT look gigantic.
    Well worth considering, I'd suggest, if you want to hear well 
all the time.

-- Ron
VE3SP