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    Deafness and Birding! - Merlin App & Microphone.

    Moving forward. My existing Android smartphone has a MicroUSB port. Decided to take the step to purchase an external microphone. The Merlin App is power hungry, so i've decided i need a self powered Mic. It looks as though i need a MicroUSB/3.5mm jack adaptor too. No plans to record sound...
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    Deafness and Birding! - Merlin App & Microphone.

    I think everybody in the UK is entitled to a free NHS hearing test and aids without restriction. The only restriction perhaps being that your GP refers you onto the NHS audiologist and that your hearing must have suffered an amount of loss, and hearing aids would improve your hearing. NHS...
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    Deafness and Birding! - Merlin App & Microphone.

    Thank you, Brad Hacker I've used the app every day for a week so far, and it's really making a big difference. I had no idea i was missing so much. I don't think birders really appreciate just how often they hear something first before they look and find the bird they have heard. Decided i...
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    Deafness and Birding! - Merlin App & Microphone.

    I thought i would google NHS Vs Private hearing aids to find that the four main differences are "greater choice of design and colour", "Cost", "Invisibility" and the "waiting time". No discussion about whether one was better or worse than the other, in fact a number of websites specifically say...
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    Deafness and Birding! - Merlin App & Microphone.

    UK NHS hearing aids are arguably ugly and to some unsightly, and they can get pulled out and lost and get caught up in stuff. "Free Market" hearing aids are to most people invisible and can't get pulled out or caught up in stuff so easily. Apologies to anyone who may be offended by the...
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    Deafness and Birding! - Merlin App & Microphone.

    Having used the app for a few days now, a number of problems require addressing. The app is power hungry, and it's draining the battery quickly, so i'm exploring mobile phone battery banks / packs etc. I need to somehow make it hands free in some way. With help from the app, i have now...
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    Deafness and Birding! - Merlin App & Microphone.

    Thank you for this, i will bear this in mind. I am using the App with caution. The App hasn't done this again and i've been using it several time a day. Did your wife have NHS hearing aids too, and if so can she notice any worthwhile difference between the two? My NHS hearing aids are also...
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    Deafness and Birding! - Merlin App & Microphone.

    I have completely lost 30 to 40% of the higher human frequency sound range in both ears. I have NHS Bluetooth hearing aids. An Android smartphone, using its integral mic and speakers, using the Merlin Bird ID App. I cannot hear with my own ears, using the NHS hearing aids or the phone's...
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    Deafness and Birding! - Merlin App & Microphone.

    Again, a thank you to all those that have contributed. Lots to think about and consider. The Hear Birds Again App looks interesting for apple users, as no android version is available yet. I'll keep my eye on this one. As someone who is new to this app, i used it several times over the...
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    Deafness and Birding! - Merlin App & Microphone.

    Thank you thus far to those that have replied to date. Next time i get my hearing retested, i'll ask for more details. On my last visit, the tester said...... Take the avg human hearing frequency range, i've lost roughly 30% of the upper frequency range in my left ear and 40%+ in my right...
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    Deafness and Birding! - Merlin App & Microphone.

    A little background........... I've been birding for a tad over 40yrs and for the last 10+ i've suffered hearing loss. Which will no doubt continue to get worse. Without NHS Hearing aids, i've lost roughly 30% of the upper frequency sounds in my left ear and 40%+ in my right. Theirs some...
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    Zeiss Pre-sale enquiry

    Thank you Pinewood, Contacted Zeiss UK, and they have informed me that they were manufactured in 1986 so i wasn't far out at all. Thank you.
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    Zeiss Pre-sale enquiry

    Hoping for a little advice. Recently bought a pair of new Zeiss bins and i'm wondering what to do with my older pair which i think i bought between 1985'ish but before 1987'ish. They are a pair of Zeiss 10x40b T* West German serial no: 109407. If possible, i'd like to date them with a little...
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