Re: [Paddlewise] Hearing Aids & Kayaks

Kris,
  You will definitely be making a very expensive mistake to wear your aids
on the water.  As to hearing your paddling partners, much depends, of course
on your degree of hearing loss.  As a general rule, I would suggest you take
care to stay close to your mates:  close enough to read facial expressions
ought to do it.  You might do well to review hand signals and gestures that
everyone agrees to recognize before embarking.
    That said, enjoy!


-----Original Message-----
From: Kris Stebbins <kstebbins_at_seanet.com>
To: Paddlewise <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 10:18 PM
Subject: [Paddlewise] Hearing Aids & Kayaks


>Hello -
>
>I'm a newbie here.  Planning on taking a sea kayaking course in Seattle
this
>Spring, and concerned about getting my hearing aids wet.  Anyone out there
>wear aids and how do you deal with the possibility of getting dumped?
>They're expensive tools and don't take well to large amounts of water.  It
>was suggested that I simply not wear them while paddling, just carry them
>along in a sealable container to wear during lunch stops and camping.  This
>sounds feasible, as it appears there is a lot of noise from wind and surf
>that impairs the hearing of 'normal' folks.  But I'm wondering, is there a
>safety issue here?
>
>Any thoughts or ideas?  Thanks!
>
>(I posted this question to a sea kayak BBS also - my apologies if this is
>redundant for any of you.)
>
>Kris
>
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