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In reply to @granadilla

You can check my .

I know that could match better my high frequency needs without feedback, however, I like hearing low frequencies by myself, without and without occlusion, so open domes at the moment.

I have custom ear molds and I didn’t have any issues hearing the low frequencies. I have issues with the midrange frequencies. My audiologist has don’t an awesome job of fine tuning my aids.

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@granadilla said:

I’m using closed domes. My high frequency hearing goes down to -45 in one ear and -65 in the other ear.

Is it possible to post your audogram, as it’s quite possible to use open, depends on you lower frequency as well, 45-65dB is not so bad for open, as mentioned just by changing to Medium power receiver could help.

Thanks, that’s good to know as an option. My right ear is a little complicated because I have Meniere’s disease in that ear, which can make things sound muffled due to fluid in the ear. So even though my right ear has better hearing, the muffled factor means sometimes things sound better with a . But then I hear the hiss! So it’s a balancing act. I’ll ask for an open dome and try wear it for a while and see how it goes.

In my experience the completely silent hearing aid does not exist, at least after being programmed to a significant hearing loss. However, many users (certainly not all) acclimate to it over the first few days or weeks. That being said, Resound and Phonak have expansion (or similar) controls that seem to address low level hiss fairly well, and Widex seems to be reasonably quiet at mild/moderate losses.

Although this would require going backwards in platform, at least with Oticon, going with a traditional where the speaker is in the body of the hearing aid on top of the ear may be helpful in avoiding speaker hiss. Because hiss is typically most audible right at the speaker, moving it away from the ear canal itself can reduce its audibility, and you should still be able to reach targets via gain. Keeping an eye on compression ratios is important as well.

Then there are the ones of us with severe hearing loss and or tinnitus that mask out the hearing aid hiss. I have been wearing aids for 20 years and cannot say I ever heard the hiss.

Just an update to my previous reply… After my audiologist adjusted the gain lower on my Oticon Intent 1’s, the hissing sound was also lower but still bothersome.

A few days ago at my most recent follow-up appointment we decided to change from the 85db receiver to the 60db receiver. I’ve used the 60db receiver for a few days and while the hiss is lower, it is still bothersome.

At my appointment, we decided that if the 60db receiver did not help that we will change to a different brand. My audiologist suggested to try Starkey because her patients have had good luck with this brand to address floor/circuit noise.

I will call the office tomorrow and request the change to Starkey. She said that I would be her first patient to use the new Starkey Omega 24.

I experienced the same issue with Oticon, and the used a similar method. He managed to eliminate most of the white noise by cutting all gains below 1.5K Hz. I ended up not getting them.
Let us know your experiences with the Omega .

It’s floor noise, not something you can adjust out, if you end up trying you just end up with no or little low end gain, which may or may not be noticed much depending on ones lower frequency loss, demant products do seem to get a lot more complaints on this issue compared to others.

I have worn Oticon aids for 15 years and never noticed the issue. My guess is my hearing loss prevents me from hearing.

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Two days ago, I switched from the Oticon Intent 1 to the Starkey Omega aids. I’m happy to report that I am no longer experiencing the hissing sound of the floor/circuit noise. The only sound I hear is the environmental sound being delivered by the aids.

When I was in the audiologist office the high frequency sounds were a bit harsh, so she made an adjustment to lower those. The high frequency sounds are now more pronounced, compared to the Intents, but not too loud.

I’ve been mostly at home since receiving the Starkey’s so I haven’t had a chance to test them in a noisy environment.

I have my next appointment in two weeks when we will do further adjustments. So far, I am happy with the performance of the Starkey Omega.

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I have the same floor noise with Oticon More. I tried Bernafon Encanta and they are completely silent! No floor noise at all. Only the housing is much thicker and hurts a bit behind my ear. Also the charging pins are sometimes hurting. Dont get it why they didnt keep induction. I am now back on re-trying the More’s again with all program types, like omni, neural automatic, full directional. And re-adjusted. All modes have the noise. Full directional slightly less, but I dont like the full directional mode, to narrow. I would like to have the Bernafon in the thin Octicon More housing…. (Ps Intent is also thicker).

I have the INTENT1 aids and I an getting the Phonak Spheres on the 5th of December. They got away from induction charging because it wasn’t dependable nor and it takes more power to do the charging and it takes longer to complete the charge.

I just ordered a Noahlink wireless 2. Lets see if I can fine tune and get ride of the noise or reduce is it mostly…

I’ve had the same issue last year when I had the Intent1 for a trial. It was most prominent when everything is still quiet early in the morning, when my ears are most sensitive. It sounded like it was raining.

I’ve bought the Signa Pure Charge Go IX from a hearing aid advisor with a lot of experience with these ’s. It was the best allrounder (after trials with Widex SmartRiC, Oticon Intent1, Widex Allure), Both understanding speech and listening to music are good enough for me.

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