Imbalance (by two volume clicks) on Phonak Audeo Spheres when streaming

REM is just part of the process. I’ve not used an audiologist who did not do REM. I’m likely going to switch to trying another aid anyway so I’m trying some DIY just in case.

The small variances are noticable. Happy with sounds may not always be best sound to learn to become happy with.

Well having REM is not actually “part ot the process” most clinics don’t even bother with it, but there’s nothing stopping you doing a DIY project and then finding a sympathetic audiologist who’s willing to do REM for you, best of both worlds so to speak.

Is there an optimal way to combine DIY with REM? Would one DIY first and then have that fit checked with REM before any additional adjustments are made or something else?

What might ultimately be learned? Something like for a specific aid with specific acoustic coupling that person using DIY under/over amplified X frequency by Y amount? But then that is not transferrable to any other situation making it somewhat limited in utility?

The problem may be upstream of your hearing aids and Target settings. You don’t mention what device or audio source you’re streaming from, but it’s possible the audio settings of your phone, your computer, or the streaming source are out of whack regarding Left-Right balance at the “source” of the signal. Worth investigating, especially since adjusting via Target hasn’t resolved the issue. Also possible the “Ambient” mix of the Bluetooth Streaming sub-program in the Phonak app is having an impact on streaming clarity too, depending on your fitting… but even though that can help with streaming clarity overall, it’s unlikely to affect the balance.

Is there an actual imbalance you can hear or is that just what the Phonak app displays? I’ve noticed that for streaming the Phonak app volume display does not always match the aid settings. Perhaps it’s an app bug to be fixed.