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My hearing aids specialist is having a hard time getting the right settings for me. I find that the perfect setting for me is when (without the hearing aids in place) I cup my ears when listening to someone, or watching tv. If I could get that correction in my H.A. I would be a happy camper. Right now it sounds thin and aggressive. Has anyone experienced this and how does that translate in a language that my specialist understands ? Thanks.

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Being able to see your would help. Also knowing your aids and if you have domes or custom ear molds.

I guess it depends on your definition of amplification.

I would say it is amplification through the mechanical cupping of the hands. After all, the sound is getting louder. It would seem to me that this a bit like a parabolic reflector.

My suggestion is for Lonhone to download a frequency analyzer app to a smart phone, and then go to an voice generated website, and try to find the frequencies and volume level that is causing the issues.

Lonhone most if not all of these hearing aids have three different settings depending on how loud the input to the hearing aid is. So if you can identify the frequencies and loudness levels that are giving you issues, then you have something to bring to the person adjusting your hearing aids.

Also do as suggested and post your , hearing aid model, and type of dome or mold you are using.

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I never did it when I was still in practice but you could have your fitter do a real ear measurement of a speech signal while cupping your ears () and then measure the same speech signal with the aids in (). It would be an interesting experiment. This assumes your fitter has and uses real ear if they don’t I would seriously consider a different practice to help you.

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It’s approximately an 8 boost from 1.6 to 8 kHz. :wink:

If your clinician was really clever, he could actually measure the effect of you cupping your ears using his real-ear device and then recreate it. But I suspect if he had a real-ear device that he was using appropriately you might not be cupping your ears so much. Oh man, I just looked up and gorgeguy literally said the same thing I just didn’t read all the way to the bottom.

Note that cupping also attenuates the back noise just a bit higher than 2 kHz by just a bit more. So if you are doing it in noise, applying a directional mode to the hearing aids might help. However, the cupping actually blocks more background noise than the hearing aid can.

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