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Problems I experience with my own voice when using Phonak hearing aids

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When using my Phonak Paradise P90 and Lumity L90, my own voice sometimes sounds boomy or closed, and people often tell me that I’m speaking too quietly even though I don’t perceive it that way. What do you think could be causing this and could it be a general issue with Phonak devices?

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I believe you need to explain your issues to your audiologist. I have been wearing aids for 20 years and did have that issue until I explained it to my audiologist and adjustments were made. But it did take several attempts to get it right. I now have the Phonak Spheres and have no issues with my own voice.

I have the same problem. i feel like I am talking too loudly for the environment, yet my wife says myvoice dropped considerably. I have infinio sphere, and this only happens when i am wearing them

Again explain the issue to your audiologist. The audiologist can’t fix issues that is unknown, so you as the hearing aid wearer has to explain the issues. It can be caused by adjustments, the domes, or ear molds.

I’ve visited my audiologist a few times, but they still haven’t been able to adjust the settings the way I need. I’m curious how who experienced the same issue were able to solve it.

I don’t have the issue, I wear the Spheres, I have custom ear molds with very small vents. My hearing loss is severe in the middle frequency range,
What does your look like and do you have domes or custom ear molds.

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I don’t have the issue, I wear the Spheres, I have custom ear molds with very small vents. My hearing loss is severe in the middle frequency range,
What does your audiogram look like and do you have domes or custom ear molds.

Our hearing loss is similar, and I also use custom ear molds. I used Starkey hearing aids before, and I never had this issue with them.

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Do you have the same audiologist, I bet not. The audiologist is the most important part of getting a proper fitting. It isn’t the aids fault if they aren’t adjusted correctly.
You have to be able to explain your issues to the audiologist and the audiologist must listen and make the adjustments. Or you could invest in and make your own adjustments. Which isn’t something I will ever attempt.

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You don’t show your audogram but it’s possible the vents (hole) in the moulds are a bit smaller then your Starkey (I presume you used moulds on Starkey) but as @cvkemp has mentioned your Audiologist will be able to do some additional adjustments in the lower frequences to help.

It is not a general issue with Phonak devices .

People tend to blame the aids when experiencing issues when the root cause is almost always the programming . A cheap well programmed hearing aid will outperform an expensive $$ aid poorly programmed .

As others have said , your audiologist is the person to fix this .

The very basic fact of the situation is that now, you have a microphone on each side of your head picking up your surroundings and by extention your voice. Regardless of what fitting you use, you will always hear a bit of your voice and probably more so than you’ve heard before.

The guys here are right you do need to explain what you hear to your audiologist and you may need to experiment with different types of couplings to your ear etc, but some of this may be you just adjusting your internal mental processes to make yourself speak a bit louder than you need to.

I for example wear custom in ear devices with a very small vent, due to my ear condition. This means my voice can sound really boomy in certain situations and especially when my hearing is bad, as it fluctuates day to day. On those days I just have to cue myself mentally that my voice is the loudest sounding thing to me, but for everyone else is quiet.

This is particularly bad for me in noisy environments. I turn on noise canceling, the noise is dialed back, but I forget to speak louder. Not everyone has noise canceling :slight_smile:

It is an adjustment period for sure but it’s not a Phonak issue and it is something you can definitely get used to if you have the best programming from your audiologist possible and if you keep it in mind when speaking to people.

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