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In reply to @Judi_L

That makes a lot of sense. Everyone has their own limit, and it’s okay to protect your time and energy. Sometimes progress isn’t about endless adjustments, but about finding what genuinely feels better in daily life.:orange_heart:

In reply to @marf

I will definitely do the review on the forum and if you have any questions you want to follow up on in an email that would be fine. You will have to wait until end of next week.

@Judi_L said:

Hi Roberto. Good to hear that you are also going to Harley Street.

I am not going to Harley Street. I am going to see an audio in Farnham Hampshire. Never been to Harley Street. I was just asking because I was surprised that you were having problems given that Matthew Alsop (whom I know from online) appears to be very good. I would have thought any clinic he worked at would be producing stellar results.

In reply to @Judi_L

I’m sorry to see that you are having so much difficulty adapting after two years.

Have a look at this video (only the part dedicated to speech): https://youtu.be/uaGX5kqGI8I?t=638&si=F5DlGaYaQbBXa4Uo3

Is this what you’re experiencing? That’s what happens with all . The only way to prevent this would be by reducing the sound entering in your ear (you may try using an over the ear hearing protection headset and see what difference it makes for you). Depending on your loss, custom molds might improve the situation but they won’t eliminate it.

In reply to @montieth

Your better ear is 60dB in low frequencies - of course you’re a candidate for ‘practically unvented’ moulds.

It’s not just a financial argument, there’s also patient convenience, the number of return to manufacturer failures, hygenic benefits, client time and easier user servicing. A significant reason for the domination of over the designs, is the ability to fault find and resolve issues in-clinic, saving the client in terms of cost and delay.

In terms of ‘cost averaging’ those customers who are fitted with RIC moulds are, more expensive to fit, more expensive to service and more expensive to replace/upgrade than those using domes. Now in the self-selecting, educted group of motivated ‘power-users’ who use this site, there might be very good reasons why (for moderate/moderately severe low frequency losses) work better with moulds in terms of clarity and feedback, but thats not necessarily a fair reflection of the market average or the significant number of mild to moderate losses we deal with.

In reply to @ynneBBenny

I am glad I turned the Phonaks in before the trial period ended. The Resound Vivia let me narrow the field so that the microphones let me focus on the people in front of me. In general, I think the hype over in in premature.

I am normally a lurker looking for items that would assist me, but I had to input on this.: I had turned in my PhoneAk’s for the same reason along with some others. I’m now using Signia’s and unfortunately, the “Universal” program has the same issue. I’ve been deaf in the right ear for 40 years. I am using a Cros with Signia, and while better than PhoneAk’s, there are still times I’m not hearing. I’ll take the suggestion of Midair and see if it can be adjusted. the App for Signia hearing aids is NOT the best…

In reply to @user490

It has been a year since I had the Phonaks. They were new, top-of-the line, and top-rated at the time. I tried every option on the app-not sure about 360. Right before my trial period was about to end, I was at a large dinner party, and the Phonaks were picking up people who were a few feet behind me at a nearby table. I couldn’t hear the person I was trying to talk to who was a little further away than the other people. I turned them in after that.

If one is interested in bone conduction headphones, they work on the same principles as Bone Anchored Hearing Aids () but not nearly as well. Again, the nature of one’s loss–primarily conductive with a functioning cochlear nerve, or primarily neural, where the nerve itself is damaged–is really important to understand. It helps sort out the options available as well as the results to be expected from aided hearing devices. Simply ask your audi about which type of loss you have. often it’s a mixture.

In reply to @Roberto

I would have thought so as well. It will be interesting to see how my appointment goes tomorrow (Thursday) and maybe for the next check up, I’ll make an appointment to see Matthew. But after so long without any improvements, it does seem a bit pointless carrying on with these. All the best with the new audiologist.

In reply to @penn

Yes, that was a good move. Wish I had done the same, but I am much wiser now. Good to hear that the Resound Vivia is better for you and I agree, ‘the hype over in ’ is totally misplaced.

I train daily on the LACE system that my audiologist sold for $400. It has 4 modes, and one is speech in noise. I can’t imagine this hasn’t improved my recognition to some extent, although I haven’t tested at my audiologist to prove it.

In reply to @hearingMac

Thank you for this. I can’t say that the change of domes from vented to closed have made any difference, but you are right in saying about being more systematic. I’m seriously thinking about a second opinion now, but it all seems to be pot luck, other than a trip to my GP.

I am 13. I used to wear Phonak and Resound hearing aids each. I have now moved to Oticon and am VERY happy with them. I really did like Resound as well. However, if you are able to offord something other than Phonak I would HIGHLY reccomend it. I’ve never liked them and find so many other brands to be much better. I used to have molds, until I was 8, now I wear domes and love them. I used to have open domes, then had to change to closed. I hated the way they felt and simply asked to change them and we fixed the issue with different programming. However its very odd what’s happening with the audiologists as well, I’m quite sorry Abt that!

@chloe_Jean said:

am 13.

Really, well I’d have to say you’d be our youngest member! Good on you for sharing your experience so far, big difference between those brands, glad your happy with Oticon! just out of curiosity, are you able to get government subsidies etc for your hearing loss?

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