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Neither Apple nor Android “mainstream” watches charge for this feature , it’s built in their operating system

The “pay when making a call” is dependent on your carrier. In the US , most carriers offer unlimited calling l:all calls are included in your monthly plan ( some offer a bucket of minutes).

Choosing a based on its ability to help me hear well is quite enough for me. As others have stated, expecting a HA to also provide a bunch of health features may be pushing things, especially since a number of other devices do all of this already, and probably better.

Meanwhile, most modern HA’s are very good. It’s finding someone to program them well for you that’s essential, I’ve found. for example, the Musician program on my Signia Ax 7s has been programmed to essentially match the parameters of a Widex music program. the rest of the programs on my Signia work great for me.

Yep! but not quite. My audi also made adjustments in some equalization parameters–I can’’t recall exactly what—that are specific to my musician program. I suppose a DIYer could turn everything off pretty easily. My audi did it for free as part of the service I get for purchasing my aids.

That would be making the fitting more linear and probably increasing the highs.

Impressive the took the time to do this. , you must have a good one. Some will tell you: “aids are for speech , not music”.

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@OcramSagev said:

Impressive the AuD took the time to do this. , you must have a good one. Some will tell you: “aids are for speech , not music”.

I’ve been going to same independent shop for decades. Techs/audis have slowly changed, but the shop has my records, notes and settings on file. Heck, I’ve educated some of them a bit by bringing in instructions from respected sources about how to set up a music program. The audi I have now is the best ever in terms of setting up a musician program.

There’s a Costco near by, but I pay the extra up front when I buy from this shop because of their knowledge of my needs and their expertise. and for other reasons as well. And all adjustments, cleanings, shaping of custom molds etc. is free.

Oh and yes, it was the linear adjustments that my tech made. He knew about this, I didn’t! A good tech/audi is priceless.

Even if I ’d I wouldn’t have known about linear adjustments, and so wouldn’t have made them.

Once again, thanks to everyone who offered advice, since I was unaware of much of this.

I have another (probably stupid) question. Since so many audiologists (such as Dr. Cliff) stress the measurement as being essential when purchasing new aids, I am wondering if it is possible to have REM done from a distance.

We live in a rapidly advancing tech age, where almost every task conceivable is solved by (which is defined to be high tech method designed to mimic human activity). I ask this because I live just about 100 miles from the nearest Costco, and also since several persons suggested them for best prices. ($4.00 per gallon of gas is a factor)

I’m sorry, but at my age I have to consider prices, being on a fixed income, and so the skyrocketing prices in too many places may have the effect of my lowering the importance of new aids. If I can find a good deal by Nov. with price equal to or below $1200, then I am good.

No, require the fitter to place a microphone near the eardrum. The purpose of this is to measure the sound there and compare it to the prescribed gains. If there’s a difference, the fitter will adjust the aid accordingly.

Well, the reason I asked is that I was on the GN website and saw this statement, concerning software called (autoREM)

“How to use remotely

  • ReSound Assist Live Assistance allows a hearing care professional to connect to a patient’s hearing aids via a video call from the ReSound Smart Fit software ReSound.

  • During the call, the professional can activate REM on the hearing aid, send the new settings, and have the patient confirm the results in real time.

  • This is different from sending a pre‑configured REM profile — it’s a live adjustment during the video session. “I

It sounded to me like it is possible. Maybe I’m out in “left field”, as is the case many times.

At 87, I’m just struggling to understand most of the high tech features in aids.

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I didn’t see in the link you provided.

“** During the call, the professional can activate REM on the hearing aid, send the new settings, and have the patient confirm the results in real time.*”

This is not a REM but an in-situ audiometry where the software emits a sound and the patient confirms the sound. In the absence of REM, in-situ measurements are probably (debatable) the closest replacement for real ear measurements.

Imagine you’re shouting to your wife from the kitchen, “Can you hear me?” She’s in the bedroom and responds, “Yes.” Now, give your wife an instrument that measures loudness in decibels (). When you shout, she reads 90dB from the instrument. The first one is the in-situ audiometry , the second one, REM. You can do the first one remotely but not the second one because you need the instrument.

Thanks, its good that there are so many here who know way beyond what I do.

I’m going to depend on this for the next few months. (maybe I should stop watching Dr. Cliff so much). He’s good, but it takes a lot of time to watch.

Incidentally, in my city of 100,000, we do not have a Costco. But there is hope. In the news a few weekis ago, here is what was stated that may happen in the county next to mine.

“The Botetourt County1 Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a performance-based economic development1 agreement to “support a potential national destination retailer” at the Gateway Crossing site, which sits near Daleville and Interstate 81‘s Exit 150. (about 10 miles from Roanoke city). The rumor is that Costco is interested, and may make an announcement soon.

One can only hope.

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