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No, it is a Phonak receiver that closes and open depending on the situation.

In reply to @liebenj

@liebenj said:

Besides no hearing loss in those frequencies.

Average normal hearing thresholds are zero.

But thanks for sharing your . Open domes aren’t necessarily the worst idea for you, especially if you have small ears. In contrast I regularly see people concerned about occlusion with lows past 40.

In reply to @Jamesdjs

Interesting. I have just been to Costco and the Audi said there are a lot of complaints about the battery not lasting a full day. It seems unlikely to me. I have ordered the Rise. I don’t stream all day so I am hoping I won’t have a problem. Has anyone had problems with the battery duration?

I posted this earlier and it from Sennheiser tech support.

Per Sennheiser tech support when I call them. You’ll be lucky to get 16-18 hrs.

Sennheiser Sonite Rise rechargeable hearing aid, without any active connection to Bluetooth, and plainly used as a normal hearing aid should last up to 31 hours approximately, battery should last 16 hours approximately when connected to Bluetooth streaming for at least 8hrs. This of course depends on certain factors. Hearing aid would consume more battery in loud environments. Battery life would be consumed more depending on the severity of the patient’s hearing loss, it really depends on how the hearing aid is being used on a daily basis.

Another update on this saga. I went to try the Sonite with the new style custom molds with the receiver integrated. OMG! the volume was mindbogglingly uncomfortable and the sound horrible. The audi was not able to get a comfortable fitting. Most surprising was the fact that I had total occlusion despite a 1.1 vent - much bigger that the one in my ks10. Neither I nor the audi can understand this. It was an awful experience. He still did not perform despite telling me by email that we would do it. However, after a discussion about the Sonite Rise, he spoke to his boss who agreed to let me return everything and order the Rise without molds. He said that he didn’t think REM would work for me because of the NAL type or something which I’m not exactly sure what he was getting at. I know there is a new NAL 3 but I don’t understand why it matters. I came away completely deflated after 1.5 hours of adjusting and he kind of threw the towel in. I am writing to the store manager to raise the issue of the REM not being carried out. Any thoughts from the Forum gang on any of these comments and how I can progress will be very much appreciated. TIA.

I’ll throw out a guess. You say the volume was mindboggling uncomfortable. I take that as being too loud? If so your Audi likely though was pointless as it would want to increase gain, making the aids louder.

But isn’t the audi who has to adjust the according to the graph shows him?

He has not ever agreed to do the REM. even with the domes. I suspect he is not confident with it.

In reply to @Doggit

Did the fitter use your KS10 aids to program the Rise aids? Or was it new from the start fitting the Rise aids?

As mentioned, were the Rise aids too loud? If you have been under fit until this new Rise fitting you can expect sounds you haven’t been hearing before.

Were the KS10 aids set up with for your profound high frequency loss? Were the rise aids set up with frequency lowering? Pending on frequency lowering could change which acoustics are best for you.

With that loss there are a few things that could be set up totally different between the old and new aids. That’s a question for the fitter if you don’t know.

The Rise aids should be a step better than the older aids.

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In reply to @uburoibob

I am essentially deaf without my KS 10 aids.

Last week I had an appointment at our nearby COSTCO to get the new Sonite Rise aids.

The hearing specialist, who has reprogrammed my KS 10s in the past, and seems to be very competent, basically said that the only significant difference in the two aids was the TV adapter (which doesn’t appear to be mentioned as being included now). He also said something about the current users of the Rise not being very impressed with them. I took his advice and just stuck with my KS 10s.

I left my left aid receiver to get a new wire since it has a custom mold…$50.

In reply to @Raudrive

Thanks for you reply. As I said, I went to try the Sonite and ended up abandoning them and ordering the Sonite Rise which will take a couple of weeks to come (minus custom molds, which he was against from the start, and I insisted on, then hated. The mold I have is comfortable and doesnt produce occulsion.). I think the KS10s don’t have as it caused too many side effects. We had a discussion about this. He tried both with and without.

I’m not sure what you mean by this: With that loss there are a few things that could be set up totally different between the old and new aids. That’s a question for the fitter if you don’t know.

He did a new fitting from scratch, not copying the KS10. Is that what you’re asking?

Anyway, in a fortnight I will try the Rise. I just wish there were another fitter there to get an alternative viewpoint.

@Doggit said:

minus custom molds, which he was against from the start, and I insisted on, then hated.

I can see not using molds with your pretty good low frequency hearing. Typically molds are needed when the lower frequencies are 40 db or greater.

Your KS 10 aids do have as do the Sennheiser aids at Costco. Looking at your your upper frequencies are probably gone, dead zones. Using frequency lowering could bring those sounds down into your hearing range and improve your speech understanding and overall enjoyment of music and nature. Not everyone likes this technology, it takes some time to acclimate to it. I did well with it before .

The comment about how the fitter set these aids up was about frequency lowering and acoustics. Personally I would give frequency lowering and vented domes a try with P receivers. This is from my own experience, not an expert about this.

I was also just about to be like “am I the hundredth person to mention to you that you need a cochlear implant?"

Yes. We have had this conversation already. My doctor doesn’t think it is necessary yet and I am also too scared. A question I have: I read that sometimes is preferred over NAL protocol for profound loss. Opinions on whether it could help me?

Yes adult is a common formula to use, you should try it to see if it works for you.

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