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Hello,

Today I had my first hearing assessment since I started using my Phonak M70- SP two years ago. I also had my first-ever test while wearing hearing aids!!

I had my hearing aid in the right ear while hearing sounds coming from a speaker. When I had the hearing aid in my left ear, the specialist put something on my right ear so I wouldn’t hear from it (but I think even then, I was able to hear from the right ear, and not maybe from the left). I have no idea how validated that test was.

I forgot to bring my old assessment (or even my phone. I had a photo stored on it!!) so the audiologist couldn’t explain to me whether there were any changes.

Could you please help me understand the new assessment, compared to the old one? Do I need to adjust my aids? (The audiologist suggested to turn them up!!)

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That was the test’s result with hearing aids on. Do you understand what’s written there?

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Here’s the last one I had in 2024

Audiogram 1

Do you have any tips or advice I should keep in mind for next time?

Thank you!

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I didn’t know there were aided hearing tests . (2nd picture )

Are these common ? I asked once and the looked at me like I was asking something crazy .

Is the top picture your with hearing aids on?

How are you setting up the aids, programming wise? Audiogram Direct? Or the audiogram from your audiologist?

In reply to @Zeeza

@Zeeza said:

How could my hearing improve?

That left ear could improve if the first test used a very poorly inserted tip maybe? You’re sure they aren’t reversed–why would they suggest turning them UP? The right ear . . . what’s the loss from? It is unclear whether there is a conductive component as the bone conduction thresholds do not appear to have been masked at either test.

Edited

Handwritten text says “monaural aided”, written with a pen held by the toes of the non-dominant foot.

Below says “Für Elise” (Beethoven manuscript joke).

:joy:

New providers’ handwriting is getting worse and worse as the typing only generation matures.

In reply to @Raudrive

The first assessment is without hearing aids. The second and third ones are the aided ones.

I followed the tips that I found on the forum after buying Noahlink and downloading Phonak Target. I adjusted them to the I had that year.

In reply to @Neville

You said hearing has gotten better. So I meant what the reason behind the improvement “might be”. I noticed that in the right ear but didn’t pay much attention to the left as it’s worse.

The loss in my right ear is sensorineural and I don’t know what it’s from.

I have no idea why he suggested turning them up. Maybe he thinks turning hearing aids up means hearing better, which is not true.

I program my myself (was a great investment). To test them I use a mechanical clock ticking about 5 m away- not obsessed with precision there. Correcting my hearing is, sadly, not as straightforward as finding the right glasses, as we all know.

In reply to @Zeeza

You might consider starting a new client and program from scratch using Direct. Follow Target from the beginning to the end using Target’s recommended setting only. Give it a try. You will still have the original programming to go back to easily if you are not happy. I suspect the upper frequencies will be louder so be ready. They will help your word understanding IMO.

First was without aids and second was with aids? That indicates to me that the aids were helping your hearing, as they should, not that “your” hearing is improving. Or am i misunderstanding something?

@Raudrive Thank you! I’ll give it a try.

@BobbyL The comparison was between the test of this month and the older one, both without aids (two years ago).

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