If you look at my you will see my high frequency loss between 4k to 8k especially right ear
Im using resound nexia 9n60s with hp receiver and custom moulds but im struggling to get the gains in those frequencies iv done sound shaper but on the high frequencies it won't let me put no where near what my prescription says even tho when iv done calibration it's under the feedback guard the won't let me go above 24 in the G80 sounds
So are there any better hearing aids out there that will help with my high frequency loss?
I’m not sure I understand what you mean. Are you referring to using a sound shaper and wanting to modify the gain in the frequency range where the sounds are being shifted to a lower frequency?
For example, if you are shifting high frequencies sounds to 3Khz, is the question why you can't change the gains above 3Khz?
I think this question belongs to the section.
If you share your gain vs frequency charts, the molds venting and the fitting formula use, folks here can help more.
Yes iv used should shaper at moderate but don't feel any real benefit so I want to be able to get those gains especially at the high frequencies 6k and 8k where I'm at 6k 95db loss and 8k 105 db loss and my setup with my nexia can't do this so im looking for recommendations for hearing aids that can do those gains at high levels for the 6k and 8k
Unfortunately there is no hearing aid that can provide you with true audibility for the high frequencies for your right ear with thresholds at profound levels. Resound sound shaper is pretty much useless from my experience and it is the only technology that I cannot recommend to anyone. Given the asymmetry in your hearing you're going to require very asymmetrical frequency lowering settings so you're going to want to avoid frequency compression by itself. Some kind of frequency transposition like what is available in Bernafon, Oticon, Phonak (Soundrecover 2) or Widex devices will be least problematic when it comes to adapting to it.
I think he is saying that you should avoid frequency compression and that the brands he mentioned are less problematic than Resound (in other words, my understanding is that he does not recomend any of them for you)
So sound shaper on the nexias are no good then are you saying I'd be better with something like phonak or oticon ?
I cannot say specifically that soundshaper in the Nexia's is useless, but it has been in every other Resound product that I've tried it in and I'm not aware of them developing it further in the Nexia product.
You will be able to perceive a meaningful difference with other technologies and the ones mentioned will be easier to adapt to than asymmetrical frequency compression would be for your particularly configuration of hearing loss. It may still be really difficult though.
I would say that Bernafon's solution (adopted by Oticon but in a less flexible manner) would be the easiest to adapt to if you could adapt to it because it only transposes specific speech consonants, but there is always going to be a mismatch of information between your ears and you may not ever find these strategies useful because of the degree of mismatch.
The goal of any frequency lowering fitting is to provide sufficient audibility of the transposed consonants so that they are useful for speech understanding with training. They will never sound natural, but they can be very useful: especially for auditory closure.
Really good questions. I think the OP would get a much better sound quality and a lot more high frequency information using a bone conduction type device like a Bone Anchored Hearing Aid or a fully implanted solution like the Cochlear Osia rather than an air conduction hearing aid for their right ear.
Agreed, surgical options for resolving conductive hearing loss if possible, especially in younger people can lead to better long term outcomes. If you have a lot of contraindications for surgery or are older (>80 years of age) and/or not likely to heal well then its often not recommended.
Im on the waiting list for grommets when I pop my ears my hearing significantly improves especially in the 250 to 2k frequencies from 45db loss to around 20 25db loss but in the higher frequencies doesn't change
Grommets can significantly (massively) change the acoustics of your ear in an unpredictable manner, so make sure your audiologist measures a real-ear to coupler difference when performing on an ear with a grommet in it.
It depends on the cause of the conducive portion of your hearing loss. If middle ear fluid is a contributing cause then your hearing should improve with a grommet in your right ear.
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