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In reply to @llagerva

Why did you purchase the Quintras over the Bernafon Acrivas? I go to Costco tomorrow to decide between the two. I am in an orchestra and a concert band and my loss is in the higher frequency sounds. I do not hear the female portions of conversations or whispers. I also cannot hear announcements or voices further than about six feet from me. I am interested in the latest technology.

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My principal problem is also with female voices, and my loss is in the higher frequencies - my ears drop consonants. I am on trial with the KS5s from my local Costco and they are doing wonders for me!

Best wishes, Nate :smiley:

In reply to @llagerva

Which Costco?

Name of fitter or audi or ?

Good luck! Great that you found this forum.

Elijah

@llagerva said:

Just purchased my first hearing aids yesterday - the Costco Quintras. I get them 10/1 and then the fun begins. 2 aids, charger and controller for $2,700. Also, the audiologist at Costco was excellent to deal with. I will report my observations after 10/1.

I’m going in tomorrow for a tweaking and am looking for advice on what to tell the fitter/how to explain my"problem." In general, I’m quite satisfied, although I don’t hear much difference in the various programs. I have automatic, noise, music, and outdoors. I can tell the difference between auto and music, as some notes/tones/instruments trip the feedback suppression. But otherwise, not much difference that I can hear.

My one issue is that in automatic, the loudness and tinniness of my own voice seems to vary quite a bit. Sometimes-- and it seems to be in noisier environments, or after listening to music in auto mode (I don’t bother to switch them for my 10 minute commute to work, for example)-- my voice sounds pretty natural and at a normal level. But often at the office, where it’s reasonably quiet, or at home where it’s definitely quiet, my voice is awfully loud and tinny. It’s like the aids have cranked up the gain in the quiet (or pulled it down in the music), and they’re not readjusting quickly.

Also, can the loud be made softer and the soft made louder by a great degree? At work in the larger meeting rooms, it can be hard to hear even with the aids (although it’s better than before). Simply cranking up the volume helps but it makes my voice extra loud.

Thanks!

In reply to @iarooster

I checked out the Quintras and the pocket remote. They were comfortable. The pocket remote was useless–I’m sure they couldn’t give them away–so they’re giving them away. Very funny. How come the manufacturers can’t come up with useful equipment?

I ordered my Quintra yesterday. I have the old remote from my 6 yr. old Rexton Revos. I would not call it useless but it was simple. ON/OFF, UP/DOWN volume, 3 programs. I have carried it around for 6 years and only used it once or twice. I was led to believe that the new remote is more elaborate. I’ll report back when I get it. The fact is that with all these bells and whistles, I have my HA set to where I want it and then never use the remote. The picture of the remote on the Rexton website is of the old remote. I hope the new one is better and maybe you were shown the old one.

My main motivation was 1. Better speech recognition (hoping this is true). 2. Smaller that my old ones and the Kirkland 5’s, yet not as small as the Charismos, which I thought would easily fall out. Qintras felt right. 3. Longer battery life than the other two, per input on this forum (again, hoping this turns out to be true). If I’m unhappy I’ll try the K5s and live with the larger form factor. Either way, I’m hoping it will be an improvement over my old Rextons. I’ve been happy with my old HAs and should probably have kept them a while longer. I wanted a new pair for the new technology and because I’ll retire in the next few years and lose my insurance so I wanted to act now. Besides, I didn’t come to America to have 2nd rate stuff.

The “new” remote is just as simple. Program switch, volume up/down, off/on, and “home” (return to the default program/volume).

In reply to @rasmus_braun

@rasmus_braun said:

The Quintra is the Costco exclusive version of the Rexton Strata. It’s basically the same thing as the Strata 2c 18.

Rasmus

I’m going in next week to Costco for my first set of ’s. I’ve already been evaluated by my doctor as needing them. With the following hearing profile, do you feel the Quintra 2c or the Kirkland Signature 5 would be a better choice for me? I haven’t gotten any quotes yet, but I see references on here that the Quintra’s are more expensive. How much can I expect to pay for a pair of the Quintra’s vs. the Signature 5’s (rough estimate is fine)?

Thanks

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Both devices are capable of fitting your loss. I would suggest trying the KS5 first because it’s lower cost and contains features that aren’t available in the Quintra. The KS5 is $1900/pair, and the Quintra is $2700/pair.

In reply to @groberts

@groberts said:

hey Gang, I’ve been wearing my Quintra’s for 10 days. I got 8 days of battery life before replacing. VERY happy with that.

As for the improvement in my hearing, I have been struggling, but think I need to get some frequencies adjusted. They might be set simply TOO loud. and that is augmenting everything I hear, so in any environment other than quiet places where there is one voice or TV, I feel challenged. I firmly believe they will be great once I get them dialed in. They are smaller and more comfortable than my former 6 year old Rexton Revo’s. I will also try to get a copy of my audiogram or take a photo of the frequency curve on the computer screen at the costco audio center. My next appointment is this Wednesday.

I have three programs, Auto, Noise and Music. None are really much different or better than the other. My HIS as Costco said it would be ideal to get the Auto mode properly adjusted to the point where that works for me 90% - 100% of the time. But it still makes sense to have a couple programs that have noise cancelling or maybe more focused / directional settings. What do other users think?

How many programs are realistic and make sense?

I would sure like to hear some responses to this post. I am going through a similar situation. Speech recognition in person is good but speech on TV is so-so. If there are a lot of extraneous sounds, like birds or screeching machinery on a TV movie, the dialogue gets muffled or covered by those higher sounds. I suspect the bird sounds, for example, are attenuated during sound editing of the movie to let you know they are in an idyllic setting. I also wonder how many programs the typical person has and what they are. Also, is there a website where I can find out what all these programs do out of the box? The Rexton site is not much help.

Thanks again

I have had my Quintras for 10 days now. Not entirely happy, although maybe that is to be expected at this early date. I opted for the Quintras at Costco instead of the Kirklands because the fitter told me that he had better speech recognition with them and they sounded less mechanical or metallic.

I have two programs so far. Three actually, if you count the fact that I thought the auto program was too loud so I had him put in another program which is just auto turned down two notches. So I have auto, auto +2 and noise. Auto is still too loud but I think I’ll get used to it or just turn it down.

I thought I would experience more of a wow factor with these, what with all the talk about newer technology etc. In fact, I remember my Revos being better at speech recognition. I definitely have less feedback with the Quintras, although feedback was minimal with the Revos and only when I scratched my ear or rested my head too deeply in a sofa cushion or similar situation. I don’t want to go back to my Revos just yet since I don’t want to confuse my brain even more. I figure I need to give the Quintras more time. I found that some sounds are accentuated too much. I wear a name badge and a flash drive around my neck which make a loud clinking noise with the Quitras. Flushing the toiled emits some high screeching notes. Too much road noise when driving with the dog in the car and the windows down. I am a high school teacher and I find it harder to separate speech when more than one person is talking. The beep from the microwave that lets me know when cooking is done is now a series of chirping sounds instead of a beep. Same is true with the sound of my car key fob that lets me know the car is locked. When watching a movie on TV with my quality 5 channel system (all JBL, some old school) I have a hard time recognizing speech sometimes. This happens more when there is a soft passage and something like birds in the background. The sound of the birds interferes with speech recognition. I know the movie is edited to emphasize the birds at this time but this was not a problem with my Revos. I know I have only had them 10 days and I need additional tweaking and I’ll keep you updated as I go.

Wearing these, I wonder whether I may have been better off with the Kirklands which have had such good reviews here. I’ll give the Quintras more time, but the thought of the Kirklands still bugs me. This hearing aid thing is one hell of a subjective process! I’ll probably go for my first adjustment early next week, probably on 12/11, which will make it a full two weeks since original fitting.

When I try to increase or decrease volume on the Quintras via remote I think nothing happens. I get no beep or other signal through my to let me know that volume is going up or down. Only after I push the + or - several times do I get a beep, and even then, not all the time. Is the remote broken or do other users get no signal indicating volume up or down? Lastly, I have that additional keeper/safety tubing that wraps inside my ear on these. I never had that on my Revos and never lost a hearing aid. The end of the tube butts against the inside of my ear shell and it is slightly anoying. Any thoughts?

Sorry to be so long-winded. I’ll keep posting throughout the process.

Hi Folks,
I picked up my Quintras last thursday so have only had them for a few days so I think its a bit too early to make an informed opinion/review.
But, I can hear conversations much clearer, bird noises, etc.
I am getting some feedback when I say lay back on the couch sideways and go to rest my head/ear on my cupped hand ‘SCREECH’ LOL but I’m assuming I will condition myself not to do it.
Some response re Programs, bearing in mind I have the Bluetooth transmitter.

  1. Automatic
  2. Phone.
  3. Noise/Party (3 mics, this switches off the 2 side mics and only the centre {I spelt it correctly, you guys spell it wrong} one stays on, you hear where your head is pointing)
  4. BT Transmitter (the device you can connect to tv/stereo/Reciever and stream to hearing aids)
  5. Outdoors (Reduced wind noise. Yet to try on the pushbike)
  6. Music.
    They are all slightly different for example whilst driving home I played loud music in music mode then turned stereo off and thought I had some new rattles in my car, switched to Automatic and the rattles disappeared.
    Volume control on the bluetooth? I think you can push up and down about 8 times (16 total). 3 beeps at the upper and lower levels and a tune when you hit your set/standard position.

My question/s are the way that the set them up.
Hearing aids in ears with separate microphones.
Then via computer she ran a noise program, like a machinery sound…What is this?

Then set me up with cones and some retaining wires but they seem to be sliding out a bit. Will discuss this in just over a week when I go back for a tune.
Generally speaking she seems to care, so half way there with that I guess.

Cheers,
Phil.

I think some of you have unrealistic expectations… 99 out of 100 will feed-back if you lay your head/ear against a firm surface. 99 out of 100 HAs will sound too loud right out of the box for first time users. (they have a volume control) IMO having all the different programs loaded on a rexton is more trouble then it’s worth. get your auto/normal program dialed in first.

if you have the tek/mnitek have them push the low end sounds up a little and bring the highs down a tad.

I set 99 out of 100 guys with prog1/normal, prog2 (not optional), prog3 tek/mintek, 4 speech focus (mostly used in a car to hear beside/behind w/o turning your head). I have put whatever they request in prog5 but most say that prog1 handles the situation as well. I set one on-board switch to do volume and the other program control. unless something is totally out of wack wear the aids at least a couple of weeks before starting to ‘tune’ them. if they are too loud just tun them down. I suspect most will start moving the volume back up over time.

Doc Jake, “unrealistic expectations” is a bit harsh if you’re referring to a brand new user. When I first started wearing aids, I had no clue, but had to educate myself to get to the point where I could have any expectations. Now after a decade or so of wearing aids, I’m pretty well-grounded in realistic expectations and hopeful anticipation for the future of hearing aid technology.

Phil and Doc Jake,

What is Tek and Minitek? What is ?

Wish I had a list of all the available program and what they do. Someone posted a brief list without descriptions earlier but I wish I had more. My first adjustment is Wednesday, which makes it two weeks after initial setup. I have worn for 6+ years.-

In reply to @jay_man2

@jay_man2 said:

Doc Jake, “unrealistic expectations” is a bit harsh if you’re referring to a brand new user. When I first started wearing aids, I had no clue, but had to educate myself to get to the point where I could have any expectations. Now after a decade or so of wearing aids, I’m pretty well-grounded in realistic expectations and hopeful anticipation for the future of hearing aid technology.

the unrealistic expectations is that folks think they are going to walk in with poor hearing and walk out hearing like they did at 18… it’s a hearing AID you will not hear like you did at 18. lot’s of times on here you will see comments like… works ok but can’t understand people at the other end of the table in a bar… got news for you most people can’t hear what’s going in a bar that’s why everyone keep talking louder and louder. just like asking what is a miniTek pull up your search engine of choice and put in miniTek. You will an expert in just a few minutes.

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Actually…I guessed on the “minitek”, since you spelled it “mnitek” or something similar. Got Mnitek Mortgage but not much more. I have now looked up Minitek which I guess is a Seimens product. It’s hard to sift through all the BS on some of their promotional material. I guess one of the features is that you can put the Minitek somewhere and it acts as a better microphone and closer to the source (assuming you put it there). The idea of putting it on a speaker’s podium sounds terrific for someone with bad hearing who really needs to hear everything a speaker says. It also streams music and TV content to ’s?

I can’t figure out , even by running a web search. Maybe someone less cafinated can enlighten me? Sorry Doc…couldn’t resist.

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