Audiogram comparison

What I’m having trouble understanding is, if this audiogram is wrong, and my new aids are programmed to these levels, then shouldn’t I be experiencing a significant bass boost?

It’s quite the opposite. I’ve heard people say that Phonak aids sound “tinny.” I wouldn’t quite use that description, but maybe “brighter.” Certainly not a lot of bass.

I am suggesting investigating your loss further.

I found what looks to be a pretty good website here67 for doing an online audiogram. The results I got from that more closely match my original from 2015. My audi seemed very confident in his results when questioned, but I may push him a little further on this. But the big thing is, my aids sound perfect right now. So it’s not like I’m blaming the audiogram for any resultant performance issues. It’s more just a matter of curiosity. I’ve also toyed with the idea of getting tested at Costco, but I’ll probably wait till after the holidays to do anything.

@Neville said:

Open domes wouldn’t do much for bass

So even if it is indeed wrong, it wouldn’t matter too much because of the open domes. Is that what you’re saying?

@BlueCrab said:

My audi seemed very confident in his results when questioned

Kept you in open domes though, eh?

Well, this whole thread is me questioning the man on the ground. Due to insurance and this being the end of the year, I’m pretty much committed to this guy. I do like him a lot, but I feel like sometimes I need to nudge him in the right direction. He expressed confidence in the readings, and said it seemed like a normal time related change, but I also sensed that eventually he will redo the test for me.

As I said in the Marvel thread, I’m thinking of requesting closed domes anyways to improve music streaming.

So here’s the latest. I had switched from open domes to vented domes, and watched him make the switch on the computer. Several days later I started feeling like the aids were too loud. A few days of fiddling with the volume controls and I got a routine down. Power on the aids, go in the app, split the volume, right aid down 1, left aid down 3.
At my appointment a couple days ago, I discussed all of this with him. He looked at my logs and it showed exactly that. So, he turned the right down 1 and the left down 3, and saved the program. Then he put me in the booth and gave me the word list test. He said I was missing some fricatives, went back to the computer and made some more adjustments, then continued the test. He said I tested at 100% word comprehension.
The next few days were a relief. Everything feels quite normal, and I am understanding people better than I was with my old aids.
So I guess, with all of the adjustments he made, the audiogram is kind of inconsequential anymore. It was just a starting point. All that really matters is that they work.
Agree / disagree?

Sounds like maybe your test that gave you your latest audigram was not quite correct

Nah, the marvels underfit the highs.