DIY REM by non-professionals?

I would like to have that. I’m not sure how they do it but Costco has the REM tied into their software so it shows the REM results curve and the gain curve and you can pull the gain curve up or down to meet the target.

The key is having the machine with the probes to play the sounds. That’s the part that is difficult for DIY.

At the Costco I went to they have the Aurical Freefit4 equipment which will interface to the Connexx fitting software. The only down side of their setup is that they can only work with the industry standard fitting formulas supported by Aurical, and not the proprietary ones in Connexx. I believe it can be done though, but Costco have chosen not to do it. See this link on doing REM8 right within Connexx. It still uses the Aurical hardware but bring the Aurical data into Connexx, rather than the other way around.

That said, it looks like pretty expensive stuff to buy for home use…

Just save your REM settings first (original-Audi-REM-settings).

Then do your own in-situ and see for yourself whether you like the different settings. If you don’t like the changes then you can go back to your original-Audi-REM-settings.

Is this without risks? My worries are whether I’ll know better than REM what is good for me?

Good for you?? Hearing better is good for you. Myself, and her have never noticed any improvement after using in-situ so we both reverted back to our older settings.

My point of view: REM is for your aud to SEE what you hear. In contrast you HEAR what you hear

@gsl said:

I meant to say, good as in healthy for your hearing. I don’t want to risk destroying my hearing capabilities.

For this you have to keep an eye on MPO. In other words: Don’t increase the values that your audiologist entered for MPO. This has nothing to do with REM.

And if I’ll change a certain program, can it not affect the entered MPO (for example when using the auto tuning option)?

I can’t say that for sure but I believe that MPO is not changed by auto tuning as long as you read the (short) instructions what will be changed during each tuning.
MPO (maximum output pressure) is being applied to at most nearly the same as your UCL (uncomfortable level). That said if you don’t feel the resulting sound of your HA is too loud (in any situation) then your MPO should be ok.
In contrast my audiologist put the MPO in my “highs” much too high (>132dB). There were situations out of his office where I had to remove my HAs. That’s not the goal. In my DIY session I reduced MPO to 100dB-111dB in frequencies I hear and up to 119dB for the rest. (although I don’t hear a sinustone at or above 3kHz I understand words better with MPO applied to 119dB than to 100dB at these frequencies).

I see your hearing loss is somehow comparable to mine. You have the choice: Keep your ears healthy or keep understanding people. I have tried to find a compromise for myself. Don’t apply your MPO beyond your UCL.

@Dani said:

In my DIY session I reduced MPO to 100dB-111dB in frequencies I hear and up to 119dB for the rest. (although I don’t hear a sinustone at or above 3kHz I understand words better with MPO applied to 119dB than to 100dB at these frequencies).

Did you do this by trial and error? Or did you know beforehand how to do it?

@gsl said:

airlink for 115 Euro’s.

Let’s hope you meant Airlink 2 (same as Noahlink Wireless/same device) and not the older Airlink?

@pvc said:

Airlink

This one:

That’s a Noahlink Wireless. You said you got the Airlink?