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Another option is to get impressions made for custom molds. That lets them optimize the fit and your required vent size. I think about $50 per ear at Costco. They will keep remaking them until you are satisfied, or you can return them and get your money back.

In reply to @FrankS

The occlusiveness of the fit is a compromise that we all have to sort out. The more occlusive the fit, the potential for better sound quality and noise reduction in that all of the sound is coming from the hearing aid. Issues can be occlusion (having your voice be too loud) and ear discomfort. Possible options: 1) try another dome–may need multiple attempts, 2) try making a small slit in your current domes, 3)try custom molds.

In reply to @FrankS

To add to the others comments about occlusion there should be an occlusion control in the software. My Phonak Venture and Beyond aids have it. When I went to custom silicone molds I too had a bit occlusion before making a software adjustment.

Yes I did see that on the screen. I think that is what I will have done to start with and then work with the size of the domes then move to custom if necessary.

In reply to @MDB

That is actually the answer I was looking for. So as you say “the more occlusive the fit, the potential…” maybe I was not fitted properly with my K6 as I has the single tulip domes which were really comfortable but definitely did not occlude. More questions for the Audie when I go back for my 2nd app’t.

In reply to @listeningout

I wasn’t able to add my when I first signed up. I ended up setting my audiogram as my profile picture so people could see it. A few months (and several posts) later I noticed I had the option to input my values so I did so at that time.

In reply to @haggis

@haggis said:

Maybe. Try this: In your BT settings on the R-Phonak Hearing Aid there should be a choice of enabling it for “Calls” and “Audio”. (These are the choices in Android 9.x) Try turning off “Audio”. It’ll stop the streaming music and many other sound effects from the phone. Not sure if it’ll suppress text notifications and definitely won’t suppress ring tones (they come through BT Handsfree – the “Calls” option). See if it affects the sounds you’re interested in.

I am enjoying my KS9s and am very, very likely to keep them, but I wonder if I am the only one that so far is not as crazy as I thought I would be about the concept of speaking and hearing phone calls through my hearing aids.
Before getting my KS9s, for the past 12 years of hearing aids I have used an Android app called “Auto Speaker” which turns on my phone’s loudspeaker as soon as any incoming or outgoing call is initiated, along with a popup button which allows me to cancel the speaker and put the phone up to my ear if I am in a public place. It has worked very well for me, and although I thought I would like phone communication via hearing aids even better, so far I don’t. Maybe it’s because of the duplication, but then there is also the fact that pairing the KS9s to the phone creates a hassle with using hands-free Alexa with my cell phone in my car while driving, and with my desire to listen to newscasts, youtube etc. on my laptop while back at home without disturbing my mate.
So I have temporarily unpaired my KS9s from my cell phone. Ironic, since I thought the bluetooth pairing to my phone was the most exciting thing about getting the KS9s, but nonetheless I really like them in all other ways.

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@NateS said:

I wonder if I am the only one that so far is not as crazy as I thought I would be about the concept of speaking and hearing phone calls through my hearing aids.

I’m sure you aren’t the only one, but you aren’t representative of all of us. So far the phone calls through the aids is the thing I’m most taken with about my KS9s. Before aids at all, my difficulty in hearing phone calls had caused me to avoid speaking on the phone whenever I could. Generally, anyone leaving a voice mail message was wasting their time because I couldn’t make heads or tails of it, and my phone doesn’t allow a custom message: “Don’t leave a voice mail. Send a text!”

When I got the Rexton Trax 42s, using that bluetooth setup worked wonders, but I disliked wearing the transmitting medallion so much most of the time I’d be telling callers I’d call them back (and then hurry to pair things up), and it was one more thing to keep charged and seemed half the time not to be.

So the way the KS9s handles phone calls is - freeing. But I don’t use Alexa and have never had my phone on speaker.

In reply to @NateS

@NateS said:

I thought I would like phone communication via hearing aids even better, so far I don’t. Maybe it’s because of the duplication, but then there is also the fact that pairing the KS9s to the phone creates a hassle with using hands-free Alexa with my cell phone in my car while driving, and with my desire to listen to newscasts, youtube etc. on my laptop while back at home without disturbing my mate.

Doesn’t life get complex the more we add aids to assist us? After retiring I went 10 years without a "smart"phone, and enjoyed it. Aids have dragged me back into it, and started to make things complex again…

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A brief update. I have now successfully paired my laptop to my KS9s via bluetooth for wireless listening to newscasts, music etc. without disturbing my mate, and so far I personally find this much more useful than having it connected to my cell phone, which I hear quite well on auto-speaker without the aids.
So now I seemingly have the equivalent of Apple Airpods in my KS9s. :grin:

I found linking direct to either my computer or TV, or my phone to work quite well, but switching from one to the other is not convenient. Using the connector, $100, each allows you to have your cake and eat it too. I can now switch to and from with the push of the link button. For the phone when I want to speak and hear directly I simply switch the link off in settings of the phone BT. Switch back after or as you wish.

RDB

@rdboukes said:

… Using the BT connector, $100, each allows you to have your cake and eat it too. I can now switch to and from with the push of the link button. …

I assume you are using KS9? What connector are you using and how many pairing devices does the connector pair with and remember? Any latency issue?

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Yes, KS9 and the Phonak TV connector, $100 from Costco. I have three, so my phone is direct, 2-TV’s and my computer. When switching from one to the other I only need to push the link button, to switch, then when going to another the same. My understanding is the BT TV connector will connect to any compatible ’s. So I am not sure how many people wearing such can link, and can not experiment as I am the only user in the home. Printed directions are not conclusive, but appear to suggest more than one.

RDB

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