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Absolutely! My “impairment” is that everything I hear sounds like the speaker (including e=me) sound like they’ve been sucking on a helium balloon! I finally came across an MD Mark Widick, in Deerfield Florida that has more accolades for hearing issues than anyone I’ve met before. We are working on my issues. We’ve eliminated several, and working on a solution. Fear not~ Finally, several companies out of “Tech” country, (California) have been working on better hearing aids that solve problems. Hang Tight pal!

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@tim_s64 said:

it is claimed that the new Oticon More balances the sound stage to copy the hearing that a non hearing impaired person experiences!

@tim_s64: Hmmm. I’ve been wearing Oticon More3s since 2 March, and they are working well for me.

I’ve read extensively about More , including all of the white papers and technical data, as well as the consumer marketing blurbs, yet I’ve never seen this claim made.

I’m going to backtrack and reread the material that I have, but could you please cite a reference so I can go directly to this (outlandish?) claim?

Thanks.

Welcome!

I have a similar problem with my wife’s shrieking at big plays while she’s watching sports. When she does, it’s like I got smacked on both sides of the head at the same time. Fortunately it doesn’t happen so frequently that I’ve had to remove my , but I have resorted to turning them down a few times.

Good luck!

In reply to @SpudGunner

I am with you I have read all of the Oticon More material, what they have done is add 12 million sound sources or signatures to the memory that the processor has for the aids to be able to possibly understand the sounds so it can hopefully process the sounds correctly, so the brain understands the sounds. But we all know that with hearing loss our brains can understand sounds differently. I have read a few very negative reviews from individuals with different types of hearing loss that just couldn’t understand speech or identity different sounds.
Have also read many very positive reviews. But as always I believe it is the individuals experience that really counts.

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@cvkemp: Thanks for watching my 6, Chuck.

What I like most about Oticon is that they never say their instruments give "normal hearing ".

[Chuck,I know you are well-versed in their literature and approach: maybe you can corroborate this understanding:]

  1. Oticon has done massive research, over many decades on How do normal people without hearing losses process sound? What mechanisms are involved, and how do they work?

  2. Oticon has also researched the question: How does the normal brain process a damaged neural signal sent to it by our injured ears? Can the brain learn to fill in the blanks and decode that imperfect neural signal using all parts of the brain that normal people use to hear?

The answer to that question seems to be Yes…

And finally:

  1. What does an Oticon hearing instrument have to do to the many relevant and irrelevant sounds in a soundscape to permit a person with damaged hearing to use the normal auditory processing capability of the brain, rather than the hearing aid ignoring many sounds and deciding on behalf of the user which sounds are important, and which are not.

Lots of folks are okay with having the machines decide what sounds get transmitted to the brain. That’s what they like and want in a hearing instrument.

Chuck and I? Not so much. We want to try to keep on giving our brains as much as they can hancle.

But nowhere in Oticon’s published material, at any rate, is there a claim that we will be getting to hear the same soundscape that non hearing-impaired folks do.

Such a claim would - for me, anyway - damage the high credibility of Oticon’s published information.

YMMV

The Audiologist that started me on Oticon aids and worked with me for about 8 years was right out f school when we first met, she was a person with a moderate hearing loss, and the daughter of both a mother and dad that were Audiologist and both hat had hearing loss. She had me do trials with all of the hearing aid brands that the VA carried at the time, this was 2009 and 2010. I choose Oticon and have stayed with Oticon ever since, even though over the years I have trialed many different brands. For me it has been the sounds I hear that keeps me with Oticon. When the OPN aids came available for me it was like my world opened up and I was no longer stuck with forward facing sounds only. My issues with the OPN1 aids was two fold, I needed stronger receivers, and my new Audiologist needed time to understand my needs and likes. When my Audiologist stirred me to the OPNS1 aids I wasn’t sure I would like the MiniRite aids. I have always preferred aids. I have gotten use to the OPNS1 aids and to be honest I love the rechargeable aids. My two complaints with these aids, is the defective t-coils, and the fact the left ear mold slips back some, the ear mold issues is something I have always had.
When I go back in the middle of May I will be happy if all I get s my aids repaired and new impressions and new ear molds.
Yes I would love the More aids, but I have had 2 new sets of aids in just over 30 months, I feel it is pushing it to have the VA provide a third set this soon.

I agree but my Audiologist and I are still reaching for the best speech understanding that is possible for me.

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This, above all else is the one thing I NEED!!!..I have less than 40% speech recognition bilaterally. Most of the bells and whistles don’t mean anything to me ( the TV streamer is the exception). Give me clarity to understand speech. After that anything else that works for me is just a bonus, but unnecessary…

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