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I’ve been trialing a pair of Phonak P90-312s for about 2 weeks now. Even though I’ve been pretty happy with the initial fit by the , I decided to try doing the entire fit process myself. I’ve done quite a few adjustments to my Brio2s in the past, after learning that it was possible on these forums, but I limited them to parameter changes, I never messed with the gain curves nor did an initial fit myself. So I decided to change that…

I entered my and went through the Initial Fit using Adaptive Phonak Digial 2.0, and the results weren’t too bad. I then compared dumps of my fit and the HIS’s fit and was able to make a couple of parameter adjustments that have made things even better! There are still a few things I need to work on, but they were present in the original fit too.

Anyways, I’m very excited to have made this final leap! I’m now feeling confident enough to tackle some additional adjustments myself and see where they lead me.

…and of course I can’t go without saying that none of this would have been possible without these forums. A big Thank You to everyone!

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I also have past experience with programming my own ’s, a first Sonic’s then most recently Starkey Z-i110’s, using a mini-pro and the Starkey Inspire software. Now I have a new pair of Phonak P90-R’s, and have their Target 7.1 software but I don’t have a Noaklink, yet. Before I buy a Noahlink, I was wondering, is there a way to use the built in remote programming feature in Target? Has anyone had success in doing so?

I’m looking into programming my Phonak 90’s aswell but have found it impossible to locate the Phonak Target software. Has anyone managed to successfully make adjustment without the help of an audiologist?

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@dudley1 said:

…Before I buy a Noahlink, I was wondering, is there a way to use the built in remote programming feature in Target? Has anyone had success in doing so?

My provider set up the remote features for me, but we haven’t used them yet. It does appear to go through his provider account with Phonak.

I just want to comment on how straight-forward Phonak Target is to use, and how good a job the Adaptive Phonak Digital 2.0 fitting formula did for me on the first fit. The P90s were usable without further modification, although I have been tweaking them since anyway.

So basically, to anyone who is even just considering doing their own fitting, just do it! Phonak Target is a great program, pretty easy to use, and I assume the software from other manufacturers is as well.

My issue with bird calls is slowly resolving itself. I can’t recall if this is what happened with my Brio2s in the beginning and I just forgot the initial experience.

Now I’m thinking this issue is because of the new location of the mics on the P90s and it’s just taking time to readjust to that change. Whatever the cause though, I’m pretty happy with the improvement over just the last couple of days.

You are probably not going to like what I say but you are way over thinking this and creating your own problems.

Try learning how the Target software is designed to function first. It flows from create a client all the way to end session. Trust the Phonak software for your fittings. Your hearing loss is not that difficult to fit.

Give it a try. You might really like it.

It went pretty well. I was able save the data, then factory reset the , and apply my own . I was hearing better with them before, but now it is even better. My wife talks to me from her office which is several rooms away, and in the past I had to go in to see what she was saying. Now I can actually hear her. So far, I am quite happy with my way of solving this problem. Thanks to all for the help and direction. It would not have been possible without the good people of this forum.
Rob

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