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Adjusting Phonak hearing aids volume: what’s the gain in db with each volume level?

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Dear all,

I was wondering how much gain I get for each volume level when I turn up the volume of my Phonak Lumity through the MyPhonak app (or simply by pressing the physical button on the the HA).

Thanks in advance for your help!
Ciao!

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Software says +10 and -10 dB in volume.

Each step has always been 2 dB, right back when I wore my first digital Aids of Phonak Spice Tech in 2011.

Up untill Marvel, the volume was +10 dB to -20 dB.

@DamonHill

Newer hearing aid volume doesn’t necessarily mean loudness.

Ever since hearing instruments were first introduced on the market, volume controls have played a key role. However, “louder” does not necessarily mean “clearer.” With the innovative FlexControl, based on the Spice platform, Phonak enables hearing instrument users to adjust their devices to make them “more audible” and “clearer” for the first time.

From my understanding, the volume is still FlexVolume / FlexControl.

Thanks Zebras!

Yeah, it makes sense also seeing that the MyPhonak app never really mentions the word “volume“ in the panel where it lets you adjust it.,

I know this is old but I just came across it after a quick Google as I had the same question. My hearing fluctuates sometimes on a day to day basis due to cochlear hydrops, so I frequently make use of the volume adjustment. in general I find that it works a lot better than my old sound engineer brain tells me it should. What I mean by that is that if the whole was going up by 2 DB, I think it would actually be quite painful. However something clearly very clever is going on to do with compression or only boosting or perhaps mostly boosting the frequencies that need to be amplified, because it doesn’t blow your head off. a 10DB boost is a heck of a lot.

I’m happy to see this brought up.

The best videos I’ve found on compression were done by Dr Ted Venema.

I bought a book he wrote on compression. I read it.

My observation? The book was OLD.

It did teach me that setup is so important. And our tiny devices have many tools within to help us hear

However, I’m still turning up gain as I did with the Audeo equipment I had way back in the late ‘60’s

Do any of the sliders in myPhonak actually change compression settings in my Paradise P90R’s?

What the heck is DYNAMIC?

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