Self programming where to get hard- and software

You dont need to spend thousands to get a hi pro box. The point also isnt so much the money. But instead is to allow you to hear which is after all the only reason we are here, other than the audiologists and disability profiteers. Many audie’s simply dont “get it” and have no idea of how devastating being hearing impaired can be on a persons life. Getting an adjustment and “moving on” is not a ******* option for most of us. The struggle to find ways to better your own hearing to the highest degree possible is always there and I am not going to trust something so important to anyone but a medical doctor.

@jmallon said:

For those that are not willing to spend thousands to get a Hi Pro box and the software to program their hearing aids there is an alternative…

First let me say that adjustments are done early and often not long term. Once you have your aids set “pretty close” to the optimum you are well advised to get used to them and go on about your live.

So, the question here is the initial adjustments. How much money are you willing to spend for them?

I suggest that it is economically sensible to spend as little as $45 per adjustment rather than spend thousands for equipment that will soon be collecting dust. There are plenty of dispensers out there that will adjust your aids, while they are in your ears, for you with minimal office fees.

Save your money for the next generation of hearing aid technology!

The trick is finding an audiologist that is willing and able to program the aids. Then they have to listen to you…

Hey I agree with cmb427 100%. My point is for those on a budget!

I’m hearing impaired and truthfully hate it! I also have access to a Hi Pro box and can adjust my aids any day of the week.

Over the years I’ve found that I adjust - new to me aids - a couple of times and then they are “good”.

If you have the money by all means go out and buy all the stuff. I don’t disagree with that.

However, I believe that in this time of tightening wallets there are those that won’t go out and buy all the programming equipment. They should know that they too can get their hearing up to the “Best They Can Be” at about $45, if that, a pop for an adjustment and that it will likely only take a couple of adjustments.

Not getting anywhere with the place you bought your aids?

Go somewhere else and pay an office fee. There are lots of people in the hearing aid business that are good people and will help you. Don’t settle for aids on the dresser.

I have been dealing with audies for 39 years and I am done with them. Too small of a percentage appear competent as well as honest as well as have the time to spend with you needed.

Getting your own hi pro also deals with these issues-

-I plan to tweak the setting alot more than twice.
-I plan to get other used hearing aids and then send them in to be rebuilt by a repair shop.
-Avoids the possibility of your hearing aid being sabatoged by the audio or whoever. Sounds like that could never happen, but it can and does happen on a massive scale to mostly seniors or people who are in a position not to know better. Its impossible to prove.
-Allows you to send your own aid in to a 3rd party to be repaired, which I trust alot more than the mfr. In fact, I spoke I think here or another site about how a mfr reduced the capabilities of my hearing aid without informing me in order to protect themselves from liability. I am in the process of finding out if I can sue them and/or the audiologists invovled and I will post what I learned here.

@pax576 said:

I am trying to go in the same direction as you Juergen as I am a hard core do-it-yourselfer. So far, nothing is easy.

After a few chaotic visits with my audi, I decided that I wanted to pick a HA manufacturer that made its sofware available to the public. There are a few. I picked phonak.

I downloaded and intalled the software iPFG 2.3. No key required and it runs w/o NOAH. It seems very easy to use and has a lot of great features that I know that my audi would never take the time to do with me. Feedback calibration and automatic fine tuning as you listen to different situations as a couple examples.

This is where I am (still lots of unknowns)-

I recently bought a hi pro from ebay for $305.
I need to get a null modem serial cable to connect it to my PC.
I still need to locate drivers to actually run the hi pro.
I need a serial-USB converter cable with its own drivers.
Not sure if all this will work with Vista. If not I’ll start over with XP and an older computer with a serial port.

I found some info about programming cables here:
http://www.knowles.com/search/products/h_programming.jsp
Still looking for a distributor, but I know the cable type is a CS-44

If all this fails…

I’ll get an iCube and at least be able to program the Audeo YES. I’ll keep you posted.

Pax576, I found drivers (software) for the Hi pro by doing a Google search for gn hy pro. They are free downloads.
wayne

In the future you probably should avoid the compatibility issues involved with the old serial interface boxes because computers no longer have serial ports. Our computers have been switched to USB. See this post. They are a little cheaper. You should consider that you are giving huge profits to the sellers since the serial boxes are pretty much obsolete. Buy the USB Hi-Pro instead.

I don’t think you need Noah. Run your fitting software standalone.

Some fitting software doesn’t run in a 64-bit windows OS. The newer OS (Vista, Win 7) come in 32-bit and 64-bit. Win-Xp even has a 64-bit version.

someone knows where to find bernafon oasis

Did not find Oasis on the thread mentioned above.

I, too, would like to get a copy of Oasis 10.?. Ed

@ed121 said:

Did not find Oasis on the thread mentioned above.

I, too, would like to get a copy of Oasis 10.?. Ed

Try over Here12.

I don’t see any access for downloading Oasis 10.1 even if you do create an account. Maybe they hide it like Unitron hides U:Fit.

I think maybe you mean Unifit6and not U:Fit8??

unfit lol.

Pvc. Did you win that hearing aid on ebay? When do you get it?

click the links in the post CMB
unifit3 not unfit, LOL

@pvc said:

I think maybe you mean Unifit and not U:Fit??

I think I know better what I mean. Unifit is the “ancient” software from Unitron. I think it stopped for good in 2007 at version 5.51
U:fit is the new one, current version is 2.1.1, as far as I know.

Anyway, there are working links for U:fit, I will provide one in exchange for an Oasis 10.1 working link.