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In reply to @jimrobertson

Thank you for sharing your experience, Jim -- not just about hearing aids, but life in general.

not just about hearing aids, but life in general.

 

Before I forget, D28 refers to an acoustic guitar specifically the Martin D 28. It's the first Guitar I've ever owned that just does what I want it to do. I'm a percussive player, and whatever I ask it to do, it accommodates.

results posted in my profile. I input it as much information as I could decipher from the audiogram paper, but there's a lot in there that I couldn't interpret

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Just another bit of contemplation about how complex this can be for those of us with modest but real hearing deficits; i.e., do we need to or benefit from spending three times as much for the latest and greatest as opposed to what benefit we'll get from Costco's quite good service and wonderful pricing?

I just looked at the "HearingAdvisor" Eon Sphere 90 review. One thing that surprised me was that the devices' score for "streamed music" was LOWER after they were tuned (apparently for a matrix of 46 customers, which to me means that there must be some subjectivity in those results).

While I've read that Apple AirPods Pro 3 devices score WAY above other "" hearing-assist devices for listening to streamed music, AND I know that my spouse is much happier when I listen to the final movements of Mahler's GIGANTIC 2nd or 8th symphonies streamed to the AirPods than via my sound system's speakers, that's just because she'd rather listen to Bach. And, for contrast, I'm still enraptured by the quietly heavenly "Adagietto" from Mahler's 5th, which many of us over 70 will remember, conducted by Leonard Bernstein and performed by the strings of the NY Philharmonic, from Robert Kennedy's June 1968 funeral in NYC's St. Patrick's Cathedral, with or without ANY assistance from in-ear hearing devices. (I just did that again, from a YouTube recording) and, yes, I turned up the volume when listening through speakers but the music was just as ethereal.

@jimrobertson said:

One thing that surprised me was that the devices' score for "streamed music" was LOWER after they were tuned (apparently for a matrix of 46 customers, which to me means that there must be some subjectivity in those results).

That's because "tuned fit" (-based fitting) is more for speech understanding, where proper high frequency amplification is needed.

First fit can underprescribe high frequencies by even 10-15 .

Music programs have more emphasis on low frequencies.

Something else to keep in mind that may be unique to the Phonak Autosense. In Autosense, the audiologist has the ability to adjust each of the Autosense "sound scenes" independently to best accommodate the wearers needs and/or preferences. That means the audiologist can adjust the setting for streamed music to suit the music, not the speech. I just got a set of Eon Spheres to test a week ago. I was "amazed" that, in a quiet environment where the Autosense started out in "quiet" it changed to "music" when I started messing around with my harmonica - I won't get "editorial" regarding the quality of my harmonica playing (my wife and I may have differing opinions here), but it did impress me that Autosense recognized that the sound environment was (somewhat) musical and adjusted accordingly. The point being, with Autosense and the audiologist's ability to adjust or "tune" it, streaming quality can be very good. Remember it can not equal what you might hear from a very good quality headset, but it can be very good.

@Lour said:

Remember it can not equal what you might hear from a very good quality headset, but it can be very good.

In general, receivers based on balanced armatures are more for accurate speech reproduction, where the mid- and high frequency amplification is especially needed.

Music earbuds are based on dynamic drivers, often bigger and more energy-consuming than 's receivers. They give better reproduction of low frequency sounds, which gives better music perception. Music earbuds are often completely occlusive (closed fitting), which gave another factor for music perception improvement.

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In reply to @d28fanboy

I purchased a pair, online, as well. I have decent hearing in my left ear but have had surgery and problems in my right. When I first got them I liked them but had an appt at Duke so I saw their audiologist. She suggested earmolds. I got a local, closer, audiologist to get them for me and I am amazed. I had no idea how much difference they would make. I got the titanium c shells and I love them. Something you might want to consider.

Apologies to everyone for going dark for so long.

I just got off the phone with and hearing aid specialist at directhearing.com. I think those guys are about as good as an online company can get to offer support. I did find out that it's not audiologist that I'm talking to. I tried the Jabra M3 for a little while and, while I didn't care for the hearing aids, there virtual assistance structure with legit doctors of ideologyis fabulous. If directhearing.com had something similar, they would be an absolute home run.

I so appreciate all of the feedback you guys have given. I don't intend to go anywhere 😊

In reply to @Lour

That's hysterical about the harmonica! :stuck_out_tongue:

To contribute to the thread a little, here's one of two songs I know on harmonica. It's a video file uploaded to dropbox but, if you check it out, you'll see why I'm sharing it this way. And thank you all again for welcoming me into the tribe!

The point was, not about the quality (or lack thereof) of my harmonica playing -the dog and cat run and hide- but to indicate how well AutoSense reacts (without editorial judgement)

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