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Hi, I’m just assessed for hearing loss, and reading all I can on the subject. It’s not an obstacle every day, I have noticed some of the adaptations I unconsciously make to understand and reply but it’s killing the music for me.

I’m going to have NHS hearing aid )Danalogic ambio smart) appointment at Specsavers next week, no waiting list in SE London, and I have a letter for the audiologist outlining my problems (speech in noise, lip reading in quiet, no high notes in music) and asking for custom programming for Restaurant and Music and .

Is this overkill, and I should let the audiologist get on with the job?

With your degree and configuration of hearing loss you should at least Demo Widex hearing aids. You may find them easier to adapt to due to their zero delay technology and your need for a more open fitting with your loss configuration. Much of the advanced signal processing isn't used with such an open fitting as most sounds enter the ear naturally without processing. The focus should instead be on devices that like using all day every day to give your brain the most consistent sound so it's well trained so can perform with greater ease in really challenging listening situations when they arise, as opposed to going in without any practice which will generally lead to failure.

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I take it that danalogic doesn’t produce that kind of sound, and the program doesn’t produce a nice effect. I will try the NHS and see. Thanks for the suggestion on Widex. My budget will be second hand so what generation do you think will be worth investing in - I was looking at Moment 440 on eBay but I need more experience before trying it.

I am practicing speech in difficult situations on an app, so I’m aware that my issue isn’t just hearing loss

Currently on week 1 danalogic ambio smart ha, the aud adjusted voice; very low noise threshold, voices modulated and sound familiar to me. EV is low but audible and I can separate it from the general street noise - a priority when cars are no longer noisy smelly vehicles.

Simple background noise is suppressed effectively by the app, and I can adjust it precisely to hear voices despite the noisy kettle.

In restaurants where the hard surfaces reflect noise, I can hear voices clearly in auto mode. When several tables are giving their orders at once, I don’t try to hear or speak. I think anyone would have difficulty with distinguishing speech in this environment.

Zoom calls are muddy, and mfi doesn’t work for MacBook Air M1 so I will try a cable connection to a decent speaker, and eq the problem. I refuse to pay £150 for a phone clip+ - that proprietary protocol of industry standard has locked me out of laptops and TV and I resent it.

Listening to CDs amplified through floor standers is disappointing, not improved over doing without the . A bit worse because of the tiny amplifier in my ear. Maybe having an open dome and critical approach is going to lead to disappointment. I will ask the amazing aud to adjust for soprano as he did for my voice.

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