Getting these pesky settings just right!

Still using Phonak @eyesgreendeaf, but I switched prescriptions from, DSL v5a to NAL NL2, approximately a year ago, for me, a big difference to overall clarity, and crisper, overall loudness takes a bit getting used too, took me about a month or so to acclimatise, after that, I was fine… Cheers Kev

@rogerinshoreham said:

However, the County Council have a ‘hearing support group’ and I have managed to get the TV Connector through them and also a very loud smoke alarm

Are you able to get anything else?

I got a pager system with door bell, fire alarm, telephone alerter and carer button which lights up the baby light on the pager.

I also got a minicom, CO alarm (lights up fire symbol on pager), TV box and alarm clock that has a vibration pad.

@Zebras: That’s quite the haul! Does the kit have good value at pawn?

[You realize that I’m only funnin’ you, right, Zebes?]

I do use phonak . An expert audiologist wrote me that at severe to profound losses fitting formulas are not much different

TBVH @eyesgreendeaf, there is a massive difference in how the formulas sound to me… I think, I have tried them all via Target, and I had discounted NAL NL2, because of the overall perceived loudness (by me) but it was a extremely experienced NHS A.uD whom switched me to that prescription, so I persisted with it, and as a result, I reaped the eventual benefits! As a side note, how could an A.uD know, or indeed contemplate, even if they are experienced, or not, how sound actually sounds to a profoundly deaf person, unless they have a profound loss themselves, it is all conjecture on their part… Probably the best A.uD, I have ever encountered, was a profoundly deaf lady in my 30+ years of hearing of, “Sudden Sensory Neural Hearing Loss”, there is indeed, no actual substitute for hands on experience, and I have always been aided… I reiterate, conjecture is vastly different, from actual hands on experience! Cheers Kev

@kevels55 said:

Probably the best A.uD, I have ever encountered, was a profoundly deaf lady

My friend who lives quite a distance from me, has a profoundly deaf audiologist. She says her Aids have never been better since she changed to a new private audiologist.

Shame I live so far away, she’s over 2 hours on the train from me so can’t see the same audiologist.

@Zebras said:

Shame I live so far away, she’s over 2 hours on the train from me

@Zebes: Now, I’m not quite funnin’ here, but 4 hours, there and back, to be able to hear - possibly better than ever?

By my ciphering, that’s 4 gins in a wee thermos bottle, 2 cucumber and 2 chopped egg sandwiches, and call it a Beatles “Day Trip” … No big deal.

Thanks. I wrote what I had been told.
I wish I could get a noahlink wireless device and try fitting formulas by myself but it’s expensive here in Turkey. Who would buy a noahlink device at a price of ,let’s say, 2000 pounds in the UK?
I suspect that most hearing aid fitters in my country know much about fitting formulas! They just fit with software defaults and some volume adjustments. One of them didn’t know how to add a telecoil program.
Anyways, I’m fairly satisfied with my fitting given my poor speech perception. Maybe a bit improvements with further adjustments in the new fitting session soon

@eyesgreendeaf said:

Anyways, I’m fairly satisfied with my fitting given my poor speech perception.

My speech perception if ver poor. Dr. Cliff indicates that HAs are limited by speech perception. I do not know your options in Turkey but I have an appointment to be examined medically by an otologist for my hearing & speech perception issues.

I understand your predicament @eyesgreendeaf (or I try too) I bought my Noahlink from the States, for under $200, approximately 4 years ago, you could pickup one there via eBay, or in Europe, or indeed Asia, £2k in Turkey, is a complete ripoff! Prior to this I had iCube…Yeah, switching on the Telecoil is problematic, if you don’t know your way around Target software, it is sort of hidden, it took me, a little while to find it… Adjusting hearing aids in Target, is certainly not “Rocket Science”, tweaking them, as an end user, you get instantaneous results, and as long as you save the initial A.uD settings, you can always revert back to these settings, at any time, so it’s sort of idiot proof and to be very truthful, I had to revert back on many occasions, because you will make mistakes, but this gives you the confidence for experimenting Hopefully you will manage to get hold of a Noah? Unless, I want to add or remove a program, if I am happy with my aids performance, I do not tweak any further, I do not endlessly adjust, if it’s working, I leave it so…Good Luck, cheers Kev

@rogerinshoreham said:

Not sure a Clip-on is a Roger,

Phonak Roger Clip On Mic.

As we’ve said already. You need a Phonak Partner Mic that doesn’t need licenses.

Thank you @Baltazard, for a most, “Comprehensive” explanation Much better than I could have done! I am noticing 9 Fitting Formulas now, although it’s been maybe 3 years, since I was in there (Marvels)… The last time I programmed, I just used the import/export feature, exporting all the settings from my NHS Naida M70’s, and importing them into my privately bought, Naida P90’s, the NHS A.uD had done such a wonderful job in setting the Nadia M70’s up, I just wanted those settings (including “REM”) into the Naida P90’s, took me about 15 minutes to figure out what to do, and I was up and running within a half an hour, the difference was exceptional, clarity vastly improved… I feel fortunate, as “Target”, did all the work for me, and absolutely no further tweaking was required… Cheers Kev

@kevels55 You are very welcome.

Hi Zebras,
As I keep emphasising I appreciate the help you guys are giving me. I sense a tadge of impatience from you and yes in the end I’ll probably do just what you say. However, we all do our research in our own way and learn from it. Too often I have done what seems so obvious in life only to find later that a bit of hesitation would have been a good idea. So I hope you’ll bear with me.
You have to admit it can be very confusing.
Roger