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Hey all, So I have a question when programing your Phillips hear link what standard are you using? NaL-N2 or something else?

I use Oticons but as far as programming, in the past 3 months I have tried and liking it very much. I find that I can now very soft sounds that I was missing with NAL. However, DSL does have a somewhat metal or tinny quality that I found slightly annoying at first. After 3 months I am getting used to it and, with some tweaking experiments, I can pretty much correct that. What I really like so far is that I am hearing most if not all of any conversation, especially when I am in a group and I find I am not struggling like I did before. Imagine 3 people talking at once and basically understanding all of them. Thats been happening to me recently and its wonderful.

I also do not feel tired or strained after several hours of being in a group.

But the bottom line is what you need. You just have to try everything and find what you like and need. Everyone seems to start with NAL so consider that.

I did find a study that Says DSL is better for low sounds and there is no difference for higher frequencies.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10236245/

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"As expected, the results revealed significant effects of fitting formula for speech at low levels. and word recognition performance at low levels were better with DSL than with NAL. Word recognition improved further with the additional gain provided by ASG for both formulas. These results are consistent with previous reports showing better outcomes with DSL than with NAL for populations differing widely in age and hearing impairment. There are several reports of better word and sentence reception threshold with the DSL formula as well as better word recognition at low levels (30 and 50 ). However, at higher levels (i.e., 55, 65, 70, and 80 dB SPL) no differences between formulas have been observed,. Together with the results of the present study, differences between formulas point to better perception of soft speech with DSL than with NAL, with little difference between formulas at conversational levels.

Thank you for this, I will give it a try as these are not my every day aids and I can test with these.

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