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I can't seem to find this information on the Internet.

Can somebody advise what constitutes low, mid and high frequencies in terms of frequency range - eg is 0-1khz low frequency, 1khz to 2khz mid frequency and 3khz upwards considered high frequency? I am referring to what hearing aid manufacturers regard the ranges, not musical frequencies which seem to be different.

I would like to know when I adjust low, mid or high frequencies in the Oticon app - which frequencies am I adjusting? It has been surprisingly difficult to find a clear answer to this question on the Internet.

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Oticon doesn't publish this information. I'd suggest asking your audiologist to email an Oticon Rep and ask the question: "what are the frequency bands represented by the low, mid and high frequency sliders in the streaming equalizer of the Oticon Companion App?"

Thanks. I will try that, if nobody on the forum knows. However, I suspect that somebody must have asked this question before!

Phonak and Sennheiser's apps are the same. Low mid and high

there are other sliders in there too that are dimensionless and vague

The engineer in me hates that sloppiness, but I get why they do it. Most folks either don't know or don't care, or both.

and honestly the lack of clarity helps me sometimes too...helps me from getting caught up in analysis paralysis :)

When I first read your post I thought I about soft (55), medium (65) and loud (80) sounds programming. Could that be what this is about?

I took it to mean the frequencies represented in the app to fine tune the aids output. An equalizer presentation but with only three sliders. There are no units indicated, Phonak/Sennheiser calls it Bass, Middle, and Treble

Google gave me this information:

Overview

In Oticon streaming or streaming/app sound equalizers mapped to fitting adjustments, the low, mid, and high frequency ranges generally correspond to standard acoustic band splits spanning roughly 250 Hz to 8,000+ Hz.

Frequency Band Ranges

•Low Frequencies (Bass): 250 Hz – 500 Hz

•Affects deep tones, environmental rumbles, and vowel fundamentals.

•Mid Frequencies (Mid-range): 750 Hz – 3,000 Hz

•Crucial for speech clarity, human voice fundamentals, and conversational loudness.

•High Frequencies (Treble): 4,000 Hz – 8,000+ Hz • Controls crispness, consonant sounds (like s, f, and th), and high-pitched environmental details.

How it Translates in Oticon Genie 2

•Fine-Tuning Handles: In Oticon Genie 2 software, adjustments are typically made across up to 24 individual frequency bands/channels ranging from 250 Hz up to 8 kHz (or higher depending on the specific speaker/receiver bandwidth).

•Mimicking the Equalizer: If you want to replicate an app-based equalizer setting (such as boosting the mid-range) permanently inside Genie 2's fine-tuning gain table, you apply the adjustments evenly across the specific group of channels (e.g., applying a positive gain change across the 750 Hz–3 kHz handles).

I think OP is referring to the EQ in his Oticon app, not the generic definition of the frequencies or the scope of Genie 2.

I apologise for not being clear. I am referring, primarily to the EQ in the Oticon app, not Genie, which I have not used yet. However, I was also asking in general what hearing aid manufacturers consider to be low, mid and high frequencies.

For those, who are unclear, I am not referring to volumes. I am referring to bass, mid frequencies and treble. I didn't realise people would think that I meant the volume thresholds.

I would not have thought bass would be as low as 290. I would have thought bass would be at least to 500 hertz. It seems that mid could be around 500 hertz up to 3000 or 2.5khz depending on whose figures you use. Interesting. I would have thought 3khz would be high frequencies.

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