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Oticon 1 and classical music

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Just got my first set of (Oticon 1) and am in day 4 of 45 day trial period period.

They work great for speech. But there are two big issues.

  1. I have tinnitus, and it seems to be much worse with the HAs. I hear a steady sound moving between several fee high frequencies that is loud enough that it it is very difficult to ignore it, as I do with the normal tinnitus sounds. Could this be the “hiss” that a lot of people experience? And how long should I give my brain to get used to it?

  2. Music quality is terrible. 75% of my listening is classical, 20% jazz, and the rest a mix. It’s hard for describe what’s wrong, but I think that whenever the music jumps or drops suddenly in volume, the resolution of the high frequencies collapses and I can’t hear the individual instruments clearly but rather, for a fraction of a second, it just sounds like mush, of the sort you hear when an audio speaker “clips,” ie is driven at a volume it is not built to handle. It is far worse when I listen to streamed music, even when it is delivered in a lossless format, than when I listen over my audiophile speakers or listen live.

    What to do?

First off posting your would help. Second talk to your audiologist, and ask for the music program, there isn’t one just for classic or any other genre just music. And it is interesting that you say your tinnitus is worse. I have severe hearing loss and tinnitus all the time for 50 years and I don’t notice my tinnitus either my aids on. Maybe that your audiologist has set your aids to the full prescription.

By the way it would help for us to know which Oticon aids, INTENT, Real. More, or one of many others.

there’s a music program which alters compression. ask for that instead of having a general program. you can have up to 4 different program/profiles.

there’s also a settings called sudden noise stabilizer(not sure about the exact name), this might be deactivated in music program but let that be checked too.

that’s a setting issue your needs to address.

Edited

Hearing aids are designed to help with speech. Music, if you really care and know how it is supposed to sound, still requires headphones. Someday that may change but not today.

Have you looked at the frequencies response of hearing aids. If you are lucky about 100 hz to 10k hz. But more than likely 8k hz. And I don’t know about you but I can jo longer hear above about 10k hz

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