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Oticon 105 dB receiver but fitted with Genie2 at 85 dB?

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I ran into this gem the other day and was very interested as it gives me hope for better hearing quality through innovative fitting.

Oticon Opn 1 (105 dB) little secret of tuning
Hello everyone! I want to share with you the result of my setup. I have oticon opn 1 hearing aids with powerful 105 dB receivers. To make the sound voluminous and rich and without distortion, it is enough to select the receiver power of 85 dB in the Genie software, not 105 dB. In my subjective opinion, this method is suitable for people with severe hearing loss. Good luck to everyone!

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Oticon Opn 1 (105 dB) little secret of tuning
That’s very interesting. I also wear an Oticon More RIC model with a 105 db receiver. I wonder if there’s any downside or trade-off with such a unique setting that you’ve experienced? Like, for example, will it make it a little more difficult to hear soft sounds? That’s one of my main concerns.

I wonder if anyone has had similar experience? Or any audiologist on this forum has done similar fitting and could explain the rationale?

I’d not recommend this, only if you were to recalculate the gain curves using the feedback calibration, otherwise it’ll sound very “bright” yeah I’ve done this myself by mistake with Phonak, also later models you can’t change the receiver power without the software knowing what’s actually fitted to the HAs.

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