Oticon hearing aides

When you say random rebooting it makes me wonder if the batteries are low? When my batteries get low they tend to shut down and after a short while the aids connect again. The cells will generate some charge when shut off but it quickly dies when the aids reconnect. Hence the rebooting effect. Oh I have Oticons and love them!

@cvkemp - When you talk about receivers are you talking about the behind the ear part? Or the ear mold? I’ve always worn behind the ear aids with full shell ear molds since 1982, so I’m not sure what you mean by receivers. Please explain this part like I’m 5 yo…

Yeah based on the testing data in their data sheet (Phonak here: https://www.phonak.com/content/dam/celum/phonak/local-assets/us/documents/us-datasheets/PH_Datasheet_Phonak_Naida_P-UP_210x297_EN_V2.00.pdf.coredownload.inline.pdf), and (Oticon here: https://assets-ue.cas.dgs.com/-/media/oticon-us/main/download-center---myoticon---product-literature/xceed/td/210188us_td_xceed_up.pdf?rev=C5A3&la=en), it sure looks like Phonak reference test gains and full-on gain levels are significantly more than Oticon’s by the tune of at least 10-15 dB if not more. No wonder I never had any problems with them in this regard.

Yeah it sure looks like it’s a good idea for me to go back to Phonak. Thank you for the updates, @cvkemp!! I appreciate you!!

Thank you for this, @ronshere!! Actually, the random rebooting is pretty consistent. It happens whether the batteries are freshly brand new, or whether they are nearly empty (after approx. 7 days). I use size 675 (for the main unit on my right ear) and size 13 disposables (for the CROS unit on my left ear).

I am talking about the Rite receivers “speakers that are in the ear mold”. My aids are MiniRite aids, the electronics is behind the ear, the receivers are place in the ears by the way of wires connected between the two. I believe you are thinking of the BTE aids that use tubes connecting the part behind the ear with tubes connected to the ear molds that have no electronics in them.

My audiologist said it isn’t common because very few are will to accept the extra sound. Most aids are set to comfortable level and not changed. I wouldn’t understand speech at a comfortable level. I had to retrain my brain to accept the louder sounds. To me it is great most of the time, but i don’t live in a noisy city. I live in a forest. I seldom go to a noisy city or restaurant etc.

@cvkemp said:

I live in a forest.

Are there any nice extra sounds you hear from living in a forest?

My favourite places to go are Woods and Forests but I don’t hear many ‘extra’ sounds / animal sounds but still enjoy it.

I did see a huge male red fox the other day tho. That was a surprise.

Is the benefit from increased gain for which higher dB receivers might be needed or is it that higher level receivers are not being driven as hard leading to better performance? Usually the thinking is that lower power receivers are preferable as they have better performance, wider frequency range, etc. Possibly for some situations the opposite is true but it’s not clear from your use case.

Oh yes. Birds, wind in the tree tops, the wind chimes, chipmunks, deer ot other animals running in the forest. I hike the trails. Rain on a tin rooftop. I love to hear road noise and my engine when I drive. I am old school and could troubleshoot a vehicle engine by its sound. Basically I enjoy the sounds that most hard of hearing complain about hearing. AC units, refrigerators, my pets walking on wood floors. Yes I have to lower the volume of my aids when going to the city. But in a restaurant it doesn’t bother me it seems the aids are smart enough to depress the restaurant noise and let me carry on a conversation. It took about 2 years of training my brain to deal with some of the sounds. But I can go to a concert and enjoy the music, lowering the volume sometimes. I can be a active member of meetings. I can enjoy lectures and other classroom activities. I maybe 77 but I haven’t stopped learning or craving knowledge.