Oticon intent feedback test

29 replies708 viewsLast reply Jun 29, 2026

This topic came up before in this thread: Using Genie - #18 by Volusiano but that thread did not make clear what to do if feedback analyzer was already run. Does toggling feedback management off revert things or is there some other approach to remove any limitations caused by the analyzer having been run?

choccybiccy69

London

Jun 16, 2026

In reply to @choccybiccy69

Apologies for this post. my wife said I 2was pretty loopy last night, turns out there was a gas leak. i passed out and went to a&e. all good now!!

question: what if you do the and the patient loves the sound quality. then comes back a few weeks later complaining of feedback. and you do the feedback manager cutting lots of mid and high frequency volume. then they hate it.

custom moulds? what if they already have custom moulds? deeper fit? presumably this may not be tolerable to everyone.

i know it’s rare that someone loves the first fit sound after REM but i am one of those people. my audiologist let’s me hear the pre REM sound and it’s always muffled and echoey and then post REM suddenly I’m back in the real world.

Um_bongoProvider

Wales, UK

Jun 16, 2026

If you run the the properly, you’ll see the aid ‘saw-toothing’ as the receiver saturates and goes into feedback. Or you’ll just have a peak where there’s extra resonance from your canal and venting combined. An experienced dispenser/audiologist will know how best to address these peaks while limiting other unwanted sounds. Feedback managers can do similar, but in some cases (Sonova) they may act too agressively in cutting off ‘real’ resonances that you want to hear.

PaulCProvider

Jun 16, 2026

In reply to @OcramSagev

As far as specifically recommending against it, Oticon is the only manufacturer I can recall.

PaulCProvider

Jun 16, 2026

In reply to @user490

I’m not entirely sure (i.e. effects of turning feedback management off depending on whether you have run the feedback test). Toggling feedback management off will affect things even prior to running the actual feedback test. However, playing with the software right now, you can undo the feedback test (and any resulting gain reductions) as long as you haven’t navigated away from that screen.

flashb1024

SoCal

Jun 17, 2026

As @PaulC states, Oticon discourages using the Feedback analyzer. the reason is, the introduction of More Sound Optimizer (MSO)

In the Automatics section of Genie 2 is the Feedback manger, which has 3 settings, if FB does occur.

In my case, and many others the use of Oticon’s Spectro Temporal Modulation technology that creates a breaker-signal to stop audible feedback before it happens can cause tremolo, or flutter on higher frequencies, especially in music.

They actually started using this method with the OPN S and called it Open Sound Optimizer.

The problem was you couldn’t turn it off, and the STM caused the warble to render the OPN S unusable for me. They knew about it, but never issued a firmware update, and informed my audi to upgrade me to the More, which has the Feedback Manager, and by setting it to Low, or if extreme the Off setting, the problem is resolved.

Feedback analyzer should only be run if Feedback manager doesn’t stop whatever feedback is still present.

Hope that helps.

Bimodal_user

Poland

Jun 17, 2026

Wow! It can probably explain why Oticon’s hearing aids provide more gain in high frequencies than those of another manufacturer, as Dr. Cliff stated.

Bimodal_user

Poland

Jun 29, 2026

@Um_bongo, I’ve just got cShell UP with no vent for experimenting aside from already owned cShell UP 1mm vent (1mm is the smallest possible vent in titanium cShells).

Regarding the lack of a vent and the tight fit, is it possible that the feedback test is unnecessary and could lead to worse outcomes?