Oticon More not working for me, should I try Phonak Naida P-PR?

I say trail the different brands, and even the different levels, we are all different and we have different needs and likes. Individuals with the same hearing loss, cannot agree on the same hearing aids most of the time. There is so much that goes into our likes and dislikes other than just the hearing loss. Environments being the biggest differences, also the shape and size of our ear canals.

@Lalo said:

V- First, I’ve found your posts very helpful. But I don’t agree with this one. I’ve seen several posts that complain about the More’s supposed over-enhancement of lower frequency/bass sounds.

They could all be poorly programmed but I think the posts provide some context.

I’ve been following just about every post on this forum about the Oticon More since it was announced late last year and released early this year. I would be particularly be interested in any issue the More may have because I consider it to be a very likely future upgrade when I’m ready to move on when my current out of warranty OPN 1s start failing on me. Maybe I missed the posts that complain about the More’s over-enhancement of low frequency sounds, but it would be weird if I’ve missed several posts of this kind.

I’m genuinely interest to hear about this issue some more, so I searched the forum for “Oticon More issues” and “Oticon More low frequency issues” but I came up empty. So I’d like to second @SpudGunner 's request here and ask if you can provide us with the links to these several posts about this issue. Thanks!

[For the record, @Volusiano, I’ve done multiple searches also, and my result - like yours - is nil.]

Maybe the Audiologist needs to adjust the bass frequencies more, or the domes, or ear molds are allowing to much leakage of the bass frequencies.

My understanding is that the original poster (@deafgirl1609) said that she has a hard time hearing low frequencies in noisy places and hearing low spoken men (like her husband who’s soft spoken). This seems to maybe imply not enough low frequency gain? So @cvkemp (Chuck) is right to deduce that the issue is maybe not enough frequency boost.

But Jim (@SpudGunner) is also right that @Lalo implies the opposite thing as an issue he or she has seen from several posts complaining about the More’s over-enhancement of lower frequency/bass sounds.

So it seems like the issue reported by @deafgirl1609 is maybe opposite of the issue mentioned by @Lalo, even though they both have to do with low frequency, not enough in one case, and too much in the other case. Nevertheless, I have not come across any mention of low frequency issues from the More either way until now. That’s why it’s weird.

The inadequate low frequency issue seen by @deafgirl1609 may be due to a different fitting when changed from the OPN S to the More, assuming that the internal parameters between the two had been properly set to be equivalent by the provider. Maybe the OPN S fitting was more closed, but the More fitting is more open, thereby causing more leakage and subsequently the loss of lower frequency gains. It’s hard to say unless we have more information on which dome/fitting the OP has on the OPN S and on the More.

[🥸🔍Reads like something out of the Murdoch Mysteries, if you ask me!]

[EDIT: @cvkemp: Chuck, I apologize if I misread you. I assumed that you were responding to @Lalo, and not to @deafgirl1609. Sorry if I got that wrong.]

@deafgirl1609 said:

I have been wearing the More 1’s and I just can’t get use to them even with adjustments I have a hard time hearing low frequencies in noisey places and low spoken men with the More 1. It’s like they don’t suppress enough for me to hear speech well or something.

Here, @bluejay2025. The issue is More, and it’s not a power issue.

[FWIW: My eyes get confused, too, when there are no paragraphs.]

Thanks bluejay. If the adjustments don’t work than I will try something else.

V, I may be mistaken but I’m pretty sure I saw such posts. They may not have been on hearing tracker.

But for now you can treat my reports as unsupported hearsay…

Okay, we’ll do that, then.