Phonak Spice

Razno,
Do you have a Dry n Store? If not I would get one, it helps dry out your HA if they get wet. Other option is take off the HA’s if you are going to be sweating a lot, or get some Hearing Aid Sweat Bands, they work great at keeping HA dry from perspiration, rain or snow.

It has been a week since I’ve started wearing my Naida Spice aids. Still getting use to all the sounds and overall, I’ve been please with them.

Still, I have one question… I notice that when I’m in a noisy environment (or slight noise), I cannot hear any voice spoken behind me. For example, I was at the mall and my wife call for me when she was right behind me and I could not hear her at all. We did several test with this and I only started hearing her as she move sideways from me. I’ve experience the same thing at work. I can hear very well with object in front of me and sideways, but if someone calls for me from the back, I’m lost.

I’m due for my second adjustment next week, but wanted to asked if this is normal with these Spice aids? I only have the auto program for now (want to get use to the Soundrecover, before adding other programs). Again, this issue seem to be at it’s worst in a noisy environment.

Mention it to your audi - I note that I have some issues from behind, but not completely, and probably largely because I only have loss in one ear. I note that I still have problems hearing women’s voices, but we keep making adjustments, and will eventually get it right.

@jbender4 said:

Still, I have one question… I notice that when I’m in a noisy environment (or slight noise), I cannot hear any voice spoken behind me. For example, I was at the mall and my wife call for me when she was right behind me and I could not hear her at all. We did several test with this and I only started hearing her as she move sideways from me. I’ve experience the same thing at work. I can hear very well with object in front of me and sideways, but if someone calls for me from the back, I’m lost.

I’m due for my second adjustment next week, but wanted to asked if this is normal with these Spice aids? I only have the auto program for now (want to get use to the Soundrecover, before adding other programs). Again, this issue seem to be at it’s worst in a noisy environment.

If it’s in situations with background noise present the hearing aid is most likely in directional mode which reduces noises from directly behind you and to the side. As you wife moves towards the front of you she gradually moves into the “focused area” and becomes audible. Maximum audibility should be directly in front of you.

Depending on which Naida you have, you may be able to get a hyper-cardiod pattern or bi-directional pattern, the one above is cardiod. The higher tech level, the more flexibility in polar patterns you will have.

The fact that you are able to have such a well-illustrated example of how a directional microphone works is actually kinda cool. Obviously not for you…lol…

@DocAudio said:

If it’s in situations with background noise present the hearing aid is most likely in directional mode which reduces noises from directly behind you and to the side. As you wife moves towards the front of you she gradually moves into the “focused area” and becomes audible. Maximum audibility should be directly in front of you.

Depending on which Naida you have, you may be able to get a hyper-cardiod pattern or bi-directional pattern, the one above is cardiod. The higher tech level, the more flexibility in polar patterns you will have.

The fact that you are able to have such a well-illustrated example of how a directional microphone works is actually kinda cool. Obviously not for you…lol…

Thank you for that illustration. It help me understand it better. I guess with my old aids, it was simply “Hear everything”, whereas I have to get use to the directional features. I can understand the benefits & even hear it now, but I’m hoping that it can be adjusted a little, because it seems to be a little extreme.

I have the Naida XI UP.