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Starkey Hearing aids and high frequency warbling

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I just returned my first set of Starkey Omega 2000 hearing aids after 2 weeks of use. I am a semi-retired professional guitarist with over 60 years of experience, and have a close to 40% loss in the high frequency range. Obviously this due to the nature of my work and experience. I have tinnitus, mostly left ear, and am seeking relief as well as gaining back some of the hearing loss. I also have Parkinson’s, diagnosed 3 years ago. It’s primarily in my left forearm and hand. The reason I returned the Starkeys is that I noticed a phasing change in tones generated by my Kitchen oven timer and coffee pot signal. instead of a steady tone, they ‘warbled’. I then noticed the same effect in the high strings of my acoustic, and thin line acoustic electric guitar when unplugged. Not something I can tolerate or ever acclimatize to. My question is has anyone out there ever experienced this?

I have the Starkey Edge .

I had a warble. Pretty sure it was across the board.

Had them turn off the feed back manager. That worked for the warble.

I now have an echo noise.

Clip my nails, I hear clip pshew.

Sweep same thing. Talk same thing.

It’s been going on.

We had it out today. Told them I want it fixed.

Originally said they couldn’t figure it out. Told me I need to fly 1000 miles to Starkey to have them figure it out. I kind of lost it. Had it sent in for the noise again.

My left mic is also fritzing. Only works in music.

Supposed to fix that.

I have and it was because I was using domes that were leaking sound and I did not want to use a (Signia Active Pro) to fix the feedback issues.

Music in particular sounded bad. I ended up selling those.

Question: Did the fitter try to fit you with different domes/molds? I would like to learn about your journey with him/her. Was it that the fitter was not knowledgeable or helpful? Were there any attempts to fix your issues?

I tried out the Starkey Omega 24s and it definitely didn’t improve my hearing $7500 worth. First pair of . I’m trying out the Costco Phillips ones next.

In reply to @freezerman404

Thanks for the response! It seems to me that when one pays what these things cost, you shouldn’t have to take it in to have something like an electronic feedback issue adjusted. Controls and instructions should come with it, don’t you think? The instruction manual that came with mine is in print too small to read, even with a small magnifier. Seems again that due to what their products do and do not come with, their cost is hardly justified.

In reply to @OcramSagev

I was not fitted with any dome of any type. The output end simply drops into the ear canal … sort of … It also fell out of the right ear several times. One of several things I did not like about them. The sound of my guitar strings was the deal breaker.

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