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I have just recently moved to using which has fixed issues hearing in the car, that Vac+ was not able to resolve. I am happy to stick with NAL-NL2 for general everyday program as it’s better than Vac+.

However, I have found that the Music program using NAL-NL2 sounds terrible.

Someone suggested (and Chatgpt confirmed) that DSL5 Adult is highly recommended for the Music program has it does not compress sound much and is very open and dynamic. So, I am keen to try DSL5 for music because NAL-NL2 just sounds awful. Or I could go back to Vac+ for Music?

I think I do need a slight boost in the low frequencies as I have noticed that vowels are not as rounded as they were on Vac+. I will go for for this because I think I am underfit slightly.

That may (or may not) fix my feelings of dissatisfaction with NAL-NL2 using the TV Streamer (as I am definitely not hearing vowels fullness anymore). But I also find NAL-NL2 a bit flat for movies. It just doesn’t feel dynamic anymore.

What do you guys use as sound profile for TV Streamer watching movies? I am keen to hear what you think would be best for me to try.

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I have the INTENT1 aids with the TV adapter and a Samsung Smart TV. My aids only have the default general program, as that is a I wanted. I did and do but a lot of responsibility on my audiologist to see that my aids are correctly adjusted so that is possible. I did take almost 2 years and some 14 appointments to get my aids tuned correctly. I put my aids on in the morning and go about my day almost like a normal hearing person.

I agree with you in principle. I only use one program for general listening at home, work, noisy restaurants etc and that is the way it should be. I have had to move away from Vac+ because I had a number of issues that Vac+ was never able to solve. Upon moving to , those issues pretty much disappeared. However, I have since discovered that it is not great for Music or TV streaming unfortunately.

I am going to get done as I do believe that I am slightly underfit for my and hopefully this will improve things. However, I just don’t think NAL-NL2 is suited for music as there is far too much compression.

I may (or may not) go back to Vac+ just for Music (which was quite good) and for TV streaming (which was reasonably good). But I will wait to hear what other people who are not using the default hearing profile prefer for both.

I am a retired IT professional and electronics technician/engineer in communications. While I believe with my training and education including several classes in audiology that I could do my own adjustments to my aids, but I made a decision to not do so. I know myself I would never be satisfied as I am a perfectionist. That is why I couldn’t be an engineer even though I have the education. I leave it to my audiologist. My audiologist has been my audiologist 7 years he knows my hearing loss because he has a similar hearing loss. Not as severe as my hearing loss but the same type. The strength we have together is he is also a professor of audiology and the one that taught the audiology classes that I took. The key is communication. I always email my audiologist any changes or issues that I notice. At this time a head of my next appointment we are discussing the possibility of a different brand of hearing aids as I have been wearing Oticon aids for 15 years. My biggest concerns is speech understanding and connectivity to my devices for phone calls and audiobooks. Music isn’t something I stream are listen to often but I do enjoy an occasional concert. And I enjoy the choir of our church services. Without my aids I can hear fire alarms, emergency sirens, even alarm clocks but I can’t understand what people are saying. If I can read their lips I can make out some simple things. With my aids after many adjustments I understand about 90% of conversations. By the way I know your asking yourself about how I afford the cost of appointments. I am a veteran with service related hearing loss, my aids and all my medical services are my benefits as I am 50% disabled. Just in the last 7 years I have had 5 sets of aids trying to get my speech understanding where I can rejoin society.

I am lucky that Nal2 for me is excellent when streaming Tv through the Phonak Tv connector, obviously the dedicated music settings are in use. Do I assume that you are using a dedicated music program?

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I am going to get REM done as I do believe that I am slightly underfit for my audiogram and hopefully this will improve things. However, I just don’t think NAL-NL2 is suited for music as there is far too much compression.

Roberto, you will be very pleased if you get the -v5 Adult fitting formula for music , and TV streaming.

I had similar struggles 1st with the MyMusic program, which to me was awful, and anything w/VAC+.

I ended up using Genie 2 and creating a General program w/ DSL, and turned off all the More Sound Intelligence processing. In the Fitting section I selected Virtual Outer Ear as Fixed Omni, and set the Automatics Feedback Manager to Low (you may be able to turn it off, if needed).

I don’t use the TV Streamer because I have a 5.1 surround system, and rather than go through all the trouble of using an HDMI splitter, I just turn up the gain on my center channel. I do use sub-titles when needed.

BTW,The lecture program is pretty good for TV.

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For TV , I use the Roku Speaker Bar. It has closed caption option and most effective is custom sound for Speech Clarity. I have it set to High all the time. It cuts out a lot of the background music and noise. So much easier to watch/listen to TV - handles all channels.

Sorry for the late replies. I have been down with Covid for the last couple of days.

I do have a dedicated music program, but it makes no difference.

I don’t stream music. Just listen with headphones on my computer sometimes. Is fine without aids or with Vac+, but sounds terrible with .

I could try streaming, but as I never had an issue before, changing the sound profile makes more sense.

I am definitely keen to try the -V5 adult fitting formula because everyone seems to recommend it.

One day, I would like to invest in a proper 5.1 surround system - one that really focuses on speech clarity from the centre channel. TV streamer works brilliantly, but it does cut you off from everyone else in the room as it’s hard to hear the general conversation over the tv streamer sound. In addition, you do lose the bass of a 5.1 sound system! To me, a good quality 5.1 sound system is ideal.

When I am feeling 100% better, I will book in the DSL-V5 Adult profile and see how it goes for music, tv etc. At the moment, I am just feeling too tired to do anything.

Sorry to hear that, apparently it’s on the rise again.
When you get better have a look at your music program and make sure all the settings are at zero eg whistle block etc. You don’t want any processing.
If you change formula make sure you are comparing like for like.
Fortunately with Oticon you can set up four different formulas to try.

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