Seriously? Ha good luck with that, no don’t waste your $ on something like this, better to spend your money on things that actually matter.
Because they are so old that the money is better spent on newer equipment? DIY REM is a bad idea? Something else?
No not at all, but for all the fluffing around with old equipment, calibration has to be up-to-date doing it yourself blah blah, just seems youd be better off getting some good quality molds and using In-situ and go from there.
I am reading a book about REM and I noticed it requires much expertise and, above all, attention to detail. It’s not a procedure where the Pareto 80/20 rule applies; it must be almost 100% accurate…
Potential pitfalls:
- Calibration
- Inappropriate room for the procedure (too many close, reflective surfaces).
- Probe tube not placed deep enough
- With an open fit - using concurrent equalization instead of stored equalization.
- Inappropriate placement of loudspeaker
- Patient movement
- Confusing venting resonance (rare phenomenon) with occlusion effect
and many more…
The basic parts are no longer available–providers are unlikely to be selling these until they die unless their clinic is being sold, etc. Even if we get a new machine, it’s valuable to have an old on in storage to be used in an emergency. I’d be surprised if you could get an RECD cable, which seems to me to the be part that everyone is looking for to try to prolong the life of their device. And yes, they have to be calibrated annually. I also think it might be difficult to get the probe tubes, which are disposable and sold as medical supply. The OLD V1s run off of a CD for the software updates, so if the CD already in the unit got scratched during shipping you’d need an account to download the software to burn to CD.
Those seem like the biggest bottlenecks to me. All the personal learning stuff is probably surmountable. Even sticking the probe tube into the right spot in your own ear is tricky but doable. I do it. Of course, I have the benefit of hundreds (maybe thousands) of hours experience.
2 Likes
Seems to me that many people profit from being able to DIY setup.
My case? I don’t think that I would profit. I think I’d obsess and overhink it all.
I’ve spent countless hours searching and trying to learn. youtube. internet. books.
I’ve found that I need to be selective. Is the material new? Is it even right?
And if I did it I couldn’t do REM
Today’s status:
I’ve had my new cShell inserts for about 3 days. They sound so much better! Except I feel I have trouble communicating.
Is it because my old brain is trying to learn how to listen again? I’ve had the radio cranked in my Alfa. Sound is so much better.
What does this have to do with Widex Allure?
I think the review was extraordinary!
My first hearing aid was a Widex.
Allure may be a future choice. Or ReSound. Or Phonak. Or…who knows?
Just my thoughts…
DAveL
1 Like
This resembles my circumstances a lot.
1 Like
Yup. Medical Equipment
Time for serious thought.
Change is needed so HA are really medical equipment.
https://x.com/tomaspueyo/status/1916975388464714125?t=a1PGK6EG3x7tVoqR_bHn7w&s=19
Small off-topic, I have just read that.
I don’t have Twitter, so I cannot read that since musk made an account mandatory.
1 Like
Okay, I’ll try find a Bluesky or WWW version. Fully agree with your approach.
1 Like
And then you probably don’t even get snow until November 
1 Like
Are you kidding? 
xD Only in deep January, if any 
It seems you perfectly know where to painfully push the icicle
Now it’s even 25°C and I am melting 
In previous days it was even 28°C.
1 Like
Huh. I always somehow had the idea that Poland was cold like us. 
1 Like
No, the latitude can be misleading. Actually, in recent years there has been very little snow. The last long-lasting snowfall in winter in the Polish lowlands was around 2012, if I recall correctly. Since then, there have been very short periods of snowfall and snow cover.
In the southern mountains, it is a different story.
It pains me, because I dislike hot climates and relate mostly to the Canadaball below. #Commonwealth:
3 Likes
Except while we do barbecue at 0°, we also love to complain about the weather.
It’s every Canadian’s right to complain if the temperature is not 18-21 degrees.
Plus, the weather is our favorite topic in all small social situations. Polite, inoffensive, non-polarizing, not nosey.
3 Likes
almost all fitting software are IMC2, so the process for Rem auto fit is vastly simplified- most brands now have a insertion tool where if you get a green signal is a go.
2 Likes
(post deleted by author)
This this that WWW version, a propos climate.