? about KS10 program of Gain Level

Hearing Aid Self-Fitting and Adjusting [DIY]
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I’m quite new to Target programming and in trying to figure out what Costco might have done during recent very brief session, I noticed in Target under Global Tuning that the GAIN LEVEL was set as 90% and since I am an experienced user it is understandable to me that the Adaptive control box is unchecked. Does it make sense to you that GAIN LEVEL would be 90% rather than 100%?

My hearing loss is severe. Target Phonak Pro fitting guide writes this about GAIN: “Go to [Global tuning] > [Initial fitting] if adjustments to the gain level, occlusion compensation, or compression are
required. The gain level and compression settings are based on the client’s usage experience and the selected fitting
formula.” Costco has chosen Fitting Formula of Adaptive Phonak Digital 2.0

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While I will do my own experiments with modifying settings in Target, since GAIN LEVEL would seem to impact virtually all other things I don’t think it’d be a good strategy to change it from 90% to 100%, but hopefully someone with experience can cut my learning curve about this.

Much thanks
edit to add that Target 6.1 indicates that “for DSL and NAL, both fitting formulas default to 100% gain
level regardless of User experience level.” and while I am using Target 7.1, what I have read about the Adaptive Phonak Digital 2.0 I can NOT find what its default GAIN might be, yet am suspicious that it might also be 100%. Since Costco fitters might not have the most training and/or experience I am willing to believe that the GAIN being set by them to 90% might?? have been an error that they have carried forward from original fitting a 14 months ago.

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Well only you will know if you’d prefer 90 or 100%, as in its ether not loud enough or to loud or just about right, for severe I would have it set for 100%.

These gain levels can be pre determined by what experience level is set and of course how severe ones loss is.

You could make up another client in target and experiment with this, also changing the formula (NAL-NL1 or whatever you want to try) this way you can always enjoy going back to the Costco settings if things don’t work out.

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Mine default to 90% with APD. I have to change it to 100%. Never did that on older Target.

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Thank you both for your input. I know how to revert and take good notes within Target as well as externally, and with your input I have more confidence about experimenting. Seems “odd” to me that APD defaults to 90%, but not a big deal.