Rexton makes the better acrylic(hard) molds and Westone make the better silicone(soft) molds. Since the mold are for a receiver in the ear product they will only be good for one type of receiver and would not fit a different brand of hearing aid.
I recommend having new molds made every 3 years, your ears continue to grow as you age and what is a good snug fit today will become loose over time.
Pip
I am getting custom molds with receivers. I was wondering - down the road if the mold/receiver needs repair, can a temporary (power) receiver be installed with a generic dome on the hearing aid until the mold/receiver is fixed? Seems that the attachment point to the hearing aid would be the same. Just looking at alternative to have a hearing aid available during a mold/receiver maintenance.
Thanks
Kannon
Kannon that can definitely be done but you may get different answers at different Costco’s. There is no policy for doing this. At my location as long as you are within your warranty period and I had the receivers in stock I would have no problem doing this for a patient.
pip
Going today for my trax fitting and want to go in with some knowledge.
I think 6 programs for the Trax…but I’m just using automatic currently (for about 2 weeks now).
With the Smart Remote app (which does work WITHOUT the streamer, aka: Smart Connect) or the Smart Connect app, you can shape the directionality without changing the program, so you don’t need a directional lock forward program. The automatic program will go to “Car mode” without having to change settings…seems to work pretty well. Your wife will like that.
Good luck with your trial.
Evil.
I don’t know of a TV streamer for the Rexton. The Smart Connect streamer works with everything I’ve tried it with so far.
The smart remote app works without the bluetooth steamer but only controls the following. Increase/decrease volume• Increase/decrease treble• Mute hearing aids• Change programs• Personalize program labels. To control mic direction the smart connect app is used with the streamer to control • Change programs• Increase/decrease volume• Choose direction of microphone tofocus on what you want to hear• Personalize program labels• View the battery status of yourhearing aids and remote control• Increase/decrease treble• Mute hearing aids.
I normally give my patients just the automatic program and a dedicated noise program. The Trax is so automatic in program 1 that more programs are unnecessary.
pip
Do you get many requests for a music mode, with only frequency flattening (i.e. compression I think) that will leave all mics operating for watching surround sound movies etc with no messing with any settings? Is this even possible with this HA?
I do get a few people who ask for music programs. Most of the time they are a musician or singer.
The important things to have in a music program is to have the noise reduction turned off, have the mics locked into omni-directional, turn off or reduce feedback manager and turn off any frequency lowering technology like sound recover, sound shaping, or on the Trax 4c bandwidth compression turned off.
pip
Just what I was looking for, thanks!
Ok. Have my new HAs. Thought they weren’t working as I hear no amplification. Maybe they are in a very subtle way. I had several conversations outside, in the gym, at the supermarket, on the phone, in the bank, in an office and have had no amplification. After the conversations I realized I seemed to have had no problems.
And now I’m watching the hockey game. Just realized I’m actually hearing the commentary. I had given up on that years ago because I don’t like the closed captioning during a game
Soooo maybe they are working but zero tinny amplification sound.
My aids 15 years ago we’re all about amplification and distortion so that’s what I am expecting.
Again, very subtle. Will continue to evaluate.
So after three days, I have discovered the following;
The good
The bad.
I’m basically a newbie regarding hearing aids. Maybe this is the norm. Maybe my expectations were too high. Maybe adjustments need to made.
Very disappointed with the hearing in noise capabilities. Worse than useless as they made the environment much worse.
When I started wearing the KS6s, I felt place like Costco were just to loud. That’s pretty much gone away as I acclimated to the greater background. I too tried the restaurant and party. I’ll keep the party and replace the more modest restaurant filtering. I’ll drop the wind because it too seems little better than automatic which has also seemed to improve over my initial feelings. The “too noisy” feel does get lower with acclimation.
My hearing is quite a bit worse than yours and so is my word recognition. I’ve been concentrating on improving it. Watch a lot of PBS with the accents. It is slowly improving and I’m getting by with less use of the CC. Watching shows is exercising the mind-ear link and, while improvements are slow, they are still getting better.
Thanks for the reply Ken P
Its likely just me having these problems because others seem to be doing very well. Probably just my inexperience. I am intending to keep working at them. Maybe I just need to get accustomed to the new aids. Also, at this point I have nothing to compare them to so I will likely trial something else which will give me a better reference.
Your aids are treating birds like noise. you can get a music program with omni direcitonal microphones and noise processing lowered or off for this. be aware hearing aids will not restore your hearing perfectly and the frequency range for human voices is the priority.
theater is a difficult situation as sounds are bouncing off the walls and all around the theater. you really should be using whatever devices they have for the hard of hearing there. They may communicate with the telecoil in your aid.
the binaural beamforming technology that’s the only thing that makes a siemen/rexton aid worth looking at requires the 2 aids to stream sounds between the aids. are you sure the aids were paired when you were in these difficult noise situations?
why are your aids not staying paired? at the stores those rfid machine to check for shop lifting at the entrance I believe can interfere with your aids. possibly there’s something causing interference. are you carrying some kind of radio device? or any other electronics? do you have metal in your head?
reading how you like to wear your aids out in the wild via your bike rides, is it possible that you getting them drenched in the rain? people are writing about the water resistant nature of these aids but I would not go out in the rain without an umbrella. Do you think you’ve gotten a lot of sweat on these aids?
maybe you’ve gotten a bad batch of batteries? I would buy different brands of batteries.
it’s possible one of your units is not working.
are your domes open? they should be.
Are the people you can’t hear sitting left and right of you? because typically that’s not the best place to hear people via directional mics. you should be turning your head to the speaker especially if they are just saying a few words randomly during a conversation. seating arrangement can go a long way in helping you hear in noise.
I would call costco and ask them about the unpairing issue. hopefully the costco people on the board read this and provide some inputs.
mjd,
I’m a relative newbie to hearing aids, but I’m a competitive cyclist.
I’m using Rexton Quintras, the version of Rextons that were replaced by the Trax 42s.
I use my hearing aids every time I ride. Just put a sweat band on, pull it over the hearing aids, and bingo - there will be NO wind noise. I’ve ridden with hearing aids at speeds of up to 50mph with no problem.
Don’t worry about sweat. I’ve sweated copiously while wearing my HAs, with no problems. The worst is when doing a 2-hour group indoor computrainer race-training class. Just dabbing the sweat from my neck and forehead can drench 4 hand towels - yet the hearing aids have never been affected.
(I believe my Quintras have basically the same plastic housing as your Trax, so their performance with sweat should be about the same.)
mjd2k. I’ve not been riding with these Trax42 (had them for about 2.5 weeks now), but we have had some gusty weather. The wind was even less noticeable than with my old HA’s, so I think this is a matter of you getting used to the amplification. I work in an environment with a LOT of electronic equipment on the benches and in the walls. The worst I’ve noticed is that I get a sound like radio static in certain positions in the room. I think that is EM screwing with the wireless connection between the aids. I had an iCom with my old HA’s and it would lose connection to my HA’s in this room, so probably not surprising I get a little static. BUT as far as I know the HA’s are still paired.
The sound quality on the Trax is quite good. The audi gave me tulip domes, probably to reduce feedback, but I’m used to a more open fit, so I’m having some trouble with the occlusion. A little entrainment at certain frequencies and I really notice the occlusion in noisy environments (I’m assuming when the speech-in-noise program kicks in).
I’ve ordered custom molds. If the vents are big enough, that should solve that issue, without increasing feed back too much. On my right ear, regular domes simply don’t stay put. I think my jaw moves around too much…I need the canal lock on a custom mold!
Anyhow…give the Trax a week or two to get used to them before you pass judgement.
Evil.
Thanks all for the replies
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the younger guys probably have ipods in their ear and will think your HAs are some kind of BT thing.
Interesting about the custom molds. My right one keeps coming out also. I assume they do right and left ear molds.
Personally I think the wires are too short and keep the molds from going in far enough.
Very I interested to see what happens with yours.
Been doing some research on the AIDS and Im starting to get more of an appreciation of them. I definitely hear most conversations better. I think understanding the limitations and operation is helping.
For example:
My habit is to generally look a bit sideways at people that are speaking. That way I exposed an ear and could still watch their lips. I now realize the technology requires you to look directly at the person speaking. Something that is hard for me to do. DdoubleDown mentioned that but it went right by me. Will work on that big time.
I tried it this morning at a coffee shop and it was an improvement.
That’s explains why the theatre was so poor as it had no place to focus the hearing beam.
Kinda feels awkward as it seems creepy to stare but will work on it!!!
m pretty much retired and have time to obsess with this right now because its a big deal to me. My wife thinks Im out working. Hah!!Mjd…
Yes…molds for both ears. You could choose to do just one…but why? If you’re going to go the custom route, may as well go all in!