I rarely use it either.
thank you for this information - I had no idea a ramp up could be added to the programming. Very interesting indeed. More to come after the next visit…
This has me thinking - what adjustments / features are in the OPN1? (and probably the other higher end mfg’s offerings) Since I’m new to all of this please be gentle. I did learn that the Oticon tinitus app on the iphone, though a free standing app has to be activated in order to use it , blend those sounds into the HA. Is there a document of ‘feature set’ / options that can be activated, adjusted or deactivated? Thank you.
To really get a feel for this, I’d suggest going to the DIY part of the forum and download the Genie2 software. Looking at the fitting software is the only way I know of to get an idea of the full range of adjustments available. It won’t allow you to make the adjustments unless you also purchase necessary hardware, but it will let you know the possibilities.
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Have a look on the professional section of the manufacturers website. Most of them have lessons for the audiologist which show how to set the features and make adjustments as well as the set up.
And the unbelievably helpful audiologyonline.com! There are lots of tutorials there, from short and basic, to long and professional. Totally free (unless you want CE credits).
It does seem that if anyone on here says anything contrary about Costco, it upsets some people. Pays to check around and reach your own conclusions.
Opinion please - I head back tomorrow with my single opn1. I find that unless I raise the volume up from what is set as the baseline, it does not help at all, even in quiet settings. The ‘baseline’ is 60% where I hear the HA beep as I move the slider on the ‘triple home key press’ In very noisy situations it needs to be set to 100% or ‘4’ on the app most of the time.
I’m convinced that with a borderline left ear that a second one will not hurt - only assist my understanding of speech better. I’m only concerned with speech and the balance of the surrounding noise.
I’m going to propose that they provide me with the second opn1 and a pair of resound 3d. Now that I’ve had the OPN1 for nearly 3 weeks, I have a good understanding of what it has done for me (with it’s current setting) which I am blind to.
Is it uncommon to ask the aud to have 2 pairs at once to compare? I would of course pay for all of it and then get reimbursed for the set that does not meet my needs.
It is unusual, but if you pay for it all upfront and are comfortable with losing the money for the services associated with the second hearing aid than I don’t imagine it would be a problem.
I’m guessing that with a single OPN 1, your sense of balance is probably upset a little bit because you used to hear better with the left ear. But now with the focus being switched the other way around, getting used to hearing more with the right ear as it is the dominant ear now (with the correction applied) probably throws you off a little.
Maybe your brain has been desensitized to hearing using the right ear all these years (by letting the left ear do most of the work). So you need the extra volume on the right earnow to “wake up” that dormant part of the brain, or even re-wire it.
I can’t see having the second hearing aid will hurt (except your wallet). Maybe with a second hearing aid, it’ll help restore the sense of equilibrium to your hearing balance and reduce the focus on re-sensitizing your right hearing so much so fast.
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The visit worked out very well. I’ve ordered the second OPN1 after adjustment was made. They also provided a loaner pair of Linx 3D, which I am trying out now. Interesting and they are quite different.
The only problem they had was pairing the linx 3D with the iphone. I did a forget on the OPN1, but only 1 of the Resounds will pair. They show up individually in the MFi hearing devices but once I pair one the other vanishes. I have not loaded any Resound app yet. Any ideas? perhaps I should post this question in another thread.
The Resounds pair separately with the Iphone - sounds like one wan’t fully paired at inception - put the phone in flight mode, delete the pairing and boot the suspect one first, nearest the Iphone with a 5 minute old battery, then reactivate the bluetooth, confirm the pairing on each side before attempting to do anything else.
Thank you - Um_Bongo I’ve tried your suggestions. I can pair to L or R, but not both. Sometimes they both show up as Wayne’s hearing aids. Other times on shows up as GN and the other shows up as Wayne’s hearing aids
Looks like a glitch either with IOS or the aids. Not one I’ve run into either.
May I ask what is normal when a set of Resound LInx 3D are paired? are both seen as individual aids and does selecting one of the pair connect both…or is it different. I also loaded the app and tried to access the pair of hearing aids through it then turned off the left one (with the right one paired to the phone )and tried again. The app never gets past “please connect your hearing aids” thanks
I called resound and they were great. It’s a problem in the programming at the AUD office. They should be seen as 1 line item (L&R), not 2 (L) ® which is what I experience. I’ll have to head back over and have them “erased” and reprogrammed.
What was this thread about again? Asking for a friend.
lol. A friend eh? 
Waynetc started the thread. He posted just before you did. He can go wherever he wants with his thread.
Only downside of threads wandering for me is that if there’s something I want to come back to, I often can’t find it.
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I’ll get a notification that some thread I’ve been interested in, and posted to – like this one – has got new posts. But I’ll go there and it’s always about the OPN1 
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