Just reporting in as my curiosity was piqued by the discussion of MPO vs gain, the UCL measurement and related topics. I was at my audi today to tweak the MPO/gain proximity a TEENSE. I am hoping for that tiny, noticeable extra boost in clarity at the high end to help speech in LOUD noise. Not sure if I did the right thing, but I think my Phonak Lumity Life settings shows: ain’t much space to maneuver under that MPO boundary!
I can’t do a thing at the lower frequencies, but my audi did step up the higher freqs a couple notches - almost immediately, I noticed a sort of muddied/muffled outcome tho! That surprised both of us, so she took it back down a step - slightly above the original setting I walked in with.
I’ll keep these as shown below on ONE pair of Lumity Life aids.
If my world sounds a bit better, I’ll have her make the same change on my backup pair. So far, I don’t really notice ANY difference in sound, but that’s preferable to the slight muddied outcome she tried.
I guess I’ll never give up that quest for perfect speech comprehension in LOUD noise! I mentioned that my Roger V2 stick sometimes picks up TOO much ambient sound when I’m in a noisy place, but I think I have two options here: 1.) turn the volume DOWN on my aids, or 2.) put aids into Speech in Loud Noise and jack the volume UP a bit. That dedicated program is set to as narrow a beam as possible, so I think this is as good as it gets for now!