Has anyone else had success in adding an ACT value?
My 9050’s are “Almost Heaven”. However, because the software features are built into the aids, but will not be programmed by Costco, I copied General into P4 to trial and error ACT, starting with an ACT setting of 8.
In most environments I don’t notice any difference. But last night 4 of us went to a small restaurant that was very noisy ~78 to 84 dBA. I was facing the corner with two walls. Behind us were three families with 5 loud boisterous girls under 5 years old having a great time. Beside us was a table of three adults, and fortunately the overhead music speakers were not close to our table.
Using the General program, I was understanding 75% of the conversation - far better than my older Rexton hearing aids. But when I switched to P4 with the ACT setting of 8, there was an order of magnitude improvement - probably 95% easy comprehension.
Thanks to all the other DIY users on this forum for giving me the confidence to attempt this ACT trial.