I’m an old guy with some high-frequency hearing loss,
my flat audiogram 250 - 2000 Hz dropping by about 30 dB at 4000 Hz.
My 90 % use case is to understand my wife better in a quiet environment (no bluetooth).
With a Phonak P30-R, equalizers set to “speech” + no further adjustment,
I’d expect the audiogram on hearingtest.online to be fairly flat, 4000 about the same as 2000. In fact it’s only a little better, say 20 dB down.
(You may say “no no, web tests are useless”
but I’m an engineer, want reproducible tests that I can run myself –
suggestions welcome.)
- is it reasonable to expect a flat response curve 250 - 4000 Hz from a hearing aid, for mild hearing loss ?
- is it possible with a Phonak P30-R ?
(Can the hearing-aid person adjust the 4 initial equalizer settings
auto, restaurant, music, speech separately ? Can s/he print or plot 4 curves ?) - how can I explain to a hearing-aid salesperson who hardly understands curves that I want a flatter audiogram for speech ?