Hi, my mother is using a Phonak Naida UP that will be “connected” to the AB cochlear implant in the near future. Right now the problem we have is my (old) mother being not much collaborative when the audiologist tries to fit the aid. But, after reading the Target manual, I’ve seen in incredible number of “options” that we never tried during the fitting sessions… and two hour driving to return with nothing new is frustrating.
Of course we have no way to “experiment” changes in the calm environment of her house and at clinic my mother starts to be anxious and not giving feedback to the audiologist.
Typically she says she’s not hearing and to raise the volume, but I suspect we’re moving in the wrong direction!
So I would like to know more about what I can ask to try to the audiologist and explain with calm to my mother the day before that we need to experiment and step by step find the best fitting. She has a really severe loss and the main things to improve are the conversation with other people (usually from one to three), using the phone and listen to TV. About TV, they suggested to use the TV connect device.
To tell the full story, until a week ago, she was using the Naida PR (the rechargeable one) but it is not compatible with the AB implant. I thought the fitting could be “copied” but with the new Naida she’s experiencing a worse hearing, she can barely understand me at phone (while before it was able to get a conversation).
Any help is really appreciated!
Anna.
ps: sorry for my English I’m not a native speaker.