Thanks for the quick response. I called Costco and was told that my hearing loss is such that the M&RIE would cause too much feedback. I also have small ear canals with a pretty sharp bend so it looks like it is not for me. I was only wondering because it is supposed to help with directionality and I have trouble locating sound so I thought it might be helpful. BTW, I’m in the northern VA area as well with a son who would appreciate your UVA reference!
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Hello,I am also in the Northern Va area,there is a Costco in Manassas that has a hearing aid person that also has a hearing problem,she is pretty good,her name is AmyI have been to her twice now,but,still keep hopping these adjustment will work,she is helpful though in trying.
Thank you. I am seeing Wen in the Fairfax Costco. We’ll see how he does.
You are welcome,I have been to the Costco in Fairfax,but only saw Lidija Kirovska,I was not impressed with her at all! she would not listen to my concerns and did not give me much of her time ,she was rude. I would not see her again,if by any chance I would go back there. That Costco,is much closer to me then Manassas,but,I will stick with Amy for now. Let me know how you appointment went with Wen.
My first Costco experience was so unsuccessful that was considering returning the Jabras. jay_man2 had a ton of good information and experience with the Jabras, so I reached out. He recommended Amy, and my first visit with her was a revelation. Highly recommended [and thanks again jay_man2]. Cheers
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Yes Tony,I was ready to give up too,I did meet with Amy a few times now,and decided to keep my Jabra’s also,just have to keep doing adjustments with her and we will get it right! still having problems with hearing my T.V. clearly,(voices) and and my gym.
I picked up a Noahlink, but haven’t yet started down the DIY tuning rabbithole. Soon will though. Amy is great, but being able to tweak and test the results may be better and she has given me a very solid base to work from.
Tony,what is a Noahlink?
It’s the device that communicates from a computer to your aids. It’s only about the size of a pack of cigarettes. You plug a cable from the Noahlink into a computer and the Noahlink allows you to wirelessly transmit from the computer Smartfit software directly to your aids, just like they do at Costco.
The Resound SmartFit software is what you will need to program your Jabra’s. When you 1st connect to SmartFit the software will find and identify your aids as Jabra’s and the software and adjustments are exactly the same as the Resound One.
I am still having a problem hearing speech over noise,at the gym and on the tread mill I can only hear the person next to me,the one next to her,I could not hear! hearing the stove timer over at my son’s house the other day,I could not hear the timer when it went off,I could here it,but not where it was coming from,
If you search the forum, a lot of people like to use a TV streamer. It takes the sound from your TV and sends it directly to your HA’s, making the sound cleaner and cutting out any reverberations you might be getting from around the room. You can also adjust the volume coming to your HA’s separately from the volume any room speakers associated with the TV might be putting out and use the bass/treble adjustments with your HA’s to improve your understanding (“speech clarity” often involves turning down the bass a bit and turning up the midtones and treble). Our digital audio output from our TV
goes to a powered TOSLINK splitter with one splitter output going to our amplifier and speaker system, the other to my TV streamer and I listen to both at the same time with the speaker volume lowered relative to my HA volume via external mic settings. It really helps me understand spoken dialog better. Sometimes at a place like a gym or grocery store with a lot of people and a lot of noise coming from all around, including overhead Muzik, it might help to switch to a program that gives you more forward focus on what you want to hear rather than try to deal with too much noise at once. Don’t know about your age, but older folks have a harder time in the CNS focusing in and selecting a voice out of a crowd, especially with a din of background noise. So, sometimes it helps to use hearing aid settings like Ultrafocus or a Restaurant program with forward focus. I’m trying to make my comments brand agnostic. ReSound, though, recommends not using the strongest noise suppression settings if you’re trying to understand speech - only going as high as “Considerable” in the Smart 3D app.
Thanks Jim for this information,do I get the T.V. streamer from Costco or at a store like Best Buy? what is CNS? and what is the bass/treble ajustments mean?
My guess based on context is CNS means central nervous system.
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The TV Streamer can be ordered at the Costco hearing aid center. It was $259.99 when I bought mine in 2019.
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Thank you jay,kinda of $$ but might be worth it,is it easy to hook up?
Maybe it does mean that,thanks, sounds about right,
The videos here will show you what it takes. I found it very easy.
Do you know if your husband’s hearing loss is conductive or nerve loss? that is, does he have a functioning auditory nerve? My loss is entirely conductive; my cochlear nerve is perfectly fine. I have a Bone Assisted hearing Aid. It transmits sound through my mastoid bone directly to the cochlear nerve. since my hearing loss is conductive, this system, bypases the middle ear, where the loss is located.; My severe middle and high frequency loss in the right ear tests near normal now. My experience agrees with this.
None of my BTE aids have been able to restore that high frequency loss anywhere near as well as the Osia BAHA that I have. Perhaps this is worth pursuing. Ask your ENT if your loss is conducive. If so, this may be an option.
Since you only have a flip phone, you may want to look into getting the Resound Remote 2 accessory device. Then you can choose programs, noise filters, the eq, speech clarity, balance, etc as well as more easily use something like the TV Streamer.
And the Resound accessories work perfect, you don’t need a Jabra branded accessory. Just make sure the Streamer and Remote are new versions, which are, Resound TV Streamer 2, or Resound Remote 2. Both will cost less than half of retail on ebay or even Amazon and will work with the Jabra Enhance Pro aids.
And for me, the Restaurant program works best in noisey situations…
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