Okay, Mike, I stand corrected (in saying it wasn’t possible without outside help, or self-help to set the aids to allow the tinnitus relief app to send sound to the aids, because by default, this was not enabled in many aids Costco has sold, even if the non-Costco version offered it). I appreciate the update. We’ve had multiple threads from people trying to get tinnitus relief working in aids sold by Costco, and the answer has been: Costco won’t turn it on, so it’s DIY, or pay another audiologist to do it.
You’re finding the ReSound Relief app helpful in distracting you in quiet settings while wearing your Jabras, it seems. Great. But is it also correct that you’re not using it when you’re trying to listen to people speak, TV, music, because then the sounds produced by the app just get in the way?
I should also have added to my post above that some people (including at least one in this thread) report that wearing hearing aids reduces tinnitus symptoms to at least some extent. That’s different. That’s something happening cognitively for them, not a tinnitus reduction feature that could be marketed as a treatment provided by the aids.
And it’s not the same as using a smartphone app like ReSound Relief, which uses Bluetooth to send artificial sound (tones, white noise, electronic sound effects such as ocean waves or birds chirping, selected by the user) into the aids. I personally don’t have that cognitive reduction in my tinnitus symptoms from wearing hearing aids but don’t doubt that some other users do. What I’m saying is that for many users including me, the ReSound Relief app and other similar programs is not worth paying extra for, because I don’t find it useful. To those who do, more power to 'em.
