#41

Ah yes you’re right, I was still thinking she was in RICs for some reason.

#44

My hearing loss is similar to your wife’s though a slight bit better at 4KHz and above. Like your wife, music is key to me. After trying several OTC units and two audiologists prescribed RIC units, I have found the Insio AX7 ITC the best for music. RIC units were a disaster for music as their mics(receivers) were on the top of the ear not in the ear. Because of this the pinna effect was lost and music was flat and lost all depth and sound stage…stereo or surround became monophonic. My first pair of Insio’s came in with a poor fit and venting that was too closed. My audiologist returned them for a redo. Signia is apparently not as familiar with fitting as other manufacturers…if fit properly they should be well within your wife’s ears. My audiologist has been very patient as we are on this journey and has been working to optimize my Insio’s for music as well as speech.

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#46

The patient is referring to a Signia branded product, not the Specsavers Advance. In answer to your question though, no they do not lock their hearing aids - if another clinic requires the software to adjust them, Specsavers will send it out to that clinic. And no I cannot share this software for DIY

#47

Yes I was aware of that,the Connexx software and most others are freely available, this is why my question was directed at you, as you mentioned your with Specsavers, but anyways, thanks for letting us know about the software.

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#48

At the last visit with the audiologist, I asked her to check and modify the Recorded Music program.
Most of the settings that have to be switched off were switched off.
Feedback was set to minimum, and she switched it off.
MOP was not at maximum, she said she set it higher.
Result - my wife so far watched a few Youtube classical videos, and she thinks there is an improvement.
I also asked for the other two music programs to be enabled.
The Live music only differs in the microphone direction - front instead of 360deg. The other is for musicians - don’t know what is the difference.
So we will see how it goes. There is probably nothing more that can be done in the Signia platform for music.

#49

I’m an orchestral musician, so have had a steep learning curve on this since starting to wear hearing devices a few months ago.

I’ll link to the UK paper mentioned above:

My audiologist found that helpful, and has shared it in her local team—it’s not much talked about in their training, apparently, which focusses heavily on speech comprehension. With that, she was able to make a fairly useful custom progrmame on the trial Signia 5AXs quickly.

Last week, I started a second trial, of Widex Moments. Word-of-mouth among musician colleagues suggested these were worth trying. And it’s chalk and cheese. For me, they are a huge improvement. Whatever the Signia was working to do was not helping music at all. Widex seem to have a very different aesthetic and goals. The default ‘let the computer choose’ programme was fine, but I was quickly able to set up my own profiles for listening to recordings at home, and performing in different venues. They have been excellent from get-go.

I hope your wife is able to find some way to rediscover her pleasure in music. Your support will be much appreciated by her, I’m sure.

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#50

yes on the phonak , one week w/the new h/a, i play guitar, and am pleased with the music as it should sound… :smiley:

#51

Trial a different set. Till u find one you like

#52

I trialed the signia AX 5 and the 7. I’m a musician. The 7 is better, enough so that I went ahead and got them for extra money that I don’t have. They had to be tweaked like yours, mainly turning off the feedback management completely.

#53

We got our Moderna boosters earlier this week. Next week we are going to meet a few friends for lunch in a restaurant, so it will be an opportunity to try the Signia AX5 in that environment. Also, the wife is going to her walking club again, that involves a train ride 40 min , and conversation in a group of ladies, possible wind etc.

With that info in our pockets, my wife will Phonak Virto Marvel. The audiologist is happy to order them for trial.
It is not the Paradise, but some people say the difference between M and P is mainly in the BT connectivity area, not in the sound processing department. And it is not rechargeable. Those 312 batteries are tiny, aren’t they (for old people, I mean).