I wear a BAHA aid for everyday living and I’m very pleased with it. Except it’s not good at all for playing music. I play classical guitar and use Signia Ax aids for that.
recently I found an article about Widex Dream aids that stated “simple is best for musicians”. And indeed I have most features turned off on my Signia aids when I use my Musician program–that is, compression, noise reduction, feedback control, etc etc.
Last week I left my Signia aids at a motel way up on the north coast of Calfornia. While waiting for them to be mailed, I’ve been using my back up aids: a lower end set of Phonaks that are nearly twenty years old. The thing is, they have NO issues with playing my guitar in any program. More importantly, the sound of my guitar is very pure and unprocessed. On the other hand, the amplificartion is poor compared to my Signia aids. And both the high and low ends of the sound spectrum are missing.
All of this is to ask: if “simple is better for musicians” since we disable all of the add on features when playing music: and since I use a BAHA for all other circumstances and don’t need those add on features…what’s a good aid for my needs?
the Widex Dream has been discontinued.
P>S. my Signia aids have arrived. They are better than my old Phonaks for music, but really sound over processed to me.