I wonder if hearing professionals ever fit themselves.
Would think that an AuD, with hearing loss, would probably want to fine tune the fitting software, for that should combine for him/her self the best of both hearing knowledge and patient insight.
Or am I wrong and do most hearing professionals insist on going to others for fine tuning… I mean after a REM might have been done, and the audiogram. But for fine tuning?
Please enlighten me on this… Thank you in advance to all pros who take a moment to respond.
I always try out new models when they launch as I want to have some idea of the products pros & cons if I’m going to recommend them. In the process of doing this, I’ll often run REMs on myself and, if required, make any additional fine tuning adjustments myself. I think Auds would be more than capable of doing it all themselves.
Right I would assume so…
I had posted on my Target Tweaks Tips, etc thread this question as well
Why don’t all the hearing aid pros, actually complain about the software.
I am sure there could be functional improvements, like that.
As well as a lot of inconsistency in between screens, and menus.
Oh goodness I was just thinking about this. For all the advocating for best practices with real ear verification, I would still be "DIY"ing on myself. Like @Louie I also try out hearing aids when they come out. I have a fairly generic NOAH audiogram I program to specifically for that purpose. I have learned how to get a probe mic in my ear fairly easily, but I’ve bumped my TM a couple of times along the way. That being said, I would probably ask a colleague to do initial real ear, just for timeliness, and then I would do fine tuning stuff by myself on the back end.