OK, but I would still bet that you can switch programs faster using the buttons on your hearing aids than doing it via the ON app. The constant fiddling is only partly because of the ON app being bad making it inconvenient to you per se (although I’m not defending the ON app). But mainly, the fiddling is because of your need to make adjustments due to tinnitus, not counting needing to access the smart phone and turn on the app and connect and make the program change.
I would suggest you try switching programs using the buttons on the More aids instead of the ON app instead. Maybe you will find it more efficient and therefore less of a hassle. Think about it, even if you want to go from program 1 to program 4, 3 clicks on your HA’s button would still only take about 1 second to accomplish. Using the ON app, it’ll take you a second or 2 to grab your phone, another second to sign in and launch the app (assume the fast FaceID), then maybe another second or two or three to wait for the ON app to open then connect with your HAs before you can take maybe another second or so to change programs.
BUT, having said that, if you find yourself having to constantly fiddle with the ON app, I don’t see how using the Resound app would be no fiddling at all. It’s the same steps to access and change programs pretty much regardless of which app it is.
Below is the screenshot for the Operate Button page on Genie 2 for the More. A long press up or down on the rocker switch on either of the hearing aids would do a program change up or down, and a short press on either of the hearing aids would do a volume change. A very long press would turn off the aids.
Back in the OPN days when there’s only 1 button on each aid instead of a rocker switch like with the More, the left button is for program or volume change down, and the right button is for program or volume change up. But since the rocker switch is available on the More, you can do up or down on just one of the 2 sides, whichever is more convenient for you at the moment. Like if your right hand is busy, you can just change things up and down with just your left hand alone.
If your audi has disabled both the program change and/or the volume change (the boxes next to them in the screenshot below wouldn’t have a check mark) and maybe even the shutdown button option, then you won’t be able to use the buttons at all. It’s hard to imagine why your audi would turn the use of the rocker switches off (all those boxes unchecked) because you don’t really stand to gain anything by turning them off.
Short, Long, and Very Long Button presses and their uses:
Short press = press and let go
Short Right ear press for volume up
Short Left ear press for volume down
When normal volume is reached there is a short extra tune to indicate that normal volume has been reached.
Long press = press and hold for a second (maybe count one-thousand-one), then let go
Long is for switching Programs
Very long press/VLP = four seconds until orange light for Off cycle, and also four seconds until green light for On cycle
VLP Off/On cycle is same as placing them in the charger and remove from the charger
VLP Useful for pairing HAs to TV Adapter (light blue indicator on TV Adapter = paired)
VLP Useful for preparing HAs for a connection to a hearing aid programming device for a new fitting session.
Maybe even more uses. That’s all I use OPN buttons for.
ETA: Whoops; The (Very long press/VLP) is from my More hearing aids, not Opn. This is difficult to write about with precision. The @Volusiano version above may be more informative.
You make an important point about the molds. there are a lot of variables when it comes to judging aids–the fitter, the expectations of the client, and yes, the custom mold (and how its set up) versus rubber molds in all their variety. I can easily imagine someone being disappointed in one brand of HA and then being fitted with custom molds and raving about them. Or vice versa. My molds really boost the bass sound in my right aid, especially after I had the vent blocked. But blocking the left ear vent was a disaster! so, all of this and more has to be noted when we evaluate aids! Tricky business!
edit: I see my audi tomorrow. if I can I’d like to get a dedicated hand held device to operate my HA’s. Bluetooth and a smart phone can be problematic, to say the least. OR easy when it’s working!
Hopefully, in the future, artificial intelligence (AI) will be incorporated into the HA. They know what we want based on your preference. The HA will inform the brain via some sort of signal or based on HA chip with AI.
Actually all of the big 6 HA mfgs already use AI in their HAs in one form or another. Even a small startup like Whisper has AI as well. Philips is not one of the big 6 but also has AI in its HA line.
