Just got fitted with the Audeo S IX’s yesterday. Overall, am pleased even as my ears and brain adjust to their sound.
Couple of things that I’ll be watching for:
In SoundFlow (automatic program), I’m hearing a lot of general background white noise. I’m coming from in the ear, so I think this may be just getting used to more of the general high pitched sound available with a behind-the-ear open dome fitting. But I’m not sure I like it all that much.
On that note, in general the sound feels a bit too biased toward the highs. I may ask my audiologist to adjust for a fuller, richer sound profile.
On my right ear, the audiologist disabled whistle manager as he was adjusting the aid to get more for me from it with an open dome. I had four occasions on the first day where I heard a clip of feedback noise as people would start speaking. I’ll want to see a fix for this.
Based on the suggestion of others, we programmed the following: DuoPhone, StereoZoom, AutoZoom, Music and Mute. I love StereoZoom and AutoZoom. Not so sure about DuoPhone, you first have to activate it, then hold the phone just so. . .
One thing that I noted that no one else has mentioned was that when he programmed AutoZoom, he clicked on a check box to activate “Direct Touch”. What that allows for is for me to kick into “Zoom Control - Right” when I activate the program with using the button on my right hearing aid or “Zoom Control - Left” when I activate the program using the button my left aid. I like that better than just Autozoom (which I can still activate using the remote) as it gives me fast access to the two most likely uses for zooming (as a driver or passenger in a car). I’ll use StereoZoom for forward situations and the remote for anything else. . .
Although I hate the necklace form factor, I do love the functionality of the iCom. Sound for my mobile phone for calls is great. I will want the audiologist to change the sound profile for music. Again, I just find everything too “trebly” and want more richness. I’ve found this listening both to music via bluetooth and also via directly connecting the iCom to my computer or mobile via the 3.5mm cable.
One thing I really liked with the iCom was how easy it was to set up with my Mac. I can listen to youtube or music really easily and the mic supposedly also works for things like Skype (which I haven’t tested).
The only thing I’m not liking with the computer is that as alert tones play, the iCom tends to miss them or clip them. The alert is generated by the computer, passed to the iCom which plays its “I’m activating” tone but then misses playing the alert before playing its “I’m disengaging” tone. So if I get an email, I don’t hear the email tone but an “I’m activating” then “I’m disengaging” tone from the iCom. I’ll see if there’s a way to shorten the delay in sending the audio through to the hearing aids when I next visit my audi.
More notes to come. So far, I’m really pleased. I’ll be setting up the TV link for iCom tomorrow. Just had to order a longer cable than came with the unit.