I have had it beep every once in a while but really rarely. Except when I first put them in of course. As to the all around - I use m&rie so don’t really get that and can’t compare…
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The beep happens seemingly at random. I paid attention and it only beeps in the right aid. I do have all app notifications set to ON but I don’t see any. I keep my phone notifications mostly off and don’t see any changes in app settings so no idea what the beep means.
Thanks for the confirmation that these aids auto adjust. They seem to get confused with voices on the AM radio, adjusting back and forth with different voices, or even the same voice. Would you know, if I create and save a program, will that program still auto adjust? If I am in All Around mode and using the app, and change the Noise Reduction setting from “Auto” to “Strong” or lower, does that stop automatic program switching of the All Around program or only effect the Noise Reduction within that program?
Thanks for the replies
Be careful about using STRONG noise reduction. Only have read about earlier ReSound Quattros but ReSound says that very strong noise reduction can cut into speech intelligibility and recommends using no more than CONSIDERABLE noise reduction when in a speech environment. Apparently, the STRONG setting is recommended mainly for repetitive annoyingly loud noise by itself, like a noisy exhaust fan.
In earlier posts you indicated you were an Android user. I’m an iPhone user with my HA’s. With the upgrade to iOS 15.x, I’ve noticed the following with my ReSound Quattros. I have a battery alarm app that will sound when my iPhone is charged to a specific level and when set by an iOS shortcut (being plugged into a charger), the battery alarm app seems to open and hold a BT streaming channel. When I move out of BT range, I get an alert sound in my HA’s. I guess that’s supposed to cleverly remind me that now that I’m out of the BT range of my charging iPhone, when the desired battery level is reached and the alarm is triggered on my iPhone, I’ll never get the alert in my HA’s because I’ve gone out of BT range. Have no idea whether it’s possible for Android but maybe something similar is going on for you with Android, i.e., you’re going out of range something your phone or your HA’s are paired with and you’re getting an alert to warn you? Probably not so but just thought I’d mention that faint possibility.
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Thanks for the Noise Reduction advise. I can tell speech understanding is reduced as NR is increased. You may be right about the beep being related to BT, it seems maybe my right aid loses connection for a second or two, then reconnects. I will experiment with turning off BT for a day and see if I get any beeps.
Will these aids auto adjust in all programs like Restaurant or only in All Around? Tnx
It’s not the Noise Reduction that you are noticing. It’s the directional processing. This can be set in the Fitting Software but not in the app. I use Resound One but I guess the default settings will be similar in the Jabra. You get a high degree of directional processing in All Around. When I am in a situation where I don’t want to get that strongly directional effect, where the aids are trying to guess what you are listening to and what noise sources might be a problem, for example when I am in a large meeting at work and voices I need to listen to are coming from all and any directions unpredictably, I use the Outdoor program with wind noise reduction and noise reduction turned off. (I don’t have a Restaurant program set. I have All Around, Music, Ultra Focus and Outdoor.)
Regarding the occasional beep, I have occasionally noticed that if I move back into Bluetooth range from my iPhone, I might get a single beep from one of both aids. This sounds like the beep you get if you make a volume change and I have always assumed that the iPhone and aids somehow became out of sync on volume setting and this was the aids accepting a minor adjustment. It doesn’t happen often and it isn’t a problem unless you let it be! But it could be some other indication such as Jim mentions. Or it could be both!
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Thanks for the explanation. I am not liking the auto changes. I will be hearing fine, then suddenly the volume increases and the background noise increase. Then a few minutes later, changes back. I hate it. If I wasn’t able to choose one of my custom programs, there is no way I could wear these for the next 2 weeks. It bothers me that much. I read many posts on Phonak Autosense saying same complaint. Thanks again
So one possibility I thought of - there is an environmental adjustment setting which changes the gain depending on how much noise the aids hear. I wonder if that is the issue. Turning it off may well help that. Just another thought…
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I see a setting labeled…“Auto-activate favorite locations” (which I turned off 1st day inhad them) but don’t see an Environmental setting. Can you advise where that might be located? I only seem to notice this when listening to the radio. I have all of the noise suppression setting NOT on auto. I think my audi maybe screwed the pooch on my setup. I was so impressed at my demo and so disappointed now. But I was able to get in this Friday to see what is going on and get some molds made. Unless something is wrong with my aids, I’m hoping these can be greatly improved.
It’s something in the programming app not the phone app. One of the settings allows for gain changes based on perceived volume. If you aren’t doing diy you can’t see it but the HIS at Costco can.
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Here are my thoughts. I am on my 3rd pair of Costco “Resounds”. First pair was KS5 back in 2010 ( I think) then Forte, now Jabra.
I have never noticed any volume change associated with directionality.
The fitter can adjust the strength of the noise reduction that the aids are set to at their baseline. I believe my aids are set to medium. At this setting, and in the presence of a consistent noise such as road noise or an exhaust fan, the aids will attenuate that sound after about 10 seconds.
I leave my Jaba app noise reduction set at auto.
I use the app a lot, but while you are getting acclimated to the aids, and while you are working with the fitter, I would think you would be best served by leaving the app settings at default.
I despise Resound power domes (double domes). They have zero venting and are totally occlusive and uncomfortable to me.
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Whereas I do notice a volume change when the aid in All-Around automatically selects ultra focus for example. (But mine are Resound One, which may be subtly different.)
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I’ve noticed the same thing and find it very distracting. I don’t like or typically need Ultra Focus, and no longer have it as a program. It frustrates method it kicks in in certain situations in All Around. Thank goodness it’s not a regular occurrence.
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None of my Resound Aids have ever switched by themselves between All Around, Restaurant, Outdoor, Music, and now Ultra Focus. What setting in the software allows this? ( so I can be sure to avoid it)
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They don’t switch, per se, from one program to the next. Mine stay in All Around, but I’ve been watching TV with a lot of noise, like crowds cheering in a football game, and while still in All Around the noise level drops and speech seems elevated, much the way it would if I had, in fact, switched to Ultra Focus. After a very short period of time everything reverts to what it was. Very distracting the first time it happened, and it has only occurred in very specific situations while in All Around.
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All Around has historically altered the microphone directionality, and done nothing with volume.
What may be different now is that noise reduction now has an “automatic” option that is available from within the app. It is the rightmost selection on the slider. My aids will attenuate a steady noise (such as road noise) after about 10 seconds. This extra noise reduction reverses when the noise is no longer present. The extent to which this trait exists is adjustable by the fitter in the programming software.
It would be intetresting to observe if you set the noise reduction in the app to something other than automatic, if you still noticed the volume swings. If you did, I would be stumped as to why this was happening.
Jay, that is exactly what I am experiencing. Mostly noticing while either watching TV or listening to the radio
And I have Noise Reduction set to…other than automatic. Still hear it.
I called my audi and she said she can turn it off any “auto” settings at next visit. And yes, she confirmed there are “auto” changes going on.
Thanks for the replies, very helpful
There is a lot of information here:
https://pro.resound.com/en-gb/products/support-materials/one-support
As I said before, your problem isn’t the automatic noise reduction. It’s the automatic directionality processing. It’s easy to turn off in the fitting software. For example you can choose Omni which doesn’t give you any directionality at all. I would have to go into the software to check, but there are I think four different options.
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Then you lose the benefits of directionality. I would try to get used to how the hearing aids sound when they’re working as designed, before giving that up.
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I agree with you and I have left it alone in my Ones, but I’m just telling him what is possible if he wants.
Ultrafocus is truly weird to hear, but I did find one situation where it worked well for me.
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