Self Fitting Resound Quattro 9s

The dotted lines are your prescribed fit according to the fitting algorithm (and user experience profile) that you’ve chosen at 50, 65, and 80 dB SPL of input. The diamonds of red or blue color are your actual fit according to the program mode that you’ve chosen. For various reasons the program mode doesn’t output the prescribed fit. So by further adjusting the gain for a particular program you are undoing the compression ratio that ReSound has decided works best for that environmental situation.

You’ve left yourself as “First-Time User.” If you’re like me, you might want to try switching to “Experienced User (Nonlinear).” That will bring the actual output for any program closer to your prescribed fit (First-Time User is deliberately underfit for “comfort” vs. loud sounds). You might also want to try switching to different fitting algorithms. I prefer NAL-NL2 over ReSound’s proprietary Audiogram+, based on NAL1. Your low-frequency hearing is bad enough, too, that you might begin to benefit by having a more occlusive fit, including using custom fit molds rather than domes. The feedback analysis (light gray shape descending from above), done via DFS Ultra II, shows you must be using a significantly open fit and thus have the potential if you go up too much in amplification to encounter squealing feedback.

The link describes how by temporarily removing some programs you can substitute other programs of your own creation to compare at the same time in the Smart 3D program what, say, the All-Around program sounds like when fit with First-Time User vs. Experienced(Nonlinear) or Audiogram+ vs. NAL-NL2.

In the attached fits for me below, there were no gain adjustments other than prescribed directly by program experience profile and fitting algorithm. Note the difference in feedback potential from the more occlusive fit shown on the right. I see that you are using HP receivers, so maybe you’ve already maxxed out on the potential for reducing feedback and are wearing an occlusive fit? My receivers are MP.

The ReSound Audiology Online courses helped me learn alot about fitting. You can audit them and others on the Audiology Online site for free (the Search filter is very powerful).

Both fits shown below are for ReSound’s All-Around program.

First-Time User, Audiogram+, Open Domes      Experienced User(Nonlinear), NAL-NL2, Occlusive                                                                                 Custom ReSound molds(Select-a-Vent)

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