Hi everyone,
I felt it’s time for a quick update. At the end, I decided to turn back the Phonak. I just didn’t feel well with them. And my audi said, after hearing my description, I would probably not be happy with them.
I now got the Pure Primax 7px by Siemens/Sivantos/Signia. And I really like them. As soon as I put them into my ear, I felt like changing back to “my hearing aids” so to say; the feeling was comparable to get into my own car, to type with my own phone etc. It just felt right.
Today, I got back for some more adaptions, and I mentioned the formula nal-nl2. So we changed it, and WOW! Everything sounds so much different now. It is awesome. I am not sure yet if better though; I am still in a testing phase. But everything is louder, clearer, and perceivable. Now my brain has so many things to get used to, it is really really cool. Traffic noise, air conditioners, people in a mall: there are so many sounds everywhere. I like it to be able to “turn them off” just via a click in my hearing aids, but it is good to know that now I can hear it.
Nevertheless, paper rustling, high pitch voices etc, do not seem as jarring and annoying to me as they did when I tried the Phonak. So I think, I will stick to the Siemens now. Knowing that there are SO many options one can test, this testing period could really last forever. Let’s wait till I will teach again next week, so maybe that will be THE experience.
However, I dediced to give the Oticon Opn a try, too - immediately after returning from my journey in the end of June. And then, hopefully, I can decide which ones to go with.
Thanks to everyone for their help again. If anyone wants to share their experience regarding Oticon Opn vs Siemens/Signia Primax, I would really appreciate that.
Oh, and here is my audiogram! Can anybody explain me how to transfer this into numbers I can put in my forum-signature like so many of you do, too? I am not quite sure how to include the two different curves (bone vs. air), because at my left ear the conductive hearing loss is essential (due to a damage to my ear drum I had as a child). Thank you so much!
