Data Logging - Why is it needed?

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I found out today that Data Logging is turned on, on my aids.

My Audi had a look as I asked for my t coil to be increased in volume.

Why is data logging needed/benefit? I thought it was turned off, on my aids.
 
One thing I think it does is adjust your default volume if you've increased or decreased it x number of times under the same circumstance.
Does your Audi not know what is for? If not s/he can certainly call Phonak for info/help. My Audi does this when she doesn't know something.
 
I spoke with a medical supplier about data logging. Many insurance companies are now requesting it....you guessed it, because they want to justify whether you are actually using their equipment. Some devices, like CPAP/VPAP machines have a built-in modem and they "call" it to see how often you use it. If you don't use it often, they take it away from you.

On hearing aids, I cannot say....it could be used for research purposes or to help the audi determine what settings are best.
 
LoveBlue said:
One thing I think it does is adjust your default volume if you've increased or decreased it x number of times under the same circumstance.
Does your Audi not know what is for? If not s/he can certainly call Phonak for info/help. My Audi does this when she doesn't know something.
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Oh that makes sense now as he then increased my left aid to the very very max, I guess as I was turning it up all the time. Maybe the data logging told him? He said I do not have any room in my left aid now :( Left ear has always been the worse. Although I can not actually hear any better in my left side and it doesn't seem any louder.

Think my Audi know what it is, I didn't understand what it was for.

I really really did think it was not turned off.
 
It's also good for working out whether a hearing aid is genuinely not helpful or if the person has not worked out how best to use it. For people with no previous experience of hearing aids they may say they cannot hear in this situation and that situation and it turns out they have never engaged the approrpriate program. It tells the audi where you spend most of your time but analysed in terms of a soundscape rather than a place. You can ask someone at a fitting where do you most want to hear and they tell you "At church" but is that a quiet traditional type of service? A gospel service? Is it a small intimate church or is it a giant megachurch with soundfield systems and loops? The hearing aid datalogging can tell them what kind of soundscape you mean by church. It can confirm you are or are not wearing them - I'd have been caught out as a child that way, thank goodness there was no data logging when I was at school! I used to exchange my batteries to hope I gave the impression I was wearing my hearing aids at school when I wasn't. But as a parent I'd be grateful for datalogging to be able to tell me that my child was not wearing her aids, so it's very useful in that context. It helps to work out if the aid is behaving as expected, if you tell the audi that you spend almost all your time in a busy loud environment and the Soundflow program is sticking in Omni instead of directional then they know to turn up the sensitivity to speech. It's an extra tool to match up the settings to what you need.
 
LOL I have Datalogging on my FM unit and it seems to be helpful whenever since I used it in school alot!
 
NaidaUP said:
He said I do not have any room in my left aid now :( Left ear has always been the worse. Although I can not actually hear any better in my left side and it doesn't seem any louder.
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Wandering from the topic but I noticed you mentioned this in a number of threads, have you been thinking about what you would do next? Would you go with the total BSL path, stick with HA and hope your R ear will manage, would you consider CI or are you not at all sure? Must be a bit of a game-changer to be told that the max power hearing aids are maxed out.
 
RoseRodent said:
Wandering from the topic but I noticed you mentioned this in a number of threads, have you been thinking about what you would do next? Would you go with the total BSL path, stick with HA and hope your R ear will manage, would you consider CI or are you not at all sure? Must be a bit of a game-changer to be told that the max power hearing aids are maxed out.
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I am in the same situation but I have learned Auslan and am ready for the deaf world. My only problem is employment my current job is no good if I can't hear. :(
 
RoseRodent said:
Wandering from the topic but I noticed you mentioned this in a number of threads, have you been thinking about what you would do next? Would you go with the total BSL path, stick with HA and hope your R ear will manage, would you consider CI or are you not at all sure? Must be a bit of a game-changer to be told that the max power hearing aids are maxed out.
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I've been accessed for CI all ready but due to medical problem which means I don't heal, they won't do one as the implant would move to easily. Had 3 ear operations and 4 ankle operations, each time, my stitches have had to be in for 7 weeks roughly.

Nightmare!
 
SimonJ said:
I am in the same situation but I have learned Auslan and am ready for the deaf world. My only problem is employment my current job is no good if I can't hear. :(
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Very hard to keep work when you are totally deaf. I would feel the same way as you with my job. Luckily, I still get very good results from my right side which means I am okay for now and I hope it stays that way.
Good luck!
 
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