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have had a numerical volume control, what is or was it set at? Someone who I know who is studying to be an audiologist and who wears hearing aids used to wear some between 2 and 3, and told me that "if set at 4, they break down quicker for people".
 
My first HA's, Phonak superfont PCCLA (i think) which i wore from age of 8 until 21, It is analouge HA's which has volume controls, I always had them on 3/4 depending on surrounding, I found 3 too quiet and 4 okay enough but sets feedbacks! Which is annoying.
At 21/22 i recieved Widex senso through private sponsorship. it's digital HA's It does not have numerical volume but do have type of levels where i would need to turn up if necessary but the whole 8 years of using them i never used the controls as the HA is setted to suit my hearing levels (it was at it's Max!).

My current HA (along with CI) is Untrion Analouge... it's too quiet for me, i cannot turn it up anymore than 2/3 as it keeps whistling, I am using/hearing through it alot less now as now i have CI.

Never heard or been told that volume 4 would break the HA down quicker...
 
when i used to wear my oticon 380p's (analogs), they had a numerical volume control between 1 and 5. i usually had mine set on 4. i also have never heard of a hearing aid being damaged because of adjusting its volume control on a higher setting. i've always worn my oticon 380p's on a number 4 volume setting and they have worked perfectly for the past 15 years (in fact, they still work to this day even though i no longer have any residual hearing due to bilateral ci's).
 
My Widex Inteo has volume from 1-13. When I first got it (second ha) it was set to 9. Now it is cranked to the max 13 and doesn't help that much. In fact, all settings are at max level :(
 
Wow, I (and presumably the person I know who who is studying to be an audiologist) have never heard of 1 - 13 before. Maybe 4 was the maximum she has (had) heard of, or it has been what her hearing aids have always been. I will have to ask her.
 
i've never heard of a hearing aid having a volume control that goes from 1-13 either. what loss is the widex inteo designed for? severe-profound?
 
Hear Again said:
i've never heard of a hearing aid having a volume control that goes from 1-13 either. what loss is the widex inteo designed for? severe-profound?
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Yes, severe-profound. When I found the delta was too weak, I made sure I got one that would carry me as far as a ha could. It was nice while it lasted, as it had 3 channels (one for phone, one for mp3 and normal) plus great volume range.
 
etalton said:
Yes, severe-profound. When I found the delta was too weak, I made sure I got one that would carry me as far as a ha could. It was nice while it lasted, as it had 3 channels (one for phone, one for mp3 and normal) plus great volume range.
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i'm glad the inteos worked great for you.

i've never had hearing aids that had more than one channel or program before.

i'm curious...how well did the inteos work for you when it came to the phone? if a hearing aid has a specific program for use with the phone, how does it change the sound so that you can hear better (as opposed to the normal setting)? does it increase the volume and clarity of what you hear?
 
Hear Again said:
i'm glad the inteos worked great for you.

i've never had hearing aids that had more than one channel or program before.

i'm curious...how well did the inteos work for you when it came to the phone? if a hearing aid has a specific program for use with the phone, how does it change the sound so that you can hear better (as opposed to the normal setting)? does it increase the volume and clarity of what you hear?
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With the phone mode, it cuts out the background noise so all you hear is the phone. I still had problems with the phone when using the "phone" mode (kept having static and some feedback..perhaps due to my amplified phone), but I found that if I switched to the mp3 mode, and used a jack, I could plug the headphone into my ha using dai and could hear just fine. For as long as it lasted, that is. Got the inteo in June of this year and by October, couldn't use any phones. Now, it just barely helps me speech read, but I still hear environmental sounds.
 
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