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I'm new to this, but came across on Google. Figured it may be a good site to find more help and info... I have Moderate to Profound Hearing Loss in the High Frequency. I currently have Analog BTE hearing aids. I've had analog since I was 5 and it's all I've ever had and am used to. Tried a couple digital ones in the past, but I didn't like the way they sounded. But it's coming to the point where any day these hearings aids are just going to kick the bucket. So, I'm trying to find out what people with similar hearing loss are wearing and liking! Also, if there is any help out there financially for hearing aids. That has been my biggest issue is that there just seems to not being any kind of help for hard of hearing world! Which just seems completely unfair. Any advice or a point in the right direction would be awesome!! Thank you to anyone!! :wave:
 
I use Oticon for my loss which is somehow like yours when I wear my 2 aids but with my 3rd pair got right back up on track LOL
and there's other brands to choose from, like Phonak :3
 
oticon safaris are great i have the 900s they are a pediatric brand but im 20 so it doesnt matter :)
 
Digital aids can be programmed like analogue aids.
 
oticongirl20 said:
oticon safaris are great i have the 900s they are a pediatric brand but im 20 so it doesnt matter :)
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What's the difference with pediatric and mature? I feel like I'm super out of the loop about hearing aids! Lol... I've had the same ones for so long, I don't know the difference with other hearing aids. Decided to take it upon myself and educate myself!! Thanks for responding!
 
NaidaUP said:
Digital aids can be programmed like analogue aids.
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That I have been told by one person! He was just a dealer but he said he could fit digital to be like analog. But he's retired and now I'm back to finding the right person who will listen to what I want! Oh and crazy thing, just had a new hearing test yesterday and I'm 95dB in my left and 100dB in my right. We aren't too far off!
 
[Compression setting]
[Prescribed compression] is selected unless a client is a long term user of linear signal processing, in which case [Semi-linear] is selected. This option makes compression settings more linear than the selected fitting formula recommends to help facilitate the transition from linear signal processing.
You can also manually select [Linear]. This option maintains the targets from the selected fitting formula while making all compression settings as linear as possible.

This is in the Phonak Target 2.0 software.

You are the one that is paying for them so they should listen to you.

I personally found digital way too quiet and weird at first but now more then a year later, they are in fact better when you have the compression on.

Maybe worth giving the semi linear ago.

Just read that you have a high freq hearing loss.
Phonak aids have somthing called sound recovery which means will bring your worse high freq and put them in the low freq range where you hear better. Means you will hear better overall. I dont think you could have sound recovery on if you go for linear settings.

Ive been told today that my sound recovery is 'working hard!'
From what i have read, high freq is not audible but low freq is so that is why the sound recovery is great coz it means you hear more.
 
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