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Fitting reverse slope SNHL is tricky because it's counterintuitive to the training audiologists receive. For much more, join the Facebook Reverse Slope Hearing Loss group and read the pinned post and the comment thread for extensive references. Dan Schwartz d/b/a Auditory Associates Cherry...

From The Hearing Blog Editor on Phonak Brio aids sold at Costco Hello. My name is Dan Schwartz, Editor of The Hearing Blog; and also author of the March 9th scoop on Phonak selling their hearing aids through Costco. I'd like to clear up a couple of misconceptions about the Phonak Brio series...

You can't defy the laws of physics You can't defy the laws of physics; however if there are particular sounds that are annoying, and they can be identified, then Yes, the DSP's can be tweaked… But this is provided only in the very top-of-the-line hearing aids.

Here's another article by Harvey Dillon & others on the subject of in-situ measurements; but as you can see from the abstract, he is conflating the relative vs absolute values measured in in-situ audiometry. Abstract from "Threshold Measurements by Self-Fitting Hearing Aids: Feasibility and...

One of the reasons why I *really* like in-situ audiometry as implemented by Widex, and by Cochlear in their BAHA device, is that these devices use the data directly to configure the gain in each channel, with no messy 2cc or REIG conversions between what is measured on a pure tone audiogram &...

Here is the abstract from The audiometric threshold: measured in-situ, automated, and by the hearing aid: The need for reliable access to hearing health care services is growing globally, particularly in developing countries and in remotely located, underserved regions in many parts of the...

@Smithtr: Thank you for copying and pasting my original post on Facebook. However, next time, please be courteous enough to give me the proper attribution. Here is my original post from 11:48am EDT (Facebook sign-in required):

Router interference YES, you are getting interference. What is happening is that the data bursts of RF energy are being accidentally demodulated in your SPrint processor, where there is a P-N rectifying junction: Think of a nearby high-power AM transmitter being picked up on dentures (true)...

Precisely. Depending on the center, there are two surgeons involved: One to handle the schwannomas, and another to place the implant. And for most all of the people who have total silence, some sound really helps with environmental awareness, with maybe the top 10 percent getting enough...

Close... CJ: You're close on this one; but I would word it slightly differently than "This allows the software of the internal implant to be adjusted after implantation." It's not really "adjusted;" as a new data table is loaded each time you power up or change programs. The reason...

Magnets & MRI Yes, both AB's HiRes 90K and Cochlear's CI512 have removable magnets, if it is required for MRI. In addition, the magnet is there really only for convenience, and is not necessary for it to work: People who require frequent high power MRI's (1.5 Tesla, as opposed to 0.4T; like...

The AB Harmony processor has been available for the Clarion 1.0 and 1.2 implants (covering those before May 2001) for over a month now here in the US (FDA approval delay); but it requires a software upgrade to SoundWave 2.0, which not every CI center has. I know an engineer who worked on the...

Thank you all Thank you all for the greetings. And, Bebonang: No drama this time. :wave:

Fire your audie. Fire your audie. And, make sure the ENT knows why you are going to a different CI center, too (if there is another one in your city). Another person said that hearing aid dealers mostly deal with old people: True. When I was a dispensing engineer, 98% of my patients were...

ABI info Dear Tigersharkdude: First off, I'm sorry to read you have NF2. There are about 15 people on Facebook with ABI's: Ask Amber Duby, Rachael Morris, or Anne Shigley for friend suggestions for the others. There are slightly over a thousand people worldwide with ABI's, with...

Compatibility CJ: I'm an Electrical Engineer, and hearing impaired myself. I'm also a strong advocate for hearing healthcare, including cochlear implants. In addition, I'm a candidate myself, stuck in insurance hell. My friend Tina Lannin in London has two articles on CI's: This one in...

Hello, AllDeaf.com readers. I'm an Electrical Engineer, and hearing impaired myself. I'm also a strong advocate for hearing healthcare, including cochlear implants. I also edit The Hearing Blog, which earlier today published an analysis of the Advanced Bionics CI recall, titled Failing...