DeafDoc1

I agree! I have the UPs and initially they had musical tones when they boot up or connected to the iCom. They were so loud everyone could hear them in a quiet room. My audie was able to turn off the "tones" and now they just beep. I really am not bothered much since my hearing loss is so profound now. I still wish they'd remove the bootup delay. I'm guessing they were also designed for elderly people or those who can't get their aids on quickly, to avoid the annoying feedback.

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ljjehl

you must put them on fast.....I thought the bootup delay can be lessened....the delay I have seem to be just fine....boots up like a fast computer!!

DeafDoc1

Not as fast as I'd like. I'll ask my audie about decreasing the delay. Thanks!

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OK folks
Been doing a lot of reading on the Naida V UP to the point I’m confused.
I understand there are 4 programs plus the default that can be set to different hearing environments. I’m guessing with all of the Naida experts on this site I can get some excellent advice so I don’t have all the miss-steps some others have had in setting theses HAs up.
Here’s what I’m hoping to achieve
1-Everyday wear and hear – No compression just boost it (What I get now)

2-Meeting and lectures using the FM to Bluetooth to the HAs plus hearing directly from the HAs for those that are sitting closer to me then the FM device

3-TV Watching at home with my Surround Sound Components hopefully via blue tooth but I still need to be able to converse with the wife as well as hear her laugh during the movie (can’t make it through the day without her laughter!) but I don’t want to hear the clatter of people getting stuff from the kitchen.

4-In the Car I want to be able to hear the conversation and or Music without all of the wind noise!!!

5-Cell Phone and Music via Bluetooth I plan to update the cell to one that will hold a lot of music which will eliminate the need to update to a Bluetooth MP3 player

6-Noisy environments want to keep up with the conversation in my group of 4 or 6 at my table or standing around the office coffee pot.

I know I want it all but hey I can dream right?

I’ve had HAs since I was 5 (now 42) and I’m tired of people feeling sorry for me or laughing at me when I say or ask something that someone just said or asked because I didn’t hear them. You people know what I mean you’ve been there. Most hearing people can’t help the reaction they have to this situation mention above its human nature at work. Some laugh because they are nervous and don’t know how to react.

What I would give to have some of my friends hear like me for a day not to mention my two Teenagers.

Anyway any ideas on the above wish list will be greatly appreciated. I don’t want to spend close to $6000 and not be happy with the results.

Thanks!!

Fozzy

BTW ljjehl - Thanks for sharing your connection to DARS, I will be meeting a DAC Representative next week.

Mockingbird

I've gotten mine about two weeks ago, after a mix up (SP Naida were received, no UP.) I have a Mod-sev hearing loss, and I ended up having the gain boosted well above the recommended setting. Overall, things sound clearer, a bit different from the sound recovery, the FM system reception works a lot better than my previous (superos.) The right one is malfunction though so I need to go in again, but I suspect it might be because the new mold was cut too short because the manufacturer cuts them before they ship them <_<

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Fozzy

Well since my last post in this thread I've met with a wonderful lady at the Deaf Action center in Dallas and she got me hookedup with a DARS rep. 10 appointments later I'm now in line to get CI for my left ear (The weakest). So now I will be half CI and Half HA. Can't wait......

ljjehl

I wish you the best of luck in your endeavor!!

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Buckman

I'm New here and i am wondering if any can give me advice on getting the best HA batteris for my Phonak Naida, I am using Durcell right now and they don't seem too last long.

lovezebras

For naidas since they use lots of power powerone or cochlear implant batteries are best. My friend has the naidas and she uses CI batteries in her hearing aids as do I since they last a bit longer

ljjehl

How long are your batteries lasting? I have been using duracell myself, and they seem to last about 2 weeks. Some times if I use the FM extensively, I will lose about 2 days in the life of the battery.....I use the Naida V UP aids....

I've also used Walgreens, but seem to have better luck with Duracell....(Update, I meant RayoVac brand....I was using my head, which sometimes mean nothing )

In this test from I site I frequent, a member tested some battery outputs..:
Battery Test Data, Contributed by one of our Members - Hearing Aid Forums | Hearing Loss | Hearing Aids

Hope this helps...

lovezebras

whattttt! You get 2 weeks out of rayovacs!!! My hearing aid hates them and lasts 4 days ...never again will i buy rayovac batteries...

DeafDoc1

I use Rayovac and get about 10-12 days use from them, but I only use my HAs when I'm out of the house.

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Alicia, Don't the Versatas use the little 13 batteries? The Naidas use the huge 675 size.

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lovezebras

ya but still...my friend has the same naidas with the 675 too and cant use rayovacs either

ljjehl

I use my aids from morning to night, roughly about 15 hours....

and still get 12-14 days.....the 12 because of occasional FM use....

ljjehl

Could be the battery supply in Canada is older stuff?

yaelhass

Hi all,
My son is profoundly deaf and recently we got him a pair of high power Naidas with built-in FM system.
All in all he is satisfied with them, but is annoyed by the automatic functions (for example, his FM is turned on in times when he dosen't need it and so is other automatic functions they put in).
Is any of you NAIDA wearers have same problems?
We plan to meet the audie and cancell all the automatic functions.

cdmeggers

when I tried the Naidas, I used the Rayovacs and they lasted almost 2 weeks for me. I get about 2 weeks out of the Rayovacs or Walgreens brands with the Supero.

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ljjehl

You should not have to give up on the automatic functions. The auto mode is highly configurable and can have all features adjusted to your benefit. I have my EasyFM out of the auto mode (due to erratic jumping in and out of the EasyFM possibly because of the interference in the area), the rest adjusted to make the Speech in Noise be the primary listening environment before others are considered, and also settings adjusted to benefit me more for my work, driving and home environments. I do not like the Easy functions because of the problem of "beeping" in and out of mode...so all these are turned off and I use the manual functions to access the FM and Telecoil modes.

yaelhass

Thanks for the advice.
I'll make the EASY FM manual as you said and will ask to change the SPEECH IN NOISE as primary function.

ljjehl

If you need any more info in where to go, I'll send you some more info.....that way you can show the audiologist where to set it up

Lissa

I have a spirt 3 sp hearing aid and rayovac only last 10 mins with them.

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yaelhass

Ijjehl,
That will be great.
It seems that these aids are new to our audie and she does things by "trial and error". Like there was a time when my son had a problem with high tone sounds - the "Ahhh"'s were vibrating and the "Eeeee"'s sounded to him like "JJJJJJ". She just did this and that and didn't know what to do and somehow it was fixed (anyway my son dosen't complain anymore). We do plan to go to the guy who imports this aids here for fine tuning sometime (when my son's off school, its quite far from where we live), but we have an appointment with our audie next week. What my son is doing until we see the audie is that he just dosen't shut the aid fully, so the FM is not working automatically and when he wants the FM he shuts the aid, but this isn't a solution and probably bad for the aid.

ljjehl

I don't know if it's possible where you live, but I would suggest your audie get Phonak to send a rep to help set up your son's hearing aid and help your audie learn a few more ways to adjust things. I have had my audi get a rep to come down about 6 times to make major adjustments as well as answer all my questions. Give me a day to figure out what I can send to you and I'll show you some pictures. Send me a PM to my link (your email address) and I'll forward a few pictures. I don't think there's a way to add attachments to this forum....

Lissa

Are Phonak Naidas's better than my HA?

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ljjehl

How old are these Spirits? I can't find them online.....

if they are pretty old, you probably will benefit from a newer model, but I would check out with your audi first....the Naidas don't work for everyone.....but the only way to find out is to trial them.....but I warn you, these might take a bit longer than normal to configure if the audi doesn't know what they are doing in configuring the naidas

Lissa

I am not sure how old these are. i was given them abo
ut 3/4 years ago in UK

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ljjehl

There are some links showing them available as far back as 2005, Naidas came out in beginning of 2008...now they have Naida IX aids.....which were made available last month or so....