A unhappy deaf
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Hello i am in need of some advice but before i start i will give you some information about me and my hearing:
I am 23 years old and profoundly deaf in both ears since birth, I have worn analogue hearing aids since a child.
But last year 2011 I accidentally dropped my hearing aid and it broke so I went to my Audiologist and was told that it could not be fixed and I would be replaced with a digital hearing aid.
I was reluctant to try the new hearing aid at first but I had no choice as I was told that Analogue hearing aids have been discontinued so I then had my new digital hearing aid setup and have been back to my Audiologist about three times to have the settings tweaked but I still couldn't get used to it and complained that it sounded quiet so my audiologist turned up all the sliders in frequency settings from
To
She said it was now at max.
It sounded a little bit louder so i went off on my way and tried to get used to, it had been over eight months since I had it fitted and it is not right as I thought I would give it time so my brain could adjust to these new sounds but I still cannot adapt to it and miss my old analogue hearing aid.
So i spoke to people on this forum and they said that my digital hearing aid can be programmed to sound analogue so i went back to my audiologist and she did the following
While i was there i asked for a new mold to be made and it sent to my address as i had my current mold for over 7 years.
I went off and got used to the new analogue setup on my digital aid and found it so much better in listening to music and everyday life, My new mold came and i connected it to my hearing aid and everything was loud, bassy and boomy and high pitched so i went back to the audiologist and she turned down the low and high frequencies down.
It was much better but it has been about 2 months since i last saw her and i am due to see her next week so i am here today asking for advice for my problems so i can tell her next week.
My complaints are:
I believe the final solution to my problems in just down to the fine tuning of the hearing aid, Would me telling my audiologist to reset the frequency shaping back to how it was a year ago when my aid was first set up be the solution to my problem?
And then work from there?
My hearing aid is a Siemens Impact DP
Thank You very much.
I am 23 years old and profoundly deaf in both ears since birth, I have worn analogue hearing aids since a child.
But last year 2011 I accidentally dropped my hearing aid and it broke so I went to my Audiologist and was told that it could not be fixed and I would be replaced with a digital hearing aid.
I was reluctant to try the new hearing aid at first but I had no choice as I was told that Analogue hearing aids have been discontinued so I then had my new digital hearing aid setup and have been back to my Audiologist about three times to have the settings tweaked but I still couldn't get used to it and complained that it sounded quiet so my audiologist turned up all the sliders in frequency settings from
To
She said it was now at max.
It sounded a little bit louder so i went off on my way and tried to get used to, it had been over eight months since I had it fitted and it is not right as I thought I would give it time so my brain could adjust to these new sounds but I still cannot adapt to it and miss my old analogue hearing aid.
So i spoke to people on this forum and they said that my digital hearing aid can be programmed to sound analogue so i went back to my audiologist and she did the following
- Set the microphone setting as an omnidirectional microphone
- Turned off all compression but setting the compression ratios to 1.0
- Turned off all noise features like noise reduction, and all other modern features
- Set only two programs on my aid 1=universal 2=telecoil
- Set the maximum output control (MPO) to a comfortable level
While i was there i asked for a new mold to be made and it sent to my address as i had my current mold for over 7 years.
I went off and got used to the new analogue setup on my digital aid and found it so much better in listening to music and everyday life, My new mold came and i connected it to my hearing aid and everything was loud, bassy and boomy and high pitched so i went back to the audiologist and she turned down the low and high frequencies down.
It was much better but it has been about 2 months since i last saw her and i am due to see her next week so i am here today asking for advice for my problems so i can tell her next week.
My complaints are:
- My certain sounds in my voice sound weird like too much is being picked up in the mid range sounds and my voice is soft but loud like saying "La La La" is loud and soft i do not like it.
- The sound of Plates and cutlery when put down are very sensitive as if the sound dominate all sounds for a split second.
- Soft sounds seem louder than other sounds like my voice and other sounds, They tend to sound as they are overriding other sounds
- When putting things in the fridge the clunk sound overrides other sounds and sounds like too much is being picked up in that sound frequency
I believe the final solution to my problems in just down to the fine tuning of the hearing aid, Would me telling my audiologist to reset the frequency shaping back to how it was a year ago when my aid was first set up be the solution to my problem?
And then work from there?
My hearing aid is a Siemens Impact DP
Thank You very much.