question about Oticon Delta 8000

Welcome to the group.
Wow, what a question.

I'm not an audi
I'm just a lifelong user with a profound hearing loss.

I would think there would a great deal lost if you try to use a ha to hear if you now have normal hearing unaided.

My thought is for you to try a very open fitting aid (bte), no added gain and no compression.

Charliejay

----- Original Message -----
From: Sue
To: Hearing_Aidsyahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 1:47 PM
Subject: [Hearing_Aids] Re: question about Oticon Delta 8000

Hello ! My name is Sue Hollar, Au.D., and I am new to the group. I have a
question regarding the Delta hearing aids.

While at a training seminar, I was told that some are buying these aids for
the directionality that it provides, even when there is no hearing loss.
Since we have a 45 day trial period where I am, I bought one to try out
their "suggestion";. The concept sounded really good, but the actual reality
may be far off.

My question is this: Has anyone ever heard of such a thing being done
before ? If so, how should I program this aid to suit my near perfect
hearing ? (normal but upper normal at the highs). I programmed the aid to
not give me any gain but it still produces too much "noise". Should I and
can I go in and adjust the MPO?? The directionality is there !! It does
help ! I could hear my husband whispering to my daughter !

To fill you in a bit: I have great discrimination difficulties when in
crowded rooms. I'd say it was down to about 55% word recognition in noisy
situations. That was the reason for trying the "personal aid" concept out.

I welcome all comments !!!

Sue Hollar, Au.D.

(PS- I was out of my profession for 14 years and finally re entered two years ago. I am still trying to get used to digital aids so I joined the group ! So far, it has been WELL worth it !!)

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