Re: Hearing in noisy places

[Guest guest]

Dan,

Did you try lowering the AutoSen there?

Hearing in noisy places

Hi,

From what I've gathered and also told by the audiologist, the

autosensitivy programming level would be good to use in noisy

situations.

However, from the time I've tried the autosensitivy level in noisy

restaurants or as in the case this past weekend, in a casino, I'm not

sure if I heard any noticeable differences ? That is as opposed to

the standard level that I use all the time.

But perhaps maybe that's just my inexperience sinking in ?

What has your experience been like using the autosensitivity in noisy

places ? Has it made a difference when it comes to hearing,

communication, etc ?

I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

Dan

[Guest guest]

Dan,

Your audiologist can program autosensitivity to respond faster and greater

(squash more excess noise) if you wish.

I use autosensitivity exclusively in noisy situations and it works wonderfully.

When the noise is deafening..... like it is so often in a professional sports

arena, I also put my processor on t-coil which takes away even more noise. This

allows me to converse comfortably with my seat mates. Sometimes I am even able

to hear them better than they can hear because they can't make the adjustments

which I can .

Happy Hearing!

Carol

Boca Raton, FL

N24C - Sprint then 3G left ear -12/11/01-upgraded to Freedom on 2/19/08

N Freedom- right ear- implanted 3/01/06 activated 4/6/06

Hearing in noisy places

Hi,

From what I've gathered and also told by the audiologist, the

autosensitivy programming level would be good to use in noisy

situations.

However, from the time I've tried the autosensitivy level in noisy

restaurants or as in the case this past weekend, in a casino, I'm not

sure if I heard any noticeable differences ? That is as opposed to

the standard level that I use all the time.

But perhaps maybe that's just my inexperience sinking in ?

What has your experience been like using the autosensitivity in noisy

places ? Has it made a difference when it comes to hearing,

communication, etc ?

I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

Dan

[Guest guest]

Carol,

I am going to try the T coil in a noisy setting today.

[Guest guest]

Premises in the u.s. that have loop system are rare except in western Michigan

and Rochester, NY and the church where I attend.

Alfred

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> Carol,

> I am going to try the T coil in a noisy setting today.

>

[Guest guest]

,

I'm sorry, did you mean if I tried lowering the volume of the AutoSen

in noisy places ? If that's the case, then why would I want to do

that ? Am I missing something in here ?

Thanks !

Dan

>

> Dan,

> Did you try lowering the AutoSen there?

>

> Hearing in noisy places

>

>

> Hi,

>

> From what I've gathered and also told by the audiologist, the

> autosensitivy programming level would be good to use in noisy

> situations.

>

> However, from the time I've tried the autosensitivy level in noisy

> restaurants or as in the case this past weekend, in a casino, I'm

not

> sure if I heard any noticeable differences ? That is as opposed to

> the standard level that I use all the time.

>

> But perhaps maybe that's just my inexperience sinking in ?

>

> What has your experience been like using the autosensitivity in

noisy

> places ? Has it made a difference when it comes to hearing,

> communication, etc ?

>

> I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

>

> Dan

>

[Guest guest]

In response to: I use autosensitivity exclusively in noisy situations and it

works wonderfully. When the noise is deafening..... like it is so often in a

professional sports arena, I also put my processor on t-coil which takes away

even more noise.

Carol,

I guess I'm not understanding what you mean about putting your processor on

T-coil? I have great difficultly hearing in noisy situations, so far the only

thing that helps is getting closer to the person talking. I've tried raising my

sensitivity on AutoSens and Beam, it's not working and I also raise my volume.

When I put it on T-Coil, I can't hear anything.

Nina

Hearing in noisy places

>

>

> Hi,

>

> From what I've gathered and also told by the audiologist, the

> autosensitivy programming level would be good to use in noisy

> situations.

>

> However, from the time I've tried the autosensitivy level in noisy

> restaurants or as in the case this past weekend, in a casino, I'm not

> sure if I heard any noticeable differences ? That is as opposed to

> the standard level that I use all the time.

>

> But perhaps maybe that's just my inexperience sinking in ?

>

> What has your experience been like using the autosensitivity in noisy

> places ? Has it made a difference when it comes to hearing,

> communication, etc ?

>

> I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

>

> Dan

>

>

[Guest guest]

let me know how you do.

Happy Hearing!

Carol

Boca Raton, FL

N24C - Sprint then 3G left ear -12/11/01-upgraded to Freedom on 2/19/08

N Freedom- right ear- implanted 3/01/06 activated 4/6/06

Re: Hearing in noisy places

Carol,

I am going to try the T coil in a noisy setting today.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your input. I didn't realize that dropping the volume on

Beam and dropping sensitivity would do the trick. I'll have to play with

that and see how it works. Much appreciated.

Hearing in noisy places

> Hi Nina,

>

> I have a Freedom, but hate auto-sensitivity or auto volume, so wont

> have them programmed.

>

> In noisy places I use a Beam programme to converse, using its

> directional abilities. I have found that when talking face to face,

> you need to keep the volume moderate (5?) and then start to drop the

> S setting until the " range " of the mike seems to only get to the

> person you are talking to. Its suprising how far down you can take it

> sometimes.

>

> Using the T setting will, as you said, produce no sound, but you can

> have programmes switched to go to " MT " instead of " T " . This give you

> both mike and telecoil input, and also seems to act as a powerful

> background noise suppressant (and you can use a phone without

> fiddling with controls !)

>

> Hope this helps

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Dan,

My apologies, but I meant to say to lower the sensitivity when in noisy

settings. explained it well.