Guest guest Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Hi Stefanie - I was thinking today how much easier it is to fit new hearing aids on an almost-12 year old. Tom asked (our audiologist) tons and tons of questions - good questions - about how the aid works, etc. So yes, the directional mics are for someone older. In fact, Tom's had that directional mic capability in his Claro hearing aids but it was never programmed into the hearing aid because our audiologist at the time felt he wouldn't know if it had switched to that mode but now he's able to take advantage of it. Tom's loss is also severe profound but is sort of all over the board - he has a sloping loss that starts at 50 db in low frequencies and then slopes down to 105 db in both ears. His SRTs are at 75 db. I know before, Tom wore Phonak Claros and we were concerned that he was close to maxing them out but that's not a problem with the Superos. Sam has a profound loss (he has a cookie bite loss with an SRT of 100) and wears the Superos well. We're thrilled! Barbara --- You wrote: I'd love to know just where Tom's hearing loss is -- my son Ben's is also severe/profound (left ear around 80 db, right ear dips down to 90 and 100 in one frequency), and his audie wouldn't let him try the Phonaks, saying they wouldn't have enough wiggle room if his loss progressed down. Right now he's wearing Widex Senso P38s, which he's been wearing for 2 1/2 years and is doing great with. Also, he's kind of young to really be able to take advantage of all the bells and whistles of a more complex aid, so I'm not really in a rush to change. I'm just curious about what else is out there. --- end of quote --- ******************************* Barbara Mellert Manager, Social Science Computing Kiewit Computing Services Dartmouth College 13A Silsby Hall; HB 6121 Hanover NH 03755 Telephone: 603/646-2877 URL: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ssc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Hi Stefanie - I was thinking today how much easier it is to fit new hearing aids on an almost-12 year old. Tom asked (our audiologist) tons and tons of questions - good questions - about how the aid works, etc. So yes, the directional mics are for someone older. In fact, Tom's had that directional mic capability in his Claro hearing aids but it was never programmed into the hearing aid because our audiologist at the time felt he wouldn't know if it had switched to that mode but now he's able to take advantage of it. Tom's loss is also severe profound but is sort of all over the board - he has a sloping loss that starts at 50 db in low frequencies and then slopes down to 105 db in both ears. His SRTs are at 75 db. I know before, Tom wore Phonak Claros and we were concerned that he was close to maxing them out but that's not a problem with the Superos. Sam has a profound loss (he has a cookie bite loss with an SRT of 100) and wears the Superos well. We're thrilled! Barbara --- You wrote: I'd love to know just where Tom's hearing loss is -- my son Ben's is also severe/profound (left ear around 80 db, right ear dips down to 90 and 100 in one frequency), and his audie wouldn't let him try the Phonaks, saying they wouldn't have enough wiggle room if his loss progressed down. Right now he's wearing Widex Senso P38s, which he's been wearing for 2 1/2 years and is doing great with. Also, he's kind of young to really be able to take advantage of all the bells and whistles of a more complex aid, so I'm not really in a rush to change. I'm just curious about what else is out there. --- end of quote --- ******************************* Barbara Mellert Manager, Social Science Computing Kiewit Computing Services Dartmouth College 13A Silsby Hall; HB 6121 Hanover NH 03755 Telephone: 603/646-2877 URL: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ssc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Hi, Barbara, great news about the hearing aids? I'd love to know just where Tom's hearing loss is -- my son Ben's is also severe/profound (left ear around 80 db, right ear dips down to 90 and 100 in one frequency), and his audie wouldn't let him try the Phonaks, saying they wouldn't have enough wiggle room if his loss progressed down. Right now he's wearing Widex Senso P38s, which he's been wearing for 2 1/2 years and is doing great with. Also, he's kind of young to really be able to take advantage of all the bells and whistles of a more complex aid, so I'm not really in a rush to change. I'm just curious about what else is out there. Thanks! Stefanie on 7/2/04 2:50 PM, Barbara.T.Mellert@... at Barbara.T.Mellert@... wrote: > Woo hoo! Tom is trialing new hearing aids as of 10:00 this morning! Tom has > a > bilateral severe/profound sensorineural hearing loss that was diagnosed when > he > was 3 years old. He had been using Phonak Claros and now has Phonak Supero > 413s. He LOVES them already! Tom is a true gadget guru so has liked having > all the settings - setting 1 is regular hearing aid setting; setting 2 is > quiet > mode which actually directs the microphones to the front and works on cutting > down background noise, setting 3 is the telecoil and the other two settings > work with his FM. We actually had a good conversation in the car! There's > also a volume control that he's been using that he loves. > > Sam, our younger son, also has Superos (Supero 412s) and has had great success > with them. > > He heard the sound of the water in the water fountain this morning - I almost > started crying! > > Just wanted to share. > > Take care! > Barbara > > ******************************* > > Barbara Mellert > Manager, Social Science Computing > Kiewit Computing Services > Dartmouth College > 13A Silsby Hall; HB 6121 > Hanover NH 03755 > Telephone: 603/646-2877 > URL: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ssc > > > > All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is > the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright > restrictions. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Thanks, Barbara -- I'll have to look at the Superos next time we're in the market for aids! on 7/2/04 4:18 PM, Barbara.T.Mellert@... at Barbara.T.Mellert@... wrote: > Hi Stefanie - I was thinking today how much easier it is to fit new hearing > aids on an almost-12 year old. Tom asked (our audiologist) tons and > tons > of questions - good questions - about how the aid works, etc. So yes, the > directional mics are for someone older. In fact, Tom's had that directional > mic capability in his Claro hearing aids but it was never programmed into the > hearing aid because our audiologist at the time felt he wouldn't know if it > had > switched to that mode but now he's able to take advantage of it. > > Tom's loss is also severe profound but is sort of all over the board - he has > a > sloping loss that starts at 50 db in low frequencies and then slopes down to > 105 db in both ears. His SRTs are at 75 db. I know before, Tom wore Phonak > Claros and we were concerned that he was close to maxing them out but that's > not a problem with the Superos. Sam has a profound loss (he has a cookie bite > loss with an SRT of 100) and wears the Superos well. > > We're thrilled! > > Barbara > > --- You wrote: > I'd love to know just where Tom's hearing loss is -- my son Ben's is also > severe/profound (left ear around 80 db, right ear dips down to 90 and 100 in > one frequency), and his audie wouldn't let him try the Phonaks, saying they > wouldn't have enough wiggle room if his loss progressed down. Right now he's > wearing Widex Senso P38s, which he's been wearing for 2 1/2 years and is > doing great with. Also, he's kind of young to really be able to take > advantage of all the bells and whistles of a more complex aid, so I'm not > really in a rush to change. I'm just curious about what else is out there. > --- end of quote --- > > > > ******************************* > > Barbara Mellert > Manager, Social Science Computing > Kiewit Computing Services > Dartmouth College > 13A Silsby Hall; HB 6121 > Hanover NH 03755 > Telephone: 603/646-2877 > URL: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ssc > > > > All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is > the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright > restrictions. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Thanks, Barbara -- I'll have to look at the Superos next time we're in the market for aids! on 7/2/04 4:18 PM, Barbara.T.Mellert@... at Barbara.T.Mellert@... wrote: > Hi Stefanie - I was thinking today how much easier it is to fit new hearing > aids on an almost-12 year old. Tom asked (our audiologist) tons and > tons > of questions - good questions - about how the aid works, etc. So yes, the > directional mics are for someone older. In fact, Tom's had that directional > mic capability in his Claro hearing aids but it was never programmed into the > hearing aid because our audiologist at the time felt he wouldn't know if it > had > switched to that mode but now he's able to take advantage of it. > > Tom's loss is also severe profound but is sort of all over the board - he has > a > sloping loss that starts at 50 db in low frequencies and then slopes down to > 105 db in both ears. His SRTs are at 75 db. I know before, Tom wore Phonak > Claros and we were concerned that he was close to maxing them out but that's > not a problem with the Superos. Sam has a profound loss (he has a cookie bite > loss with an SRT of 100) and wears the Superos well. > > We're thrilled! > > Barbara > > --- You wrote: > I'd love to know just where Tom's hearing loss is -- my son Ben's is also > severe/profound (left ear around 80 db, right ear dips down to 90 and 100 in > one frequency), and his audie wouldn't let him try the Phonaks, saying they > wouldn't have enough wiggle room if his loss progressed down. Right now he's > wearing Widex Senso P38s, which he's been wearing for 2 1/2 years and is > doing great with. Also, he's kind of young to really be able to take > advantage of all the bells and whistles of a more complex aid, so I'm not > really in a rush to change. I'm just curious about what else is out there. > --- end of quote --- > > > > ******************************* > > Barbara Mellert > Manager, Social Science Computing > Kiewit Computing Services > Dartmouth College > 13A Silsby Hall; HB 6121 > Hanover NH 03755 > Telephone: 603/646-2877 > URL: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ssc > > > > All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is > the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright > restrictions. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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