Hearing Aids

"Interesting discussion and much appreciated. I’ve used Signia hearing aids for almost two years now and while they do an excellent job where speech is concerned and an acceptable job with tinnitus, they just don’t work with music. They do have a music setting but after numerous efforts by the audiologist they still make music shrill, edgy, often thin. I’ve resorted to listening to my system with no aids and just let my brain make its adjustments"

I have hearing loss in the upper mids to hi frequencies. I have some phonak aids which are ok, however I dont use them a great deal.

I purchased a schitt Lokius EQ as an experiment - it has made a great difference. I boost the mid and upper frequencies and the sound stage widens and deepens and of course there is more ’air’ and treble detail. Does not impinge on sound quality at all. Well worth a try.

@rjinaz86323 No, Medicare does not cover hearing aids. They may pay for a hearing test. Check their website. 

In response to dctom, for speech they are not bad, however it seems that the tone controls they provide not only take out background noises, but they also affect speech because they over lap. My "lobby" for parametric is it would allow the user to zoom in on the problem area. My hearing loss is all above 1K. To a point that the response of my aids are flat below 1K. Above is a different story. I agree that to a point certain things sound tinny. I don't remember running water or flushing sounding like it does with the aids. Just wish I had more control.

Update. Went to an audiologist yesterday. Some of the test results were dipping into both the "moderate hearing loss" and "severe hearing loss" categories. I decided to tick with the Phonak brand. Starting there their "least" expensive, ($3k/pair),  but have over a month to decide if they are "right" for me. I'll report back. Thanks for all the comments.

Thanks for the update.  I have decided that when I recover from my knee surgery this spring that I will intensely pursue an upgrade