XPost: comp.misc   
   From: walter@bytecraft.com   
      
   On 2017-04-21 11:12 AM, Dan Espen wrote:   
   > Trevor  writes:   
   >   
   >   
   > Anyone with hearing loss would do well to continue with annual   
   > hearing evaluations.   
   >   
   > My audiologist uses some Windows based software to access the   
   > hearing aids, I'd like a copy, and I don't buy any safety arguments.   
   > But I don't know how to analyze the results of a hearing test and   
   > convert that into hearing aid settings.  I'm not upset that I don't   
   > have the software. It's probably just as well.   
   >   
      
   I got copies of the profiles that my audiologist created for my hearing   
   aids. I programmed them into the audio system that my laptop uses. It   
   meant that when I used Skype for telephone calls with minimal adjustment   
   I got very good audio compensation for my hearing loss. With headphones   
   to cut out outside noise this worked well.   
      
   One thing I was convinced of was my audiologist knew a lot more about   
   hearing compensation than I ever would. The hearing aids I have can deal   
   with frequency shifting as well as frequency gain profiles. In a real   
   world environment it is all about many levels of compromise.   
      
   My hearing aids have a half dozen environment profiles so that I can   
   select application code in them to cover the situation. Ears can be   
   handled separately or the hearing aids can auto correlate the sound from   
   the direction I am looking. Telephone app in the hearing aids will   
   create audio in both ears from sound picked up from the receiver against   
   one ear and profile gains to deal with the audio profile of the   
   telephone. There is wireless communication between the ears (that can   
   also have a third source)   
      
   w..   
      
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