By Mandi Chambless, Au.D. When I was dispensing hearing aids in the clinic, I often felt like making adjustments to a patient’s hearing aid was like playing a game of memory. I would find myself busily making changes to a patient’s program and then desperately trying to remember what changes I had just made so […]
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Setting up a Copy of an Existing Program We have all been there. Your patient has complaints about a program but you can’t determine exactly what adjustment will resolve the issue. So you make some changes and cross your fingers that the patient is satisfied when he or she comes back in for the next
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By Mandi Chambless, Au.D. TeleAssist is available to help you with fitting and follow-up assistance as well as training. If you have a patient that is coming in to your office that you know you may need help with, email me to get scheduled and I will block off an hour appointment to be available
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With the release of the Phone Clip+, users now have the flexibility of connecting with Bluetooth devices, use of the Resound Control app, as well as the remote control capability on the unit itself. This multi-capable accessory provides users’ with a great deal of benefit, and is compatible with both Verso and Alera wireless devices.
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With our recent expansion of Verso products, ReSound has released Aventa 3.5. This latest version of software offers a new series of connection sequences for initial fits, instrument reconfiguration and follow up visits. This month’s tech tip focuses on the ease of connecting only one hearing instrument, of an original binaural fit.
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ReSound’s microphone balance slider option allows flexibility in programming, providing adjustability of the hearing instrument microphone and streaming content, for increased patient comfort. Verso™ Wireless Product Offers two separate microphone slider options, accessed in the Advanced Features screen: One for the Unite™ TV streamer and the other for the Unite™ Mini Mic. By default, the
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By Jennifer Groth One of the responsibilities of Global Audiology is testing of new products with consumers during development. We follow well-defined protocols that should allow us to quickly identify and pinpoint issues. When a complaint or issue surfaces, we don’t want to be in doubt about whether the source of error might lie in
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How do I set ReSound devices into test mode? Occasionally I like to put devices in a test box to check that they meet specs. I cannot find a function in the Aventa software to do this. By Jenny Groth At present we do not have a function that sets the hearing aids for testing
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It was recommended to me that I could use Corfig as a fitting protocol. How would I do this? By Jenny Groth CORFIG is not a fitting protocol. It is the coupler response for flat insertion gain. What that means is that it is a set of device specific correction factors that are used to
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By Jennifer Groth Did you know that generic target rules, such as NAL-NL1, are sometimes altered in fitting software? Targets for NAL-NL1 and other generic prescriptions may vary for the same audiogram in different manufacturer fitting software. This is because some manufacturers change the targets for their specific devices. This is often indicated by an
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