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Subject : Re: Sonovation Nano Xp aids with DFC (digital frequency compression)... posted by Audibill on Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:05 am |
| Our facility is one that has a lot of experience with the Sonnovation product, and you definately need to go somewhere that has experience with this aid. It will require frequent adjustment and acclimatization. But I think there's a lot of truth to the statements made by Kooch. I find that the hearing aid itself, other than the compression technology, is getting a little long in the tooth. And people do sound like Daffy Duck. That being said, this is a niche product. I rarely recommend it. But for a select few individuals, it can be a Godsend. I would only recommend it for someone with aidable hearing out to, say, 1-1.5 kHz, with a sharp drop to little/no hearing for higher frequencies. I know one lady in particular who swears by them, as it is the only way she can function in daily life, regardless of the Daffy Duck quality. For most people, however, I would stay away from frequency compression.... or use as low a compression ratio as possible to retain natural sounding speech. |
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