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UncleVernon

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It's always nice to share knowledge and experience with communities across borders. I live in Germany and am waiting for my first set of hearing aids (Widex Smart RIC 440) supposedly arriving this week. Having been a musician and sound engineer for almost 50 years, self-fitting to a certain extent will be an interesting new field of knowledge from hard to soft knee, from pink noise to in situ measurements. My hearing loss shows the typical curve for someone who is 74 and has played and listened to a lot of music in the studio, on stage or on the sofa: from 2 KHz over 4 KHz to 8 KHz in a steady decline.
My idea of self-fitting will not be a threat to local techs: I won't buy sophisticated gear nor a Windows computer to run "Compass" if it doesn't run on "Parallels". I'll be happy to make use of the 15 frequency bands Widex Smart makes available to fine-tune my "daddy's little helpers", and I do want to understand how in-situ measurements work because I'm still curious.
My user name may sound familiar to some of who are familiar with the music of Tom Waits. Uncle Vernon is one protagonist in "Cemetery Polka", a song I used to sing for my little children who would giggle and lot and wanted to hear it again and again (without understanding the grim lyrics, of course...).
 
No threat at all. You can do as much (or as little) self fitting as you please. Though, in order to perform a fitting based on an inSutu measurement of your hearing loss, you will need to use Hearing Aid Fitting Software along with a hearing aid programming device (hardware) to connect the hearing aids to the fitting software.

Also; the DIY School Hearing Aids (v2.2) access portals are at your finger tips via 24/7 cloud storage access.
  • Start here → DIY School Hearing Aids (v2.2) to find the access portals
  • You can easily find the Access Portals again/anytime, by clicking any PVC Avatar (click twice - counting the 2nd popup Avatar)
  • When logged in, you can find the Access Portals again/anytime, by clicking a Link in my Signature
  • And finally, you can perform a simple Internet search for "DIY School Hearing Aids"
 
Thanks, pvc. Once my Widex Smart RIC 440 have arrived, I will check which hard- and software is required. Noahlink may do, but I may as well have to use Widex Pro Link in addition. Anyway, crucial point will be working with Compass on my MacBook Pro. I have read about problems running Compass with Parallels, and I'm not sure I want to invest in a Windows computer. I can't believe companies like Widex do not understand that at least a hybrid software would do the fact justice that a lot of companies and private parties rely on and work with Apple computers.
 
The issue with Apple Silicon computers (M1, M2, M3) versus Intel Silicon; is that there is no driver for the most popular hearing aid programming device (Noahlink Wireless 2 or Noahlink Wireless). Though this issue may have an update; Click this → Link.
 
The MacBook Pro with Apple silicon is a line of Mac notebook computers first introduced in November 2020 by Apple. It is the higher-end model of the MacBook family, sitting above the consumer-focused MacBook Air, and is currently sold with 14-inch and 16-inch screens. All models use Apple-designed M series systems on a chip. Wikipedia
 
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