Help needed-Optimizing hearing aids to enjoy nature

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Hello,
I'm ready to take it to the next level and build my own hearing program in my Signia Pure C&G T 7AX 8G. I would like to build a program for outdoor use trying to hear wild turkey sounds. I will be using the Signia Connexx software. I have the list of sounds and frequencies I want to focus on listed below to build the program. Looking for help with settings or tips to increase my ability to hear the frequencies below. I will be taking my grandchildren out for some hikes this spring and would love to help show them the outdoors.

Here are the sounds and frequencies I am looking to set my hearings aids up for:
  • Gobble – 400-4,500 Hz. The turkey gobble is one of the turkey’s loudest and most well-known vocalizations. Males (toms) are the only ones to produce it, by rapidly making a gurgling sound and throwing their head forward with each gobble.
  • Cackle – 1,000-4,000 Hz. A cackle usually consists of a series of rapid, irregular notes that increase in pitch. Turkeys cackle most when flying up to or down from a roost tree (e.g., fly-down cackle).
  • Purr – 700-1,400 Hz. A purr is a soft, often low-pitched call. Like a cat, turkeys tend to purr when they are content, whether while feeding or just amongst other turkeys.
  • Cluck – 1,300 Hz. A cluck is one of the most basic one-note calls a turkey produces. They can be combined with some of the other turkey sounds here, but turkeys usually cluck in a 2 to 3 note series.
  • Yelp – 1,000 Hz. The yelp is another basic turkey call, and consists of a series of 5 to 10 “yawp” sounds. Most hunters are familiar with yelps for calling a gobbler. Hen yelps are usually made at a higher pitch than toms.
Thank you!
 
HMm; We don't know the type or degree of your hearing loss. Typically you should program your hearing aids to fit your hearing loss. As an example of a measured hearing loss (and when you are logged in) you can click a link in my signature below to see my hearing loss/Audiogram.

As example; If you want to hear a Yelp – 1,000 Hz and your hearing is perfect (no hearing loss) then do nothing. Don't wear hearing aids. But if you have a loss at 1000 Hz then that frequency will need Gain/Amplification. To make things more complicated each frequency is related to neighboring frequencies in a curve. You can just jack up the gain for one frequency without affecting the neighboring frequencies.

Suggested DIY School Hearing Aids (v2.2) reading;
  • 01 Introduction to the first fitting process
  • How Hearing Aid Gain Fits Your Loss
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"
 
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