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I recently had a baby and have had constant ringing since that has caused an issue when I went back to work. My ENT never mentioned this app before... I was lucky just by sheer luck to have found it. I had to make an appointment with my ENT to have it activated with my hearing aid. I have been using the app for two weeks now and I can really tell a difference. Of course it will never make to ringing go away but it certainly helps the situation. Being born hearing impaired I know not to expect too much from the app but man I wish I would have had this app all my life. Because I can hear a great difference. I wish I had a little more control of my aid, that is why it got a 4 star rating. But I can say even the doctor I work for has noticed a difference in the amount of things I'm actually hearing now! Thank you for the great help! I hope you keep improving this app!

I go to ALL EARS HEARING in Sacramento Ca. There’s a girl there named Sydney. She is sooooo awesome! When I gone in she has always checked my hearing aids and re done my app twice cause my phone deleted it. Every time I leave there I hear better!!! Thanks to Sydney and this app. I wish I could make it a little louder but to be honest I know it’s working well because my tv volume used to be at 80 now its at 20. WOW !!!! Right. When I heard ringing cause of feedback Sydney has put some little filters that totally helped to kill that noise. I truly appreciate her help and this app is sooo cool. I joke to my friends when my wife starts nagging this app is perfect cause I just shut my aids off and they turn into ear plugs to shut out the noise, lol.

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With no guidance or familiarity with apps in general, it’s challenging to figure out some simple things, like turning your hearing aids on or off with the app. Text should accompany symbols, i.e “Your Aids are On, on standby”, etc. For example, I did not know the sound made when hitting the mid volume mark is the only sound feedback you get. Shouldn’t I hear a sound for each increment that reflects the volume level? It seems like there are many areas that could easily be enhanced in terms of app feedback through the hearing aids. I unndersrand that Seimens makes money on hardware and nothing on software. Better just not to have an app. For some reason, the app stopped working. The pairing instructions are vague and need more detail. I was able to get connected again by selecting the app and reinstalling it. It feels like beta or even alpha software, but again maybe it is not designed to work with my model. The app appears unfinished, like development has stopped. Interface on iPhone x looks amateurish. It is hard to tell from the docs whether this app is supposed to work with signia insio 5 px. Maybe it isn’t. I am a new wearer and have ordered a remote also. I am wondering if Signia would just rather sell an expensive piece of hardware rather than develop software for a smartphone. I would like to have both. There should be a comparison of features available on the remote ad opposed to the app.

Pros * Easily switch between programs, volume, etc * Less obvious than pressing buttons on the aids Cons/improvements: * Font is HUGE. I have hearing problems not vision problems. It’s not discrete when you can see the screen from 10 feet away. Please make the font smaller and consider packing more into a single screen instead of bouncing around menus. * Bass/treble are not mutually exclusive. Less treble doesn’t mean more bass. There should be two sliders (one for bass and one for treble) or just make treble plus/minus. * Overall the UI needs some cleanup and modernizing. It’s too clunky. * Figure out the Bluetooth issue. iPhone can still be connected to Bluetooth radio or other devises and utilize the built in speaker like on a phone call. I don’t want to disconnect a Bluetooth device to switch modes, especially when I’m in the car * Make a widget to appear on the home screen with a simple swipe to activate. This is also great in a car situation or anytime one doesn’t want to launch the app to change modes.

This came along at about a week after I was fitted with my first set of hearing aids. My audiologist did not explain this out to me the very first day because there were many other things that she wanted to explain to me at that time. As it turns out, I think it was a very good decision to wait about a week before revealing the existence of this app. I think that was a good idea because I was busy learning about other features of the hearing aids at that time. I have three programs loaded and I switch between them quite often to experiment with how they deal with various nice situations.