Jay .....
Don't you just love not having to twist your back to hear someone and not having to position yourself carefully when choosing a seat somewhere?
Even though I am totally deaf in my non-hearing ear, I still did not have that "wow" feeling either when it was attached. However, as the audiologist explained, when sitting in her small office, with her on my "good" side, I would not have had trouble hearing her without the hearing assist. But ....... when my husband talked on the other side, I suddenly realized I could hear him without turning around. Just to test it, I covered my "good" ear and then I had the "wow" factor kick in when I could hear him clearly and normally. It does sound a bit like it is coming through a speaker system, but very natural sounding overall.
If you, or anyone else is interested, my audiologist gave me some exercises to assist the brain to retrain dealing with incoming sounds from the device. Just PM me and I will be glad to send them on to you.
As the audiologist explained, I do not really want to know the device is working, just that it is! In other words, the Ponto/BAHA should not overpower the natural hearing from the other side.
Jay, I would continue to test yourself in different situations (that's what I am doing) and then have the audiologist tweak the settings until you arrive at the best combination for you.
Best thoughts. Clarice
