Fine Tuning Honor, Pride, Halo, Z Series, 3 Series, Pride IIC, Xino Wireless, and Xino Tinnitus Products

Fine Tuning makes discrete, frequency-specific adjustments to Channel and Maximum Output. Channel changes the specific gain and compression settings and Maximum Output modifies the maximum output. The amount of reserve gain available for the user volume can be controlled via User Controls. Adjustments can be made to each individual channel, to groups of channels labeled low/bass frequencies, mid frequencies, high/treble frequencies, or ultra frequencies, or to all channels simultaneously.

Adjustments can be made via two views. The Tables view displays current numerical gain values per ear side for specific frequency ranges or individual channels depending on the state of each frequency range control (expanded or collapsed). Adjustments to the selected cells can be made via up and down arrows. The option to display either Max Output (MPO) or Compression Ratio (CR) rows and associated values can be selected. The Sliders view displays the average numerical gain values per ear side for each channel. MPO Boost, which is a feature in Honor, Pride, and Pride IIC products, provides additional output for severe-to-profound hearing loss listeners. Adjustments per input range (All, Loud, Moderate, or Soft) or maximum output (MPO) can be made via slider bars. In addition, all adjustments, except Music, can be made graphically.

1. Connect and select the desired hearing aid(s) to fine tune via Get Started.

2. Click on the Read Device Settings or Load a Previous Session radio button and then click .

3. Click Fine Tuning.

   Tip:  Click via QuickFit to access.

4. Click on the specific memory to adjust if applicable or click to adjust all memories simultaneously.

   Note:  For the Music memory in Honor, Pride, and Pride IIC products, compression settings and maximum output cannot be adjusted and adjustments cannot be made via the Sliders view. In addition, adjustments can only be made to loud and soft music and within a range of -10 to +10.

5. Inspire automatically defaults to a binaural view if applicable. To adjust only the right or left hearing aid, click or .

   Note:  If fitting CROS/BiCROS devices, only the receiver aid can be adjusted, therefore, the side cannot be selected.

6. Make adjustments via Tables or Sliders.

   Note:  The Tables view automatically defaults. If the Sliders view was last selected, this view automatically defaults the next time Fine Tuning is accessed for similar products in a new session.

Fine Tuning via Tables

1. Click if not currently displayed.

   

   Note:  Only the average numerical gain values per frequency range displays. The column headings indicate the frequency range for that group when collapsed. The frequency range of adjustment displays in a tool tip by pointing to the column heading.

   Tip:  If more space is needed to view the tables, click at the bottom of Left Navigation Menu to hide the menu. Click to redisplay the menu.

2. Click for the specific frequency range (Low/Bass, Mid, High/Treble, or Ultra) or Expand All to display the numerical gain values for all available channels within the frequency range or all channels respectively.

   

   Note:  The numerical table values for Loud, Moderate, and Soft always reference 2cc Coupler Gain and MPO always references Real Ear Response, which may differ from the graphical view currently selected. The numerical value for the current graphical view and 2cc Coupler Gain displays in a tool tip by pointing to any empty circle point on the graphical response curves.

   Tip:  Click for the specific frequency range (Low/Bass, Mid, High/Treble, or Ultra) or Collapse All to hide the numerical values.

3. Click to hide maximum output and display Compression Ratio rows between inputs and their associated values per available frequency range or individual channels if desired.

   Note:  Compression Ratio can be adjusted indirectly by modifying the gain adjustments for loud, moderate, and soft inputs. Independent Speech Optimization allows for exclusive CR adjustments between 1.0 and 3.0. The shaded region on the response graph displays the independent adjustment area (CR between 1.0 and 3.0). If adjusting outside the shaded region, all curves are adjusted (CR greater than 3.0).

   Tip:  Click to hide Compression Ratio rows and redisplay Maximum Output.

4. Click on the frequency/output or group of frequencies/inputs/outputs to adjust.

   Tip:  To select a sequential group of frequencies, click on the beginning column header or frequency cell, press and hold Shift and click on the ending column header or frequency cell and all columns or frequencies between the two clicks will be selected, or press and hold the left mouse button and drag to the left or right until the desired group of frequencies are selected and then release the left mouse button. To select a non-sequential group of frequencies within a row, press and hold Ctrl and click on the desired frequencies. To select all frequencies and inputs, click All. To select a specific input range or maximum output, click the row header (Loud, Moderate, Soft, or MPO). Selected frequencies are represented in blue on the table, however, if MPO Boost is selected via the Sliders view, all MPO frequency cells that are maximized are highlighted in orange.

5. Click or within the table to increase or decrease the gain or output binaurally or for the ear side selected.

   Note:  The adjustment arrow keys only display when the mouse hovers over the selected frequencies.

   Tip:  Adjustments can also be made graphically by dragging and dropping points on the frequency response curve. If Display Max Output Line on all SPL Graphs is not selected via General Preferences, MPO cannot be adjusted graphically.

    

Fine Tuning via Sliders

1. Click .

   

2. Click on the specific input range (All, Loud , Moderate , or Soft ) or maximum output (MPO) to adjust.

   Note:  The average numerical gain values per ear side for each frequency displays based on the input/output selected. Selected inputs/output are represented in bold (gray, green, blue, or black) on the fitting graph and blue to the left of the sliders.

3. Drag the slider bars to increase or decrease the gain or output per ear side or click or to increase or decrease binaurally.

   Tip:  Adjustments can also be made graphically by dragging and dropping points on the frequency response curve. If Display Max Output Line on all SPL Graphs is not selected via General Preferences, MPO cannot be adjusted graphically.

4. To increase all MPO channels to their extended maximum, click MPO and then check MPO Boost.

   Note:  This checkbox is only available for Honor, Pride, and Pride IIC products and may result in a louder and more preferable fitting for certain listeners with severe-to-profound hearing loss, or a need for more ‘loudness’ with their current fitting. If checked, all channels are automatically maximized and the maximum output values are highlighted in orange. However, any channel can be decreased if desired. If any Best Fit option is selected while MPO Boost is enabled, MPO Boost is automatically unchecked and the maximum output settings are reset to the recommended values.