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    I'm fitting my first two sets early next week- Halo i110's, one set is with absolute power molds for a profound loss, the other will be open fit for a flat loss around 50db. I'm anxious to hear people's experiences with the aids and their interface with the companion app.
    Hearing Instrument Specialist and Principal @ Hidden Content

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    Update:

    I fit a set of i110's today. I took some time to getting to know them on my iPhone 5 for a while before the client arrived, and have a few things to report.

    -For providers, if you connect them to your phone before the client arrives, disconnect the aids from your phone and actually turn off your bluetooth entirely
    or the aids will not connect to the client's phone.
    -They are not difficult to sync to the iPhone, and once synced, I never lost connection.
    -Sound quality streaming phone calls is great and works well, but not so great with music- not a rich sound, and the client agreed.
    -If you have an iPhone 4 or 4S, there is no binaural streaming, you have to pick one ear- the Starkey tech acknowledged others had said this as well, though I'm not sure
    if doing a software update on the phone would have fixed that or not- I don't think so.
    -Geo-tagging and setting up TruLink memories is very straightforward, but the aids sometimes don't automatically switch memories like they should. In any case, it is very easy to quickly set the aids
    to whatever memory you want using the TruLink app.
    Hearing Instrument Specialist and Principal @ Hidden Content

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    Thank you for this. Would you say the music quality is better or worse than that with the 3 series using the SurfLink Mobile streamer?
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    Hey Mike,

    It's about the same. I don't mean to make it sound terrible- it's not, it's just not as rich as it could be.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Hall View Post
    Hey Mike,

    It's about the same. I don't mean to make it sound terrible- it's not, it's just not as rich as it could be.
    Thanks, Jeff. I am having a try-out of the 3-series (RIC-AP, i110 130/70 matrix), and the music sound is not too bad; certainly better than the Phonaks I was trying earlier this year. I've ordered my Halos to take the place of the 3-series aids I am trialling (they arrive in UK 1st May), so I'm really interested in any experiences from users in the USA.

    Thanks again. Mike.
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    Hey Mike,

    I have a client I am fitting with the Halo i110 w/ AP molds later this week, and her loss is very similar to yours but a bit worse in the lows, I'll post an update.
    Hearing Instrument Specialist and Principal @ Hidden Content

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    I'm curious about the sound quality of music; how would they compare to say, $20 headphones? I wouldn't expect them to match the quality of $100 Sennheisers but if they're competent enough it's something I can try at work when i'm not able to blast the speakers.
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    Word Recognition Score: 90% in left ear, 60% in right ear

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    I'm VERY interested in how the profound loss fitting goes. Can you let us know what fitting formula you went with (e-Stat, Nal-R, etc) and whether you went with WDRC or compression limiting?
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    Audiogram:

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    Word Recognition Score: 90% in left ear, 60% in right ear

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Hall View Post
    Update:

    I fit a set of i110's today. I took some time to getting to know them on my iPhone 5 for a while before the client arrived, and have a few things to report.
    .

    -If you have an iPhone 4 or 4S, there is no binaural streaming, you have to pick one ear- the Starkey tech acknowledged others had said this as well, though I'm not sure
    if doing a software update on the phone would have fixed that or not- I don't think so.

    .
    Since I don't own an iphone I was thinking up picking up a 4S to save some money but if this is true, I am not so sure anymore. Does anyone know if upgrading to the latest iOS will fix this limitation?
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    @jgirardi: I will contact Starkey tomorrow and let you know what they say about this.
    @lincoln: Sure thing, I will post an update once I've fit it- still waiting on the AP molds
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