Oticon Agile Pro Mini Rite - One or Two HA's?

[jejagua]

I have a single Oticon Agile Pro Mini Rite for my left ear, which has moderate (mostly high freq) loss. My audiologist is good and has done a great job fitting the HA. It makes a huge difference for me, as evidenced by the seven miserables days I spent without it while it went back to Oticon for repair.

My right ear has mild high frequency loss and I am wondering if I would benefit from a binaural setup instead of continuing with only one.

0250.Hz L-30 R-10
0500.Hz L-35 R-0
0750.Hz L-25 R-0
1000.Hz L-20 R-0
1500.Hz L-20 R-0
2000.Hz L-40 R-0
3000.Hz L-75 R-25
4000.Hz L-85 R-30
6000.Hz L-110 R-60
8000.Hz L-95 R-50

My audiologist is somewhat aloof on the subject. I'm sure he would love to sell me the second HA, but I don't get the impression he deems it necessary. However, there are times frequently when I feel like I'm missing out on important speech components, especially in background noise.

I have a streamer and I am of the opinion that it would function better with to HA's. Additionally, I think I may get better speech understanding and directionality with two HA's.

Just wondering if the extra expense is worth it?

[HearingAidHelper]

Why don't you ask your audi to set up a demo for you for the right ear. That way you can assess the situation yourself.

[jejagua]

Good recommendation. I have an appointment tomorrow. Thanks.

[jejagua]

Posting a follow-up. I am trialing the 2nd HA (for a binaural setup). So far, wow, what a difference. I would have done this a long time ago if I knew my speech comprehension would be this much improved. I wasn't too enthused about wearing a second HA as I've been wearing a single for almost ten years, but this is worth the extra hassle.

Audi had problems programming the buttons because he was reading the configuration from the 1st instrument. Apparently there was a bug. He had to recreate my configuration to get the buttons working correctly.

I prefer the older, more rigid receiver cords. For me, the receiver stays in place better with the old one. Also, the newer, flimsy cord makes the receiver more difficult to insert.

I use the streamer almost exclusively for audio book listening. I am going to have music widening turned off on my next visit because right now there's lots of echo.

The binaural setup also works better with the Streamer. I love hearing phone audio in both ears.