HP RM500SL manual FastFacts 18.9 FM fitting and verification

18.9 FM fitting and verification

FM fitting is complex and strategies are varied and fluid. These instructions are intended to provide the general principles involved, not a detailed and proven method. They assume familiarity with the use of Speechmap in fitting hearing aids.

1)Set up the hearing aid or receiver/earpiece as if to fit a hearing aid in REM or S- REM mode. Set it for environmental microphone (EM) only operation. Set Instrument to [BTE] or [Body] to indicate the location of the EM.

2)Follow 18: Speechmap Fitting Procedures but in 18.7: Fitting to targets for mid- level speech position LTASS 5 dB below the + targets (see note). Avoid controls that change FM gain.

3)Switch to FM only operation. If you are in S-REM mode, move the coupler and hearing aid or earpiece outside the test chamber. In either REM or S-REM mode, place the transmitter mic. close to the HIT reference mic. in the test chamber. Turn the transmitter ON and close the test chamber.

4)Change Instrument to [FM].

5)Select an REAR test and, with [Stimulus] at [Speech-shaped] and [Level] at [FM Chest] or [FM Boom], adjust the receiver and/or hearing aid to set the LTASS 5 dB above + targets (see note). If possible, use controls that don’t change EM gain.

If controls interact, you may need to repeat these steps or change the order to reach an optimum fitting.

NOTES: If the FM system automatically reduces EM gain when FM is received (FM priority), set the LTASS at the + targets in both EM and FM operation.

For procedures requiring a long coupler mic. cable see 2.3:Microphone connection.

FastFacts 18.9: FM fitting and verification

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