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About this tool
Log which hearing aid programme you used in each listening situation, rate clarity and comfort, and see what works.
A hearing aid notes tracker records which programme you used in each listening situation and how clear and how comfortable it was, rated separately out of five, along with how many steps you moved the volume from the fitted setting. It then reports the best-scoring programme per situation once there are at least two notes for it, and flags recurring problems such as whistling or an odd-sounding own voice. Designed for the acclimatisation weeks after a fitting, when the useful information is what happens in real rooms rather than in the booth.
Open Hearing Aid Notes Tracker on AltFTool — it loads instantly in your browser.
Add your input to the workspace.
Adjust the options until the result looks right.
Copy or download the output and put it to work.
A setting can be intelligible and still unpleasantly sharp, and the fix for each is different.
A programme is named best for a situation only once it has at least two notes there.
The average offset from the fitted position is exactly what an audiologist wants to see at a review.
Most fitting guidance quotes around six weeks of regular wear before your brain adjusts to the new sound, with the first two weeks feeling loudest and sharpest. Ratings taken in that window will look worse than later ones, which is one reason a dated log is more useful than an impression.
Which situations are still difficult, which programme you use in each, whether you are consistently changing the volume from the fitted setting, and any whistling, own-voice boominess or sharpness. Concrete situations and dates are far more actionable than 'it is not quite right'.
Recurring feedback usually means sound is leaking back to the microphone — a dome or mould that no longer seals, wax in the ear canal, or a feedback manager that needs recalibrating. It is a fitting issue to bring to the clinic rather than something to solve by turning the volume down.
That is the occlusion effect: blocking the ear canal traps low-frequency energy from your own voice and makes it boomy. It often eases during acclimatisation, and when it does not, it is normally addressed with more venting, a different dome or a low-frequency gain change. This tool is informational only — ask your audiologist rather than adjusting settings yourself.