I’d like to understand the technical comparison between my old Rexton hearing aid (Trax 42), and a Jabra I’m considering (Enhance Pro 20). I have moderately severe hearing loss, and 9 years ago I purchased the Rexton receiver in canal. Family and close friends tell me that my hearing has gotten much worse, and I’m considering an updated model. The audiologist told me that my hearing is slightly worse but not that much. I went to Costco for reprogramming and they said the new adjustment is almost identical to what I had before. Of course I will test drive the Jabra since I’ve read in Consumer Report that it has the best score for one-on-one conversation in noisy environment. But I’d also like to understand if (besides connectivity with smart phones), there is a relevant improvement in the amplification technology and performance. Do they have more microphones? Do they segment sound frequencies in more channels? What else? Years ago I’d read articles about linear octave frequency transposition, but was told my hearing loss was not severe enough. What hearing aids have that nowadays?
this can be activated in every actual prescription hearing aid. Normaly the setup is done by the audiologist if the HA wearer have a severe high frequency loss.
Thanks for clarifying that! If I may ask further (hopefully my audiogram is available), would you say that my hearing loss would need octave frequency transposition? In my last visit, the professional audiologist wrote that my hearing loss is moderately severe.
Also wondering if I should go to Costco for the new hearing aids even though they have the best price and service. I bought there my Rexton Trax 42 eight years ago, and I’ve been happy with both hearing aids and service. However, when I went there again a couple of months ago, the technician made a gross measurement mistake, and told me I had an air-bone loss of 60 dB, which prompted the audiology visit.
I believe Consumer Reports’ method relies on people selecting themselves to take a survey. It is suggestive at best.
Just remember that’s there’s no “best” hearing aids, the best is the one that works best for you, so a trial is needed before you can make this decision, Costco is a great place to start, this goes for the frequency lowering features, you’ll need to “test” this out to see if you get any real benefit from it, I wouldn’t think much at your loss,it’s mostly set up for severe/profound high frequency losses. Right now any HAs would be better then those older Trax, Rexton Reach is the latest from Costco.
@tenkan,
What’s the difference in hearing technology, bewtween the old Trax models and the new Reach models (besides smart phone connection gimmicks)?