Jabra EP20's frustration with reliablity

I asked at Costco about purchasing a dehumidifier and my hearing aid specialist said it wasn’t necessary. Of course, I consider a work out as pushing myself away from the table. No perspiration at all. :laughing:

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i have a 2yo pair of jabra enhance select 200s and they have been replaced a few times. the jabra audi i’m working with thought i might be having moisture issues and suggested using a small dessicant packet in my charger. she said that should remove any residual moisture as they charge overnight. i bought a bag of 100 small packets on amazon for $8 (the beads in these change from orange to blue as they soak up water, plus they’re reusable) and i’m hoping this helps. perhaps it will help you as well.

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I am using Jabra EP20 almost a year. It wasn’t my choice as Jabra was not a professional hearing aid manufacturer. Somehow Costco made me believe that EP20 is the best. I am having trouble and connectivity issues with my Android phone. Not recommended.

Not quite true, although they don’t manufacturer the Jabra, they are exactly the same models supplied from ReSound, you now know not to believe anyone who tells you whats the “best” model available, it’s well known the “best” is the one that works “best” for you, whatever that brand may be.
You should go back to your Costco fitter and ask them for further assistance in getting them adjusted to your satisfaction.

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Jabra Enhanced Pro 20 hearing aids are manufactured by GN, one of the six manufacturers of hearing aids in the world. If you go to the, “Hearing Aid”, section on this site, there’s an illustration showing all the brands of hearing aids manufactured by the six Manufactures in the world. GN makes hearing aids under the Jabra brand, Beltone brand, and ReSound brand. The other manufacturers make them under many different labels.

I have been wearing the Costco Jabra Enhanced Pro 20 hearing aids for almost two months. The only issues I have had with them stopping working have been caused by the wax filters being clogged. The previous three times it occurred I took them to Costco and they cleaned them for me. I live and work less than five miles from the store. The last time one stopped working I changed the filter and the dome myself, which made the hearing aid start working again. I asked the question on this site, “How often do you change your wax filters?” The answers have been all over the place. The range has been from once a week to up to six months. Obviously, everyone make ear wax at different rates and quantities.

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I have Don’s and wax guard regular supply from Costco and I do change it myself every three weeks as required. You can easily do that.

Do you mean you change the wax guards as required? Meaning when the hearing aid stops working, or do you mean every three weeks regardless if they are still working or not.

Michael, I think your hearing aid has two or three microphones, depending on if you have a microphone inside the ear. (I have a similar hearing aid from ReSound but the audiologist did not opt for the microphone in the ear, so it does seem optional.) From what I recall of an earlier discussion on Hearing Tracker, quite a few people thought that the microphone in the ear was most likely to experience problems (perhaps because sweat is more likely to enter that microphone). I’d suggest finding out which microphone in your hearing aids were experiencing problems. Hopefully the redesign of the shell will help, though.

It needs to be changed regularly. Your audiologist must have told you this. I was asked to change both domes and guard every month. Since I realize I have more wax accumulated I have decided to change every three weeks. Costco provides the supplies free of charge.
Let me know if you need any other info.

I got them back today only 6 days later. It’s great to be back in them. Something was up with the ep10s they put me in for loaner, same program as my ep20s but I know I couldn’t hear as well.

It was definitely the mic on the ha that was the problem. I see the new shell, it does have a filter built in. I assume it’s replaceable. My money is still on sweat being my problem. I guess I’ll just keep them off when I work out or maybe use a sweatband.

The worst thing about all this is it got me looking at hearing aids because I was pissed. I didn’t know the Starkey Edge AIs had been released. Seem like the phonak spheres but no huge battery like the spheres. Then this week resound released their next gen with ai. AI seems like a game changer in hearing in noise. I guess I’ll stick ep20s for now, but I am tempted to do a demo and see how well I’d hear in the AI tech.

I don’t know how much advantage AI will give the wearer of hearing aids. So far I haven’t found any use for AI on my work PC laptop, via MS AI, and on my personal iPad though Apple’s AI. It’s still very early in the AI adoption in any area of computing and replacing my expensive hearing aids just for an untested technology seems economically silly. I expect my Jabra Enhanced Pro 20s to last for at least three or four years. I expect that the rechargeable batteries may need to be replaced within the three years. .