Not sure I understand this statement.
Oticon does not have hands free phone calls like Phonak. With Phonak you can leave your phone in a totally different room and have a phone call. All other hearing aid manufacturers that I know of you must have the phone near your face to have a phone call.
You have not mentioned Cochlear, have you researched them. Their Nucleus 7 and Kanso2 are iOS and Android compatible.
Raudrive: You are correct about the hands free - With my Oticon HAs I do have to have my phone near - but no other device. And the Phonak Marvel with the AB CI would offer that completely hands free feature - even better than what I have now instead of taking a step back with Med El. They are not set to offer that for at least a few years from what I gather. I will note that AB does not have an off ear receiver and wonât for a few years. I would rather wait for that than the hands free.
I dismissed Cochlear early on because of they way the electrodes have just one current source shared among all electrodes rather than a current source or two for each. Honestly, I donât understand it all, but early in my reading I decided that was not preferable - could be wrong. The AB and Med El seem to have more middle tone options between electrodes, but again, I could have this all wrong as far as impact. This is covered, confusingly, on Cochlearimplanthelp.com. I would love to understand it all better, but as many say, they all work for users, so maybe I donât need to.
@dieslgrl this is very true, AB have had many failures with the internal parts needing to be removed and reimplanted. Itâs common knowledge, they had a recall as recently as early last year.
This one is the 3D hires implant, the one they are implanting now.
Advanced Bionics recalls certain cochlear implants due to hearing degradation - MassDevice.
Congrats, Sarah! Your wish finally came true. 
So I had my annual check up with the audiologist today. It was basically testing.
Sentences in quite Left 98%, Right 100%, Bilateral 100%
In noise; Left 68%, Right 69%, Bilateral 85%,
So based on that and my own satisfaction, no changes to mapping and I go back in a year unless something comes up.
Given where I was with hearing aids (see post 3) it is night and day.
Pat they are absolutely fantastic scores you came up with today. Huge congratulations to you.
AmazingâŚ.
Congratulations Pat
That is fantastic! Good for you!
How long have you been bilateral?
My second implant was activated in November of 2020.
I am considering a second implant. Was your rehab easier the second time around?
Yes, although my first rehab wasnât all that difficult either. But the difference between one ear and two ears is amazing.
I totally agree with this.