I haven’t posted an update in a while so thought I would catch up with everyone…
As I mentioned in my previous updates, I was having issues with speech clarity whenever the Infinio Sphere hearing were in the “Calm” program. I also felt that music didn’t sound as good as my Lumity L90 hearing aids. I took these issues back to my audiologist a few week ago and we determined that the performance of the new M receivers was different and he swapped out the M receivers for P receivers (both with double domes).
I’m happy to report that after wearing the hearing aids with P receivers for a few weeks, all of my issues have disappeared. Voices are now nice and sharp whenever AutoSense is in the “Calm” program and Music quality is now much richer. I’ve also noticed better speech comprehension in noisier environments and of course, speech in the Spheric AI program is still incredible.
I think a couple of things worked together to close the gap on my issues. I am convinced that there is something different about the M receivers and their performance compared to the M receivers I was wearing on my Lumity hearing aids. The amount of amplification I needed was butting up against the maximum capabilities of the M receivers and this was causing compression and distortion. Not sure why, but the P receivers completely fixed this issue. I’m guessing the extra head room made all the difference. The other interesting observations I have made is that the larger P receivers are taking up more real estate in my ear canals and this, along with the double domes on these receivers has slightly increased the occlusion in both ears. The Sphere hearing aids are now operating in my ears with a more closed fitting and this has improved sound quality and with extra bass. The analogy would be the way music sounds better when you put your fingers in your ears with an open fitting and everything sounds a bit clearer.
Last night I attended an event which had about 150 people packed into a small 20 ft x 70 ft meeting room. It was absolutely packed in there with horrible noise everywhere, music blasting, people shouting…a total hearing mess. Thing is…with the Spheric AI noise program running the whole time, I could actually hear people and carry on decent conversations. This was a crazy first for me. It wasn’t perfect and there were a few times it was so noisy that I had issues (mostly with people who had foreign accents), but I could still function. Huge relief for me as this was really and truly one of the worst places that I have tested the Sphere’s. An 80% success rate in this type of messy noise environment is a huge improvement.
This Sunday I fly down to the USA for a 3 day business trip. It should be interesting to test the Sphere’s at the airport, on the plane and in a variety of business meeting settings (including a few team dinners). I will report back late next week with another update.
Wishing everyone a good weekend!
Jordan