I am about 3 weeks into trying a switch from my first and only pair of hearing aids (Widex Beyond 440 that I wore for 6 years starting in my late twenties) to a pair of Phonak Infinio spheres. My reasons for trying the change were that my hearing loss had progressed significantly and my new audiologist felt the phonaks would handle my loss better. It has been an adjustment for sure (see my post here Adjusting to new aids. What’s normal? for some of the issues). But it is starting to feel more natural. Without a doubt I am hearing more, and overall better than I was before in all situations, but especially in challenging situations.
The being said, it is hard for me to untangle all of the causality for both the issues and successes given everything that changed between my last pair and current pair (not just the brand change). At this point I am 95% sure I’m going to keep the phonaks and hope my audiologist and I can smooth out the remaining issues. But I would say that sound and physical fit are not quite as “comfortable” as my old pair.