@hearing-love_loss , Dr Cliff makes videos about new HAs with quite a delay because of the necessity of time to test them properly.
The same was applied to the Phonak Infinio line.
EDIT: Matthew Allsop from Hearing Tracker is in the preparation of the video of Starkey Edge AI.
It’s going to be more like the “always on DNN” of the intent.
Doing what the sphere is doing without the battery draw is an engineering limitation, and that itself indicates the difference.
Yes it’s always on in some programs, not music.
When you use Edge AI it’s probably like the Spheres speric mode.
In the the app you can choose more noise reduction when it’s in Edge AI.
You can also choose better speech and best sound.
It really works.
I have given examples on other threads.
It really doesn’t drain the battery.
I’ve bought them so I’ll have more experience with them.
My son is getting married. I’ll have them for the wedding. The wedding will be the real test.
I will report honestly the good and bad about them.
That’s theoretical though or into a measurement coupler, it’s no good if you can’t deliver that gain with stability and no Feedback. I’d happily put that next to the Oticon/Bernafon RIC on the same prescription to see which goes into saturation first.
I just had my hearing test this past Tuesday, and my appointment to have them fitted (if I am using that term correctly?!?) is Wednesday morning November 6th. These are my first ever hearing aids but when he put them on me after my test on Tuesday I was flat-out SHOCKED at how well they seemed to work. Of course this is sitting in an office with no real noise and just myself and the audiologist, so there’s that. But wow!!!
I’ve just uploaded my audiogram numbers and am curious if anyone can give me some insight on my choice of the Starkey Edge AI 24 based on those numbers. Am I fairly likely to be pleased with these, or is it just impossible to tell at this point?
So a long press of the button cycles through the programs? And how do you know which program it is on- does it audibly name them? This sounds really useful and since my appointment is this coming Wednesday I’d like to set mine up this way!!!
It names them.
Example: Personal, Restaurant, Music, Tinnitus
That are my programs.
When you use Edge mode it gives a double beep.
Found a review from ziphearing.
Here’s the most important part:
I thought the noise reduction and speech enhancement of Edge AI was as good as Phonak Sphere (and better in some ways), and at less than half the size of Sphere. When I compare the aesthetics of Edge AI to its top two competitors with similar feature sets, there is just no comparison. Edge AI is lighter, smaller, and more discreet than competitor devices.
@Daniel1969 , what about your experience after month?
Dr. Cliff has published a short video on Instagram.
Nice promo video!
Dr. Cliff has published a new comparison between Starkey Edge AI and Phonak Sphere.
Some commenters are raving about Edge’s denoising capabilities:
My hearing has improved enormously–impressively in normal situations, and dramatically in background noise. I can now participate in cross-table conversations in noisy restaurants that, previously, I just had to sit back and be left out of. I’d pretty much reconciled myself to a life of poor hearing, but with the Starkey Edge AI devices, that’s no longer the case.
I was able to hear, respond, and talk across the (10) person table in a crowded banquet hall with a DJ blasting 90’s music, something I could not have enjoyed in the past! Thank you Dr. Cliff and Starkey, you both really care about everyone’s hearing!
I have found that the edge AI aids have been an amazing upgrade and have been very capable, even in high noise environments. The edge plus mode just takes that capability up a step.
The sound quality of the Starkey Edge isn’t as natural as that of the Phonak Sphere.
Another review states that Starkey did not do so well in extremely noisy restaurant while Phonak did cope very well.
As a user and have tried both and will disagree with how they work in noise. I have been in party area with well over 100 people drinking plus people bowling and singing. I had no problem and when I turned on Edge mode to emphasis speech made it so clear and easy that I didn’t even really notice all the noise. Whereas with Sphere I had to work harder to understand those I was with.
Also what is not discussed is how you were fit. Were they both fit using best fit or was real ear measurements made to fit them equally. More questions as well but that is the big one.
Here’s Dr. Cliff’s new video.
Dr. Cliff has posted a new video praising Starkey edge AI denoising capabilities.
ZipHearing has also published new reviews.
ZipHearing has also compared two titans of the hearing world and stated that both Starkey’s and Phonak’s AI are good.
Dr. Cliff’s review video has a lot comments.
One of the comments praise Starkey:
I have been wearing my Starkey Edge AI 24 RIC’s for over a month. I absolutely love them! The clarity is out of this world and I love the long battery life.
Another Audiologist states that Starkey has unparalleled speech clarity and that they had a great success with this device.
