This forum was very helpful for me 4 years ago, especially some folks like Um Bongo. This time around, I have found Rasmus and Justin’s posts to be very helpful.
Back then I purchased a set of Agil Power Pros. They were good but have been less helpful recently and an audiogram shows my hearing has worsened: it is now severe to profound. The numbers in my signature are old; I hope to post new numbers soon.
I have a long time Audiologist but she has been a bit distracted a bit. I have tested three hearing aids:
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Resound Enzo - Absolutely fantastic with the iPhone, in a car, for TV, and in outdoors/wind. Lousy in noise. Only decent in quiet.
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Oticon Dynamo - Lousy in everything above but very good in noise. They were adjusted for me and got better but the sound quality is still raspy and the volume wheel seems prehistoric. It does not provide the precision of digital buttons
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Oticon Alta2 Pro - They seemed incrementally better in all areas from my Agil Pros. But my trial got cut off because my Audi convinced me that they just did not have enough power for my probable continued hearing deterioration. So, returned to trialing the other two. She said my audiogram results show that I qualify for insurance for a cochlear implant. But I want to push that off if I can.
Any thoughts?
Are the Alta2 Pros the best I can do for now? Will the Oticon OPN come out in power BTE any time soon?
Thanks!