Oticon Chili

Hearing Aids
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#114

Hi All a newbe here,

Just had trial of the Chili 9 and now I am trying the Chili 7. The Chili 7 to me sound terrible when compare to the 9. When I first use the Chili 9 I had turn the surround sound system down and music from the 7.1 system on a TV show was great, but with the Chili 7 everything is just flat even voices. I know from looking at then specs the 9’s have the following additional futures:

Binaural Noise Management
Binaural Synchronization
My Voice

I going to assume that this is what made the Chili 9 sound better, can someone explain what and why.

#115

Seems you are not fully satisfied with the Chili 9, since you are trying another HA. Just thought I’d let you know that Widex just came out with a new BTE (powerful) HA called the Widex Super 440. Its new on the market so I have no idea how it stacks up against the Chili.

Question - Does the Chili 9 and 7 have RITC and if so have you experienced any feedback. Seems lots of users of the RITC are experiencing nasty feedback when trying new aids.

#116

There no feedback with the Chili. I trying the 7’s because of the price, but it look like you get what you pay for. The sound quality of the 7 is subpar to the 9.

#117

Why do power aids do not have large bandwith. Is this good or bad?

#118

Feedback mainly, but also it is assume that there is a high probability of having cochlear dead regions

#119

Chili SP 9:
-Has 1 extra channel

  • More identities
    -Binaural processing
    -Power bass OR Music widening.
#120

Still not clear. If the bandwith is 6.5 as thr Chilis , does that mean they don’t provide amplification beyond that frequency or what ?

#121

I would be curious to know how long the battery would last in that frequent replacements get very expensive really fast.

hmm wonder what they did to get the power consumption down…

#122

I have the kid’s version in the power platform and the batteries last 2 weeks!
almost went with another hearing aid that carries a 675 but I stayed with 13s in the end.

#123

They say this is a discreet aid but when I saw it I found it very big.

#124

I found it big as well. It sat on my ear and look the same size as my naida UPs.

#125

I would rather have bigger batteries if they are the same size. May go for an aid with smaller battery if the aid is also smaller.

#126

No, Chili is smaller than Naida UP. I have both of pairs and can see difference in sizes. Here is a photo showing this difference.

#127

Looking at picture, I see why I would say they are the same size. The difference is tiny.

#128

I think Chili is same size as Naida SP. When they say " discreet’ about Chili I consider this a lie. It is very big.

#129

Chili don’t seems so jumbo as Naida. Tiny or not tiny - but this is a difference in sizes.

#130

This last part of the thread is funny to read. Both are smaller than what super power hearing aids used to be. That said, relative to a Unitron US80-PP or a Phonak SuperFront, both these hearing aids are small.

#131

lol, I had Phonak Superfront aids for 16 years, the Naidas are tiny compared to the Superfront but the different between the Chillis and Naidas is tiny that I would go for the Naidas always as I can get better battery life :slight_smile:

#132

I would pick the same way with your loss.

The Naida UP hearing aids are louder than the Chili for low frequencies. However, for those with better low frequencies, there seems to be greater love for the Chili’s.

#133

What aids do you recommend for my loss ?

The Oticon distributor isn’t convinced that I should wear CHili. He thinks Agil min RITE or Acto Min Rite would work better due my ski slope loss . He says that I don’t need much amplification over 2000 and that the Agil would pick thehigh frequncies. He doesn’t have aids right now for me to try as he is ordering.

I am really confused. I tried Phonak Audeo Smart IX and think I am missing many things. My main problem is understanding speech even in calm situations and I think I get distortion. I think Agil has same power as the Smart ,so I was pushing towards the CHili.

Maybe he doesn’t like them being big for me as he thinks I am young(30’s) , and would rather prefer smaller aids but I told him that I have no other option but the Chili. I thought I was giving him instructions more than making use of his experience. Maybe this forum gave me much information on aids. When I tried the samrt, I tried one aid so he says when I wear two Agils I will be able to understand speech. He is not dispensing Phonak’s. Only Oticon.

In my country we don’t have trial periods but he offered to give me time to try the aids when he have them. This is another problem as aids are not always available as the distributor’s and he has to order from time to time. He made me think of trying the Agil but I have no hope with the type of loss I have.