In addition to which I have intermittent wifi calling issues with my BT streamed calls either not going through, or horrible connections.
I think it could be as simple as older folks have less finger dexterity and prefer just plunking the aids into a charging station (altho, they better seat the aid just right!). They don’t want to fuss with itty bitty little batteries rolling all over the countertop and onto the floor to be chased around on hands and knees. I’m 67 and have been in that spot, but STILL - would NEVER EVER give up battery aids for good.
I was on a recent weeklong trip and the new Phonak rechargeable Life aids gave out DAY ONE. If I hadn’t had my battery-operated Marvel aid backups with me, I’d have been sunk.
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I was thinking about the older folks but then I wondered how many folks in that category would be shopping Zip Hearing??? Perhaps for the really old folks in assisted living facilities, etc., it’s the caregivers who don’t want to be messing with changing batteries and they’re the ones doing the shopping on Zip Hearing, if that’s where the Zip Hearing statistic comes from. Otherwise, perhaps people in general just don’t like changing batteries and having batteries as a perennial shopping list item to keep track of buying, etc.
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Yeah. It’s shots like this that convinced me the Phonak Audeo Life aid was the WATERPROOF miracle I’ve waited 30-odd years for.
Like we can flip over in a kayak and still be smiling and HEARING when we resurface? I’m hoping to convince Phonak that just two swims of half an hour each with NO diving, jumping in, or my head being completely submerged in water is all it took to fritz my new Life aids.
It took 24 hours for both aids to even register sound anymore, and almost immediately the left aid went into permanent Noise Management OVERDRIVE, so if anyone whispers, tiptoes or rustles past me while wearing them they just about SHUT down like it’s a fire truck siren.
I’m not in the water with them on. And I’m not smiling. 
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I wanted to share a link that lists the programs and features of the Lumity aids by model, if that’s helpful.
I plan to print out the chart and take it to my audi in the hopes of exchanging my Life aids for the Lumity Premium L90.
@1Bluejay Not sure if these:
AutoSense OS 5.0
SmartSpeech
StereoZoom 2.0
SpeechSensor
Will make any difference, it is only you who can tell; You might need to trial them to see for yourself.
If you want to return the Paradise and get the Lumity version, that is your decision to make.
Bearing in mind, that a complete waterproof HA, is just not feasible, regardless of what any manufacturer says.
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The Life is the waterproof version in the Lumity Line.
It’s for people who go kayaking but never fall in. Obviously.
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OK, I’m a bit confused. Does Phonak have a “waterproof” aid called LIFE for each of its platforms: Paradise (now about 3 yrs old) and Lumity (just released)?
If so, I want to exchange my Paradise-platform Life aids for the newer Lumity-platform Life aids.
I hope I got that right? 
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Yes, I believe you have it right.
WH
Yes Baltazard, that is my challenge. Not being a DIY programmer, I have to rely on my audi to set these up as a dedicated program. The Life aids should be “smart” enough to enable the right program for the right situation, but often, I want to LOCK IN something like Speech in LOUD Noise. I don’t want my aids to try to outsmart me and change things around all the time.
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Yes that’s right, same thing, which is it’s the Paradise dressed up to be…well something it’s not.
No. The Lumity platform is the only one that offers the waterproof Life. Hope that helps.
The Cochlear Kanso 2 processors show percentage battery while the Nucleus 7 processors do not show percentage, just a 0-100 indicator.
The percentage seems to be pretty accurate.
Off subject, sorry.
I would like to know what drawbacks here are for the Life version? Are they any bigger or heavier?
I saw in the youtube video that the life version comes with the batterypack charger which I prefer.
I plan to contact my Audiologist on Monday to see about ordering!
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You may want to consider the details; The Phonak Audéo Life is Waterproof*, not Waterproof. And the asterisk means;
- (* up to 50 cm or 1.64 feet)
So, would it be Waterproof in a child’s wading pool with a depth of 24 inches. I dunno.
The bridge is not actually waterproof. It is located in a place named Waterproof.
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I think of this like iphones. The last few generations of iphones have been “waterproof.” But I still don’t let them get wet on purpose. On the first “waterproof” generation a friend went canoeing, and she had the phone get wet in her pants and spoiled. We were all sad.
I am happy that they are “more waterproof” than ip68. Are the receivers that waterproof? How about activevents? “whatever that means.”
WH
BTW, the same goes for the Lumity platform: