It was from the health tab on “myPhonak” app on my phone. It is kinda tricky, as the ap goes to zero when the HA turns off, so you watch it if you are curious and if you miss when it shuts off, then you have to guess.
My audiologist said something to the effect that I stream more than any patient she’s had. Some phone calls, some podcasts, some zoom/google meet.
Looks like it is a function of the Audeo p90r as my Marvel shows only hours on. The App used to give time as hours and decimal. After the recent update it is now in hours and minutes.
This is interesting information. I know the aids log other information that can be accessed from the fitting software (like which program is used the most and I think even if the volume is adjusted or not). I remember my audiologist setup the usual music program for me some years ago. I found it wasn’t acceptable and he knew before I even mentioned it to him, that I wasn’t using it.
Lumity features showing in Target 8.0.1 compared to Paradise. There are differences such as the lack of “Own Voice pick-up” in the Lumity, but I would have to assume the Lumity would have that feature.
So how would these actually IMPROVE beyond my (now fritzed thanks to a water dunking!) Audeo Life aids? I SO want to have enhanced speech understanding, but wonder is this already in my current Life aids!!! Cuz I don’t see any literature that spells that out. And the performance of the Life aids WAS a tad better than my older Phonak Marvel aids … untill I swam in them twice for half an hour.
Now I plan to return them for a full refund as they didn’t work as promised.
Would greatly appreciate any light shed on these Phonak benefit statements.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.