the Label “Trial” on your Audeo L-RL means, that these Phonak L Trial devices are programmable as Lumity Hearing aids in each tech stage L30, L50, L70 and L90.
So these trial hearing aids could be programmed for each available feature levels.
It’s basically a loaner for people to try/demo and can be programmed in all versions of that particular hearing aid.
They working just as every other Lumity pair (same hardware) , with a different firmware (software).
They have a trial period setting which means , that they typically start beeping at 6-, 8-, 10-, 12- weeks (depends on the initial programm setting) - maximum is 12 weeks (since release of Target 9) in the past Target versions it were 6 or 8 weeks.
The trial period can be reset by the fitting software “Target”. It can easy be done if you self program.
For programming you need the fitting software “Phonak Target” and “Noahlink Wireless” programming device + Windows Laptop
Phonak provides clinics with trial devices they can use for patients wanting to do a test drive before purchase. These aids are different than those for general sale in that they can easily be programmed to run at the desired technology level (i.e. they can be set to 90, 70 or 50 - features).
After the initialy set trial time begins , if the trial period runs up, the devices begin randomly beeping to ensure that they are brought back to the provider.
The Trials can be set to each feature levels. So you can set yours to L90 (best level) and as trail period can be choosen a timeframe between 6 to 12 weeks. I would set it to max = 12 weeks.
Other than this flexibility, the sound should be exactly the same as those ultimately sold to to patients. If your willing to self program a trial pair then you need to connect the aids every 12 weeks to Target to reset the Trial period to avoid the beeping issue. The reset can be done in 5 minutes.
Phonak Trial devices are available only in silver colour , have imprinted “Trial” on case. You need to connect them to Target every 6-12 weeks when trial is run up to reset the trial period. Just connect to target and save again. During saving you can set the length of the trial period by choosing the time frame of 6 to 12 weeks from a selecton.