ReSound microphone vs Roger - Should I upgrade?

Hearing Aids
#1

I have 5 year old ReSounds. The version that needed the remote to connect to the iPhone (2 months after I got them they came out with the one that connects directly.
The HAs are working but with my recent extreme loss on one side meetings are brutal.
I have an old mini microphone which my husband wears in restaurants so I can hear him. The literature on the newer ones is a micro microphone and a regular one which they claim can be used on a table.

I am trying to hold out another year or 2 on getting new HAs.

Has anyone compared using get larger ReSound microphone with the Roger Select? Will I be able to use the newer ReSound Microphone with my old HAs? Should I bit the bullet and go with Phonaks and a Roger Pen that I could also use at the many conferences I teach?

My old aids have regular, music, restaurant and tinnitus features. I use restaurant 95% of the time but am constantly varying volume for soft vs loud talkers so use my remote a lot too.

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#2

Good questions. I’m in the same boat and will be looking forward to any answers.

#3

I prefer the Select to the MulitMic.

Could you investigate the MultiMic return policy? You could try it and see whether it solves your problem to a satisfactory degree.

#4

@efigalaxie and @focusandearnit both have quite a bit of experience with the ReSound Multi-Mic and Roger Pens - and using Roger Pens through a Phonak FM receiver plugged into the Multi-Mic FM port. You might PM them through forum messaging or perhaps they might respond to you in this thread. I know focusandearnit is pretty busy as a young MD and I imagine efigalaxie has a demanding job (until Brexit - just kidding!)

#5

resound Quattro’s are quite amazing. I would strongly recommend that you seriously consider upgrading early – this is your hearing - you deserve it! obviously, these are expensive. but so is the Roger system. you are also used to hearing “resound style” so take that into consideration. personally, I grew up on resound technology and then when I tried Phonak about 8 years ago for several years, I hated it. when I got my resound LiNX (first bluetooth models you mentioned), it was like a breath of fresh air. consider Resound Quattro’s + MultiMic. see how that goes. build on from there with Roger (Roger X 03 receiver + Roger select/pens on eBay – I know the pens are on eBay, not sure about the select as it is newer)

edit: just to be clear, for the rogers to work with resound, you will need a multi mic to begin with so that you can plug in the Roger X 03 receiver into it.

I don’t know if your model hearing aid can work with the multi mic. I want to say it can, but I would verify with your audiologist. you may also be able to get the multi mic on eBay much cheaper. the mics – multi mic, Roger X, Roger pens, etc don’t require an audiologist to program to the aids (if they are, in fact, compatible).

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#6

I really like the Roger Select, it’s a very clever piece of technology.

I personally hear really well in Noise with my Phonak Brio’s so have just sold on my Roger equipment.

#7

I think you’re saying that with your Phonak Brios (3?) that you don’t need an auxillary microphone and got rid of your Roger equipment. Do you know if it was compatible with your Brios?

#8

In my experience, the original Resound lapel mini mike to which you probably refer - rectangular and silver-black- was non directional. The newer multi and micro microphones (all black and oblong) are both directional, with the mini switching to non directional if placed on table. Upright or at a sharp angle, the directional really cuts down background noise. At close range you can also point multi or micro at people for directional effect, as if interviewing.

A switch to Phonak for main aids shows their Partnermic with ambient sound turned off on the app is the best of the lot. However, you can’t feed in sound from a 3.5 mm jack like on the Resound Multimic, and you can’t use multiple mikes. That has forced me to try the horrendously expensive Roger On. However, while it offers high directionality I am not impressed by its sound quality, and think the Phonak Lumina aids have markedly greater clarity. I am on V2 Roger. There is a V3 coming out, but PR says nothing about clarity.

BTW, I still use my non-directional Resound at conferences when passing it round as a roving mike, either taped to a pen or to the official roving mike. It means I don’t have to ask folks to face it towards them. If there is a sound system, I ask to plug my multi in to a headphone jack and that gives me everything that ordinary folk get (turn off the ambient in your hearing aids for better effect).

Also, notwithstanding Resound claims, both me and my audio found in tests that the range of them all is the same.

#9

I’d be happy to help with that! Here’s the revised text:

I apologize for reaching out so late, but I have a question about whether the Resound Multimic can connect to the Phonak (receiver 03) and how it works with the Oticon Xceed hearing aid.

I’m feeling quite frustrated because I’ve received conflicting information. Some have said it’s not compatible with either the Phonak or Oticon hearing aids, while GN Resound has confirmed that it can connect via Roger X DAI. However, I’m still unsure about how that would work with the Oticon hearing aid.

I would really appreciate your feedback on this. Thank you.

Best regards,
Sara

#10

Yes it can.

It won’t as you don’t have Resound hearing aids, you have Oticon Aids.

I also wear Oticon Xceed.

You would have to buy a Oticon EduMic and plug a Roger X in that way.

Or don’t get a EduMic and get audio shoes like in the link. This is my hearing aid.

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#11

Thank you for your response.

If I use Edumic and plug an FM receiver into it, how can I connect my hearing aid to the FM receiver? Sorry for all the questions!

I understand that Edumic can’t be left on the table as it won’t pick up the speaker’s voice.

How can I adjust it to capture voices in a 360-degree range?

Thank you.

#12

It’s wireless, you put it in your pocket when a Roger X is attached.

You need to buy a Roger Microphone otherwise there’s no point in attaching a Roger X and you may as well just put the EduMic on someone to wear and that persons voice will transmit to your hearing aids.

@firenzel will be able to explain better on exactly how it works.

#13

Ahhh, right!

Think it’s time to upgrade my hearing aid. Ive been wearing Oction Xceed Play UP for three years now and NHS still have the some stock therefore they are unable to upgrade my HA.

Now, Im going to Private route and see if they can help.

Any recommendations on HA based on the following:

Hear better esp in a noisy background
Able to hear speeches clearly

My borderline hearing loss is sereve to profound

Sara

#14

@Sara82

My loss is profound and the Xceed is the most up to date Oticon HA for severe to profound.

You could get the Phonak Naida L90 UP.

I have NHS Oticon Xceed 1 UP and NHS Phonak Naida P70 UP and find the Phonak so muted unlike the Oticon.

#15

I got a roger pen that was given via AtW. However, I find the somewhat struggle connecting my Oction Xceed for some reason!

Another option would be getting Roger on microphone rather than going to private for a new hearing aid.

Would you say that the roger on is better than Roger pen? It will give me a boost in hearing.

Also, my mistake is that Ive asked my Audiology to increase my volume despite they have warned me increasing the volume will not help me esp
In noisy background :woman_facepalming:t2: its seems they are right! Now Im struggling to get appt with NHS to reverse the settings!