I acquired a set of Rexton Reach aids in July 2024. I previously had a single 8 year old Audeo aid in my left ear and my right ear didn’t need an aid. So I have gone from reasonable hearing (one good ear, one assisted) to two bad ears with aids. I think the recent loss of the right ear was from an illness 2 years ago. Costco has been great to buy through and get service. Recharging is fine and I expect to have a in-warranty service in 2.5 years to check the batteries. The sound is a little crunchier than my previous setup, but that is probably due to only having one bad ear before and the other half having natural sound. I have some problems listening to the TV which is remedied by adjusting to just forward sounds in the app. Turning off the TV is also very effective. I think our house is giving me a small echo. The Android app works great, even with my ancient Samsung A51 phone and Android version 13 OS. You can adjust volume on each device, contrary to what the Play Store image showed, easy to adjust to front or all around sources, the noisy room option cuts out unwanted noise well, (Costco is really noisy when you have hearing aids) and the app paired with phone. My left ear canal is small so I got a smaller dome for that ear. They don’t offer a real vented dome, but they just cut a notch in the side of the dome to allow natural sound to the eardrum. I’m thinking of going back to the unvented domes due to some itchiness, possibly from where the domes are cut. Overall I’d give them a 8 or 9, probably biased by now having to wear two devices. It would have been nice to try the new Philips aid for comparison, but that wasn’t in the cards for me and my timing.
Are you able to stream from your phone to your aids or from any of your bluetooth devices?
Thanks for sharing, it’s informative, one thing I’d ask is why are you not using custom molds, this would be a better solution for your level of loss and better fit as well.
Yes, Instagram, pandora, phones call after i answer or call on the phone
It’s never been suggested, though it could be that i self selected the behind the ear version. Maybe next time I’ll look into that. Thanks.
Yeah, you won’t have that irritation issue either, with decent sized vents you’ll be fine, plus the bluetooth streaming from the Sammy A51 is another bonus, if you wanted “hands free” calls you’d need to upgrade your phone to use LE Audio right or is the A51 support LC3 Codec?