If connectivity with Android and a laptop is important to you, then Phonak is the best solution for you. It uses classic bluetooth and works great.
The worst is just connecting to the application because it takes longer to connect, at least more than 5 seconds.
Phonak has a program for music. there are 9 programs. I better show you the phonak Audeo lumity specs, please note that it shows 4 technology levels, L90 is the most expensive and L30 is the cheapest. And if you look carefully, the music program is available from L70. This does not mean that others cannot listen to music.
But to really see what the hearing aid is like, you have to really try it, at least for 2 weeks, because the ear needs time to learn a new sound.
For noisy places, there is a speech in noise program. It narrows the microphone to hear better in front of the person and what is behind will be muted. To be honest, I heard from Doctor CliffAud that oticon has a better program for these conditions, that they filter the noise better without affecting the speech too much.
I forgot to say, those programs I mentioned fall under Autosense, which automatically changes programs and is able to recognize the conditions in which a certain program is needed.
It is possible to add additional programs that you can change yourself by pressing a button or in the application
By the way, I also recommend reading the old topics here on the forum, they are really instructive. Here, for example, some Phonak Luminity users have written their own experiences that they noticed when they compared it with an older phonak model.
open or closed domes. It depends on the hearing loss, if the hearing loss is mild then you can have the domes open because they will not cause feedback.
But you have to pay attention that open domes make it difficult to listen to music via bluetooth, because noise and other sounds enter the ear and the music does not sound good.
That’s why phonak designed a receiver called Activevent, it has a mechanism that closes the flow of background sound, some forum members here described it as a clicking sound.
I heard that this receiver has a shelf life of 6 months, talk to the dealer more about it because I don’t have enough information. And you can have that receiver only if your hearing is not too damaged.