Hi,
I am in the process of buying HAs for the first time. I was shown a chart that has the different technology levels for Widex Allure, and I’m wondering if it’s worth it to go the next level which would cost an additional 1k.
So far, 220 has been good as I don’t have anything to compare it to. 330 I’m trying them now and haven’t noticed too much of a difference yet.
Does technology levels actually make a difference?
The difference listed on a chart I was given shows 330 having the ability for ‘Quiet with Speech’ and ‘Social’ whereas 220 doesn’t have that. TIA!
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Yeah a little bit, really up to you, if you find yourself in quiet environments more than noisy then the lower tech is quite ok, as you’ve found, but if your socially interested and out and about all the time then you could go to the premium model, actually this is one thing that annoys me! another reason I like Costco, the business model for HAs is “premium models” only.
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I’d say it depends on your level of hearing loss. If it’s only moderate and you wear open domes (or vented domes), then you are unlikely to get much benefit from the extra features. With open domes much of the sound will bypass the HAs anyways.
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I have mild to moderate high frequency loss and using open domes. Thanks for the insight!
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IMO, given your state of hearing loss and open domes, if the 220s have the ability to select directional hearing then the 330s won’t offer any significant advantage.
With my Widex Moment HAs a main difference tween 220 and 330 HA levels was the number of programs that could be installed, but I now only use 2 installed programs plus directional hearing so that difference no longer matters.
Widex Allure Feature Matrix:
HA-feature-24-23-en-US.pdf (223.2 KB)