The Signia Pure NX7 hearing aids I’ve use for more than 5 years need to be replaced/updated. So I am wondering about comments and/or recommendations by participants on this forum in that regard.
I am currently considering the Phonak Audeo Sphere I90 or the ReSound Vivia 9 microREI. I have been using the Signia Cennexx 8 fitting software for the past five years, and also have a copy of Phonak Target 8. But if I went with ReSound, I am hoping someone could message me a link where I could download Smart Fit 2.0. Please?
The two aspects of hearing aids that matter most to me are an exceptionally natural & undistorted sound when listening to music (including very load music), and speech intelligibility in noisy environments.
I fully expect the new DDN technology will address noisy environment performance much better than my older Signia aids do. As far as music is concerned, I had to order much more powerful Receivers (on eBay) to get rid of the distortion of loud music, and also redo the programming of my music profile to obtain a natural directional ambient sound.
You’ll need to trial both to know which is the ones for you, as you do DIY projects I’m sure you’ll be able to set them up pretty much how you like things to sound, yeah NX are a pretty old platform now, still nothing from Signia on their AI models yet, can’t be far away now hopefully.
I’ve anxiously followed Oticon and now ReSound announcements and news. My last two pair of Phonak have been disappointing.
I hope to solve those problems and would easily switch to get better.
I’ve been considering diy for some time, but have never done so.
Fantastic, I’m sure you’ll be pleased with the outcome, as for the Noahlink most people just use eBay or Amazon, so Costco is something to keep in mind, unfortunately they haven’t released the ReSound Vivia rebranded as a Jabra as yet.
I’m grateful. however, I have a workman’s compensation claim. They dictate what I can buy, when, and the cost they will pay. I asked: may I upgrade to a better model of hearing aid? Answer is NO.
My dispensing audi did something very well. He applied, and I got hearing aids early. And they provided top model Paradise P90Rs. The year I got them they would only provide hearing aids from 3 manufacturers. Phonak was one; I had had 2 pairs of Phonak.
If I buy hearing aids from Costco I pay the whole shot, and they will not pay to maintain them.
Oh okay, yeah that makes a difference, Costco does include 3 year warranty and service, you can actually go to any Costco store for this as well, not stuck at just the one clinic, with the insurance there’s always the fine print that doesn’t seem to benefit the customer
