Why do you feel you need back up hearing aids - if you do?

My Phonak Audeo Paradise P90R’s were a challenge. The dispensing audi tried to set them up for a year and a half.
He was kind. He set up the previous hearing aids as backup; supplied batteries, domes and wax guards. He did a better job setting them up than the Paradise ones. Thanked him. Used them as spares. Liked them better than the Paradise P90’s he supplied…

I always had backup HAs but had to buy the backup HAs.

Here in the UK, we get a free pair of HAs and what ever I got given for free, I would buy a backup pair on eBay as I DIY.

Up until I lost my remaining hearing, I had 2 pairs of Oticon Xceed 1 UP, now I just have 1 pair of free Oticon Xceed 1 UP Play HAs.

I don’t hear with my HAs anymore but still wear them as I’ve worn HAs my whole life so my ears feel odd without any HAs in.

@dowlinglawoffice said:

That made living with just one quite difficult.

I think Phonak should find a way to add to their App, a way to change which ear has the Bluetooth.

When I wore Phonak’s, my right was Bluetooth as that had better hearing but I always got an ear infection in the right so it meant I couldn’t use Bluetooth with my left a lot of the time.

@Zebras said:

I think Phonak should find a way to add to their App, a way to change which ear has the Bluetooth

You’d think this could be done, as switching to Adaptive Bandwidth can be done in the app. Obviously, it can be changed in Target, but that will generally require a trip to the Audiologist.

Love your Avatar by the way

Peter

I love the phrase “too stupid to confess” - it’s descriptive and intriguing!

I have only had HAs at all for just over a month, but I plan on having a backup pair when finances permit - because happens.

I didn’t buy a second pair of aids just to have a backup, just kept the first ones I ever had when they’d were older and I got new ones.

In my case, these are not spares, but auxiliary ones.
I have unitron and phonak RIC hearing aids. The batteries are not enough to last the whole day, due to the constant streaming of sound via bluetooth, the batteries usually last until the afternoon. Sometimes it is until 6 pm in the evening.
I have no intention of going back to disposable batteries, but as long as I have rechargeable hearing aids, I have to have auxiliary ones that I can replace while the others are on the charger.

You simply wait for Spheres or their successors?

Just as I have multiple spare pairs of glasses and some back-up dentures I also have a pair of back-up hearing aids. While there are days when I might choose not to wear them, to have a good quality of life and do my job, I can’t go without them. And even with one I’m still greatly impaired. It’s also why I have a NOAH and the software to DIY. Things will and a do go wrong sometimes, so a spare pair is just sensible if you can afford it, especially if your loss is in/over the moderate range.

There’s absolutely no reason to have spare hearing aids until you really wished you had some.

Like a spare tire. Except you might be stranded for a bit longer time!

WH

Yeah, that’s a very good analogy. We don’t always get to pick when and where it will happen.

I like to replace my hearing aids. Put them in the charger and let them dry out in the meantime. If the hearing aids have time to dry out enough, then there is less risk of the hearing aid failing.