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Thoughts on Phonak Audeo Infinio I90's (Non-Sphere) vs. Signia Pure Charge&Go IX or Signia Pure Charge&Go BCT IX?

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Just wanted to know everyone’s opinion on the Phonak Audeo Infinio I90’s (non-sphere) vs. Signia Pure Charge&Go IX or BCT IX hearing aids. I am trying to figure out what would be the best fit for me. The type of issues I have is (Auditory Processing Disorder), Hyperacusis, Tinnitus, Bisensorneural Hearing Loss, Tensor Tympani, and Stapedial Myoclonus. I also have hEDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome-Hypermobility Type) that makes my right eardrum hypermobile. I am trying to see which has better background noise control and speech clarity. I don’t hear well in areas with background noise, such as restaurants, and I struggle to hear people who are soft-spoken or speak with words that are similar. I also need the hearing aids to be able to pair to laptops without software involved. Like pair directly or with a dongle that doesn’t require software, but the driver is fine. I need this because I have a lot of Zoom meetings for work, and I need to be able to hear them well. I think the / feature would be helpful, but I’m unsure if it’s necessary.

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Quick Sin: 4.5 Mild

ACT: 5.5 ncl Grade 2

Positive AR Decay Stimulation RT Ear

@Deadman42 said:

I don’t hear well in areas with background noise, such as restaurants, and I struggle to hear people who are soft-spoken or speak with words that are similar.

You might want to consider the Infinio Sphere rather than the non Sphere as the noise reduction (or voice enhancement} function helps me greatly in restaurants and similar situations.

@Deadman42 said:

I also need the hearing aids to be able to pair to laptops without software involved.

To my knowledge, the Phonak models including the Infino and the Signia Pure Charge&Go BCT IX are the only aids using Bluetooth classic which is necessary to connect directly to a laptop.

Between those two I think Phonak’s noise reduction is more robust. However, and this may need to be its own thread, noise reduction is not the primary feature I would be looking for with cases of tinnitus and/or hyperacusis, and possibly . Particularly for hyperacusis, we typically recommend more sound rather than less. By raising your resting noise floor a little but, you won’t be as likely to jump out of your skin when louder sounds occur. All that being said, noise reduction features can certainly be weakened, particularly in secondary manual programs, so this is mostly a programming thing.

As far as computer pairing, I agree with @raylock1 on the Bluetooth Classic capabilities of Phonak and the Signia BCT devices. Furthermore, since they use Classic, if you do need to resort to a dongle for connectivity, there are several non-proprietary units you could try. I think someone somewhere on the forum had luck with an Avantree dongle.

Hi PaulC, and thanks for that input. Now, with that being said, I keep getting conflicting information on this, but some audiologists suggest a close dome would be suitable for me, while others recommend an open dome. In your professional opinion, what is your take on it?

At a certain point, particularly since your prescribed gain will be pretty low anyway, you could use an open dome or a interchangeably without needing to reprogram much, if at all. That being said, I would use an open dome to allow you to use as much of your natural normal hearing as possible.

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