Phonak Audéo Infinio (Ultra) I90 Sphere Hearing Aids

My own two-cents’ worth here … Definitely trial BOTH if you are able to. Sometimes our brains get comfortable with a particular brand. For me it’s now Phonak after many years of use. This may be based on our level of hearing loss, our lifestyle and how we want our world to sound.

I’m not at all familiar with Widex accessories, but the Phonak has a small, portable mic that can be used as TV streamer, placed on a table at the restaurant, or a desktop at work for speakerphone calls. On top of which, if you stream phone calls to your hearing aids, the Classic Bluetooth on Phonaks (which I believe even the Sphere taps into for AUDIO) is unparallelled for speech discrimination. I have family members asking ME to do call center Tech or Customer support calls for them cuz I can understand ANY KINDA ACCENT tossed my way on the phone: Asian, Island, you-name-it.

Please keep us informed on your journey here!

@Nikosman said:

I struggle in either very loud settings engaging in conversations or when dealing with clients where english is not their first language.

Loud settings are precisely where the Spheres stand out - although I can’t personally vouch for this, since I haven’t been in any such situations since I got my aids in September. If these environments are a regular part of your life, then the Spheres should be at least worth a try. (And you have my sympathies.)

I can vouch for the Spheres in at least one non-English language, although you do have to actually know the language first. I haven’t had any special problems understanding non-native English speakers; but I suppose if someone mangles the language badly enough, no hearing aid is going to help much.

i am excited to give these a try. Also how muc is the roger mic someome mentioned I assume it is similar though better than the widex sound assist.

This is a comment from @1Bluejay, which includes a photo of the mic. You’ll need to click on the link to the comment to see the photo.

Phonak Infinio Sphere Ultra and BT

Unless you’re ordering the Roger ON IN, you should be fine. Here’s what they look like: Your $175 Phonak TV Connector (connects by power cord to wall socket and to the back of your TV): [TV Connector] Here is what my $2,000 Roger ON IN V2 portable, wireless mic looks like: [Roger ON IN] So to be clear, these are two entirely different devices used to stream audio from a TV to your Phonak aids. Hope that helps!

@1Bluejay said:

Customer support calls for them cuz I can understand ANY KINDA ACCENT

Lucky you, here I have a lot of trouble, and so has my wife who has more than excellent hearing, you must have a 9th sense…LOL

HA! HA!!! I love it! Believe me, I would not be able to pull this off without streaming the calls into my aids! It’s like the voices are inside my head, so there’s no way I can’t understand them?

If the Roger is bundled with your new Spheres, you just saved $2000 bucks on that remote mic alone.

Hope that’s what you’re getting in your Xmas stocking this year!

The Roger ON 3 will actually replace three of my Oticon devices that I now use. And when I checked the price that Oticon list for the three, they add up to about the same as the Roger ON. And it is better to keep up with one than three when traveling.

@cvkemp said:

And it is better to keep up with one than three when traveling.

You got that right!! I always travel with my little Roger V2 kit: mic, charging base and cable to plug into the back of a TV - IF I’m at a hotel where I can even get at the back of the TV. So many hotels have hung their TV on the wall that I end up placing my Roger mic in “speaker focus” mode and laying it right at the TV’s speaker. A cludge, but it works!

We mostly travel taking our RV. The TV in the RV is hung on a wall on a swivel. The RV is small and I normally don’t bother, but sometimes I want the TV muted and still hear it. That is possible using the fiber optic audio cable.

If necessary I have my INTENT1 aids as my backups. I have 2 TV adapters, a couple of connect clips, and the EDUMIC can fall back on. But I am hoping that my Spheres and the Roger ON works out for me. I have heard of the Roger microphones for most of my time wearing hearing aids.

does anyone know what the tv connector version two is called, can i get it on amazon? I currently use the widex TV play which in my opinion is far superior to the widex sound connect.

A few comments above mention how expensive the RogerOn V3 is. Many of us buy these used on FleaBay for around USD300. And even a V1 (which I have) or V2 can be firmware upgraded to almost a V3 using a PC and freely available software from Phonak’s website as well as reloaded with two licenses an unlimited number of times.

do i need the roger neckloop to use these devices or is it a setting my audi needs to enable?