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My New Phonak Infinio Non-Sphere I90 Plus CROS

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I have had my new hearing aids for about an hour now. And I can safely say, without hyperbole, that they are quite simply the best hearing aids I have ever owned. I am not overhyping them. This is my own honest feedback.

My setup was:

Phonak Naida Paradise P90 Loaner for my right ear
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Standard acrylic earmold and tubing

My setup is now:

Phonak Audeo Infinio I90 Non-Sphere w/UP receiver
Phonak CROS Infinio
Rechargeable version
Titanium cShell earmold
Phonak TV Connector for my main TV set.

Please note that I am not doing any or anything like that at the moment. These are just from my audiologist’s settings as soon as I got home. And I will probably continue to use these and get used to my Infinio I90s until I feel like I need to do further DIY.

The benefits I’ve observed thus far:

  1. The Biggest Benefit for Me: Faster Sound Understanding

The new aids have resulted in faster understanding (it was getting to the point where I needed a few seconds to decipher what was said and how to respond). Maybe, it would take me a second or two to identify what was being said. Now, it is much less than that and I am so much more certain much more quickly what was being said.

With the Naida, I was not hearing well enough to be that fast at responding to anything quickly. Same thing with my Oticon XCeed 1 plus CROS.

  1. No More Itching Thanks to the Titanium Earmold

The itching that has plagued my right ear for the past five (6?) years since 2019 is completely gone. It has been an hour since I started wearing it, and the itching has disappeared and stopped for the first time. I still need to continue wearing these aids for much longer, but the results are already pretty outstanding for me.

  1. No Distortion of the Signal

There is no distortion in the signal. Which helps understanding tremendously It is a night and day difference compared to wearing the Phonak Naida Paradise P90 loaner I was using. I don’t know what happened - if my remaining hearing is just not compatible with BTE compared to RIC or what.

Anyway. I am truly enjoying my new setup thus far.

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I think, based on the rapid and significant improvement in symptoms overnight, that I had contact dermatitis symptoms that were aggravated by acrylic ear molds, beginning in 2019.

Very strange. Since I have worn acrylic ear molds for hours per day since my hearing loss started at age 3 in 1982 (age 40 in 2019 when it - the allergy symptoms - started).

It is now Day 3 of owning my new Phonak Infinio Non-Sphere I90 Plus .

And using a titanium cShell earmold.

Thoroughly enjoying it thus far. It has been a very long time since my right ear has been completely dry for this long.

And has gone without itching too. Best Christmas gift ever to myself.

I am in awe that I somehow became allergic to acrylic ear molds around 2019. It just doesn’t make any sense.

Great to read that topic! I’ve just wondered if you finally bought the new . Which diameter of vent did you choose?

Have you tried the Infinio Sphere? (I ask because I am SSDish).

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@Bimodal_user - I was not able to because my audiologist, despite evidence to the contrary, continues to maintain that Spheres won’t work for me because they require two hearing aids to work. And that engaging spheric mode requires 2 mics.

I don’t want to cause a fight and make a scene over this, so I didn’t continue to press.

It’s not going to matter how many people on this forum say otherwise.

Also, I need to look up the vent information sorry about that it has been a crazy past couple of weeks and I had to wait additionally from 12/8 —> 12/23 for my new aids due to ear mold manufacturing delays and by then, I forgot the size of the vent I ordered hahaha. :blush:

Let me get reoriented with that data through the holidays because my mind is completely shut off as I get used to my new hearing aids. :sweat_smile:

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@codergeek2015 said:

@Bimodal_user - I was not able to because my audiologist, despite evidence to the contrary, continues to maintain that Spheres won’t work for me because they require two hearing aids to work. And that engaging spheric mode requires 2 mics

WAHAAAAAAT!? It’s utterly untrue. Tell him about me - with left ear completely gone. Sphere has potential to change my life, this year I could participate in parties near fully verbally first time in my life.

@codergeek2015 said:

I don’t want to cause a fight and make a scene over this, so I didn’t continue to press

I understand, I also don’t like that, but maybe it will be enough:

“Dear Mr [audiologist name], I know about Sphere users like @Bimodal_user who is amazed by Sphere functionality and long battery life due its size. I really want to at least try that model”.

It isn’t impolite. It is simply your right to ask about it. And I tell that when I also work in service sector, like your .

Day 6 update with new hearing aids:

Of course the sound quality is excellent. I am enjoying the switch to cShell titanium molds too. No vents this time.

The titanium ear mold has been a real game changer. I am 99.9% certain I had developed contact dermatitis from acrylic earmolds and had that for five years (since 2019). For the first time since 2019, for an entire week, it no longer feels like my ears are constantly filling with wax/skin debris. And the constant itching is now an extremely small portion of what it was. Things are so much more comfortable for my ear. And my ear with that ear mold continues to remain bone-dry. Even after Costco grocery trips that tend to cause me to sweat a lot in my ears (I load up the cart, unload it, and carry in all heavy stuff with 10+ large containers of drinks like water, etc.)

I can wear my aids all day again without them bothering me. Or having to use an air bulb to expel condensation from the hearing aid tubing constantly.

A real game changer indeed.

Yes, despite I read a lot about narrower beamforming with StereoZoom 2.0 etc. with setting and spend much time in geeting to know about that technology, I am a bit skeptical after release the 360° technology in Spheric mode.

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