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I Have Joined The Phonak 90 infinio Sphere Ultra Club

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In reply to @LawyerFL

Per Matthew (Hearing Tracker), who said had spoken to Phonak about this: Sometime next year. Sonova has not announced the date: anything you may hear at this time is a rumor/hearsay.
 

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And possibly before that happens there may be an Ultra firmware update that improves and possibly smooths AutoSense transitions. Firmware 1.1.12.0 is already released in Switzerland.

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Hi! 😊

I am currently testing the Phonak Audéo Infinio Sphere i90 UP and the Phonak Naída Lumity L90-SP, and I have to say that I prefer the sound of the Audéo Infinio Sphere i90 UP.

With the Sphere, I can perceive sound coming from all directions, almost 360 degrees. I can tell whether a sound is coming from behind me, in front of me, or from either side. With the Naída Lumity L90-SP, I did not have the same feeling of being able to identify where sounds were coming from behind me. I believe the four-microphone system in the Sphere contributes to this more spatial and natural listening experience.

Overall, the sound quality is very good. The sound feels open, clear, and natural. Before trying these devices, I used the Oticon Xceed SP1, which had a slightly more restrained sound compared with the Sphere.

The Spheric mode also works very well. In my experience so far, it performs significantly better than the Roger On 3 in certain situations, so I have not been using the Roger On 3 lately.

I am also impressed with the battery life. With a single charge, the hearing aids last approximately two and a half days under my current usage pattern. I use around 40% of the battery per day, including approximately four hours of music streaming and two hours of Spheric mode.

I have now been testing the Sphere for one week, and so far, I am very impressed with its sound quality, spatial awareness, and battery performance. Another advantage is that the hearing aids can connect to my Garmin watch, laptop, and TV, so I don't need to purchase additional accessories. With the right fitting and configuration, everything works well.

Perhaps the Phonak EON Sphere 90 would be even better, but unfortunately, it is not yet supported under the current hearing aid program in Hungary.

v5 Adult. I got used to it with my Oticon Chili SP7 and Oticon Xceed SP1 hearing aids. I also got used to DSE, which was the closest to DSL v5 Adult. Then I will gradually try the other fitting formulas.

In reply to @glucas

I looked into your hearing aids, and if I understand correctly, you’re also using the Phonak Audéo Infinio Sphere i90. Which exact model do you have, and which fitting formula do you use? Do you have any recommendations or suggestions?

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Yes. They are the Infinio Spheres 90. I am using v5 Adult. We started with but I found it was incomprehensible and because I have experience of DSL v5 Adult with my UK NHS Oticon Xceeds I asked the audiologist to switch to that. It is much better in the high frequencies and consonants are sharper.

I have no recommendations except to say that recently, as a trainee teacher in further education, I am finding the Spheres are a lot more effective in noise situations, with the and active beamforming, than compared with my Intents and Xceeds. I still find the Intents more natural overall and wear them outside of college, but the spheres are good aids. The only issues I have with the Spheres are being in the right mode, particularly in situations where I find I need the sphere loud noise mode sooner than it switches, so I have to manually switch sometimes.

In reply to @SCsaba

I decided to get 5.0 Pediatric because I have hearing loss like now since early childhood... It was a good decision, but I am curious about newest NAL-NL3, which is possible to get if audiologist has at least 12.0 version of Phonak Target Software.

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