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Please Suggest New Phonak P-UP Aids For Severe to Profound Loss

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I haven’t posted here is a while and I am out of touch with the newer Phonak technology. I’m looking to replace my 11 year old Phonak Brio P-UP aids, I think they are renamed from Phonak Naida Q P-UP for Costco.

My current issues with my aids now are… Well they are old. I also get sound feedback mostly from the right aid and some from the left aid. I have ordered a new set of acrylic molds to test the possibility of my ear canal changing but they were made incorrectly and they will have to be remade again.

Would the Phonak Naida Lumity 90 UP be a good choice? Currently I’m planning on using a local hearing aid center rather than Costco as that is over 3 hour round trip for me.

I appreciate any suggestions you may have.

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Phonak Naida would be great, they would cover your loss easy enough, but so could others in SP or UP, Costco would save you thousands of dollars over elsewhere, would be worth the trip.

Similar loss. Using the new Phonak audio i90 with high power speakers in full skeleton ear mold. I program them myself. Bought online for 3k. The speech in loud noise works pretty well.

In reply to @tenkan

That’s what I thought that the Naida would be a good replacement. I’ll wait for the center to see what prices they can offer over my Advantage plan using Nations Hearing. He’s going to try and get me a pair for the same co-pay without using Nations Hearing.

Thanks for your suggestion and comments!

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In reply to @marnold

Nice on purchasing online and programming them yourself. I have searched online prices and I found one which has an attractive price, but pretty close to the center offer suggestion. He said he will check with their supplier and see what he can get. I also use acrylic full skeleton molds.

Thanks for your comments!

Question: Which Phonak UP powered aid is the newest? It looks like Lumity is newer than the Paradise. Is there a newer model than these two?

Thanks

I am assuming your asking about Phonak because that is what your wearing. I will tell you I have fit a couple of Signia UP rechargeables that have be very good and the patients have been impressed as well. One was in Phonak and the other in Oticon

I rather stick with the batteries as that’s all I’ve ever had since a young age.

Thanks for your comments Dr!

If you’re looking for a super power with the best feedback management system and it has the Super Power first aid with which is seamless streaming at home or public venues. The aid to get is the Resound Enzo IA.

If you’re looking for a cheaper Super Power BTE aid, then try the Signia Intuis SP 4.

If you want to stay with Phonak, you can go with the Naida P-UP or L-UP aids.

In reply to @Turtley

Hope you realize the Phonak Lumity is somewhat long in the tooth. The Naida Lumity came out in mid-2023 and is basically the Phonak Naida Paradise with directional microphones that came out in 2021. So you’re buying 5-year-old-plus technology, which is not ideal. Of course, when compared to the Oticon Xceed, which came out in 2019, the Lumity is still a baby.

The Oticon Xceed is over 7 years old technology and older than the current Phonak Naida L series. I have the P70-UP aids which has two receivers in each aid.

In reply to @Baileyhere

@Terost said:

If you’re looking for a super power BTE with the best feedback management system and it has the Super Power first aid with Auracast which is seamless streaming at home or public venues. The aid to get is the Resound Enzo IA.

If you’re looking for a cheaper Super Power BTE aid, then try the Signia Intuis SP 4.

If you want to stay with Phonak, you can go with the Naida P-UP or L-UP aids.

I came to the same conclusion when searching online for the newest Phonak UP aids. I posted the question here to make sure these were Phonak’s newest. I’ll be happy if they lasted five or more years. I would rather stay with Phonak since that’s what I have been wearing for the past eleven years.

Thanks for your suggestion and comments!

I use Phonak Nadia P90 UP. Skipped Lumity since there was little to upgrade. I am reluctant to leave Phonak since I use the Roger and TV Connector. I await to see if they bring out Nadia in the Infinio line. I guess the market for power aids is small and perhaps all manufacturers would like to service the market with what the make. Also, the 675 battery is a plus for the power aids, yet all the manufacturers would like to use only rechargeables.

All of this bothered me, so I bought a second set of Nadia P90’s overseas as spares.

I’m right there with you pclewis!

I would like to go with the Lumity if I can. Also on the Roger mic as well but maybe not as much on the TV Connector. I can hear the TV fairly well with my aids and captions on the TV. I do miss the true stereo sound when streaming from the TV Link.

With the eleven year old Costco Phonak Brio P-UP, I got the ComPilot, TV Link and RemoteMic. The ComPilot went out about a year ago followed with my right Phonak aid a few weeks ago. The left aid acts up sometimes but it is still working. I used the RemoteMic in Church. I attach the clip on mic to the mic cord for the Church podium mic. Right now I’m wearing a 2009 Siemens analog aid in my right ear.

I don’t personally care for rechargeable batteries in aids although some people love them. I’ve always been a battery changing person on my aids. I don’t remember if rechargeable aids were available back eleven years ago. You may think this funny but I kept a log of battery changes so I know how long my 675 batteries last between changes and whether streaming or not. So far over the eleven years I have used 636 batteries. :grin:

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