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Resound vs Phonak vs Oticon

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I know there’s a few other similar topics regarding comparisons but figured I’d ask anyway.

Background- I currently have Oticon Chili (13 battery)– 12 years now. Before that Oticon Sumo. I’ve tried Phonak, Widex in the past- maybe ReSound :man_shrugging: . Recently- last 2 weeks or so I had trouble with my left ear so would take off hearing aid to rest a couple of times. Alas- it disappeared- either dropped/fell in something (ahem…bathroom) or mother moved it somewhere (to be found 1-3 years later??).
Hmm so time for new hearing aids anyway. These are the three the Audiologist recommended-

  • Resound Enzo (she didn’t say which model tho- Q or IA)
  • Oticon Xceed Play Ultra Power
  • Phonak Sky Lumity UP

I’d prefer battery (675) ; open to rechargeable but not a big fan (yet?) Interested in colorful hearing aids Bluetooth and/or

I know that ReSound adult have color tones. It also has the Bluetooth while the other two only has Bluetooth. Otherwise they’re all somewhat comparable to me unless I’m missing something. I don’t recall what else we talked about yesterday :frowning:

Curious to see what others might think or if there are other options besides these three.

It’s been years since I could decide on my own lol… the last two were through Vocational Rehab- they paid but there were…restrictions on brand I think?

Happy to answer queries too.

Thank you for reading….:books:

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I’d try the Resound first. Newest out there from last year, if SP floats your boat, whereas the next oldest is the phonak (Aug 2023) and then the oticon really is older. (Released Aug 2019)

If you really need UP, then the Phonak is newest. The resound UP (“Q”) goes back to like 2020. All that said, the xceed seems to have the reputation among the profound for having the highest gains. I wouldn’t know except by what I read.

All the best to you!

WH

Thanks! Interestingly I think the Audio said that the ReSound one had the highest gains or the best one that fits my profile but have read everywhere that Oticon Xceed is one of the better ones for profound loss like mine- the severe sits at just one frequency lol and that one has varied over the years on . I need to email to ask because all these new settings & features are overwhelming. Too used to just the one ‘program’ and until either the Sumo or the Chili- the Chili has 5 programs- I only use the first two- one is combo regular use and telecoil on top of that and the second one is telecoil only. The other 3 sounds the same to me like the 1st one :thinking: .

Thank you!

Ducky

I would highly recommend trialling the Resound Enzo IA.

I have been using this aid since September 2025 and have been very pleased with it. I must admit I was nervous about switching to rechargeable aids having been using exclusively disposable battery aids for 50 years. These aids were advertised as having a battery life of 28 hours (20 hours when streaming 50% of the time). In my case I found that these aids would use approximately 20% of the battery power in a day giving me four full days charge before running down to 10% power and the low battery warning sounding every 15 minutes.

I recently tried Resound and the akku time and the possibilties with the app were impressive.

On the other hand I had problems wirh the stability of the app and the bluetooth connectivity.

I don’t know if SP works for you. The Phonak should be Nadia Lumity P90 and is very good for your loss. Phonak has not come out with Nadia in the Infinio line yet. I am a big fan of replaceable 675 batteries that the Nadia has.

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Perhaps I am a bit naive, but I would wait for newest Phonak Naida UP release. It will be Naida Infinio (Sphere?) or Naida E-Sphere.

@DeafDucky, what’s your percentage in each ear separately and binaurally?

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Hi- I ended up trialing the Oticon XCeed Play UP first since I’ve used Oticon for the last 23 years lol and am comfortable with that brand. Took a while to adapt with some tweaking of bass/tones etc- sounds more natural and I can understand men’s voices better and my mother who is now speaking in a lower tone (age/Alzheimers :frowning: ).

Fighting with the whole Bluetooth angle right now- looking like I may be getting a new phone (Galaxy A14 is old and won’t update software anymore anyway).

Re: percentage- apparently the last few years it couldn’t be tested between my profound loss and limits of machine or no testing at all but I can say back in 2002? (I was in CO then)that my WRS scores was 64% in right ear and 48% in left ear average 68% which is odd as I always thought my right ear was the worse one!.

Looking back on my (I think I have most of them- none from when I was a kid- boo) I can see that my hearing has really dropped between 21 and my late 30s then again more recent years (as noted in my audiogram here). Interesting part was on almost all of them said profound sensorineural hearing loss- especially my college years but the db levels for my loss looked like they were severe- but then again the definition of hearing loss levels has changed a lot over the years.

Speech recognition (w/ hearing aids whatever they were) were between 72-80% on average over the years.

Now- if anyone says that I should have had the WRS and tests done- you’re welcome to pick an audiologist and pay for me ;).

PS- Since my original post… I found my ‘lost’ left Chili hearing aid. Was looking for something else and found the aid under my night stand (it’s a big old marble top table with wooden base/central legs)- hiding behind the legs in the base…! So now a complete backup pair!

I asked, because poorer ear in would be eligible for , which makes buying for that ear less cost-effective option and less beneficial.

I think it's worth to get at least CI evaluation - it doesn't oblige you to surgery and would provide you much information about your hearing.

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