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I know this topic has been raised for hearing aids in general, but I have had my Jabra Pro for 3 years. It is my understanding that the new Jabra HAs have significant improvements over the ones I have. My question is, how often should one upgrade their HAs, and in particular, the Jabra brand? My warranty period will be up in a couple of weeks.

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Are you happy with the ones your using now? But every 3 years sounds about right for most, the thing is to be sure you do the trial period, Costco are great for this as you probably know, don’t believe all the marketing hype, it’s a steam roller!

Yes, since the last frequency adjustment, the aids have been very helpful. But, I read that Resound has made several technical enhancements since I bought my . I don’t know how to evaluate the improvements of the new HAs unless I can try them.

@user844 said:

I don’t know how to evaluate the improvements of the new HAs unless I can try them.

This is the only way, no one can tell you for sure which are going to be “best” for you, I tried the Viva and for me there simply wasn’t any “wow” factor, of course others are happy,so do the the trial and see for yourself, I’m waiting to see what the next platform from ReSound will bring.

I don’t know for sure about a new platform, but here is my answer (from one who is still trying to learn all I can).

GN is planning a software update using a prescriptive fitting process from National Acoustic Lab to update their ReSound Smart Fit 2.3, which will integrate NAL-NL3.

From what I can determine it will use The Inventis Trumpet which is a scalable, advanced Real Ear Measurement () system designed for accurate, in‑situ hearing aid fitting and verification. It works by creating a communication link between the probe microphone system and the hearing aid manufacturer’s fitting software.

The software calculates the difference between the measured output in the patient’s ear canal and the target output automatically, aligning the hearing aid’s gain settings with the prescriptive real-ear targets. (don’t ask me to explain this)

Probably only advanced hearing companies will want to adopt this method since the cost of it is $7160. see: Trumpet, REM system ‹ INVENTIS1

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Always, all the big 5 do, Vivia released FEB 25 it hasn’t been a fantastic success,NAL 3 already rolled out, absolutely nothing to get excited about it’s just a formula, no they need something “big” but who knows what the sale later in the year will bring…

You mean take over the Jabra brand? GN, parent company of the Jabra brand, is a huge company in Denmark, making a line of hearing devices, including earphones and hearing aids. Surely they are not selling off the Jabra line! ??

Well Jabra are just rebranded models, so yes everything is being sold off to the highest bidder.

I just traded my Jabra Enhance Pro hearing aids after 6 months for Sennheiser Sonite Rise ones. I constantly had trouble hearing voices, no matter which setting I tried. I like the Sennheiser one much more.

It’s hard to get all the details, but my understanding was that GN was selling all their prescription business (ReSound, Beltone and Jabra Enhance), but they will retain their Jabra hearing aids. It is unclear what will happen to the Jabra Enhance prescription hearing aids sold through Costco. I won’t hazard a guess. On the one hand, that’s a significant number of hearing aid sales to have Amperfon walk away from, but I don’t know what’s going to happen. Time will tell. I read an interview with the GN CEO. He, basically, deflected any questions related prescription hearing aid development and sales by (correctly) saying that is something Amperfon will have to address.

@Lour said:

It’s hard to get all the details, but my understanding was that GN was selling all their prescription business (ReSound, Beltone and Jabra Enhance), but they will retain their OTC Jabra hearing aids.

Have you got a link for this, when I read the press release it didn’t mention or distinguish between prescription or ? Their selling everything, OTC are made and supplied by GN ReSound and then marketed though Jabra and sold by Costco as well, if Amperfon do become the new owner then obviously it’ll be their call if they want to keep the OTC market going, I’m thinking they won’t want it.

Well, I’m not wedded to the Jabra aids, but it’s the only brand I have owned. I sense that the perceived difference in the effectiveness of different brands is more likely based on the skill of the audiologist in setting them up for a person’s particular hearing deficits than it is due to the electronics in the different HAs. Does anybody agree or disagree with this?

The Jabra 30s are way better than my 3 year old Pro 10s. I found buying the 30s a great decision, but that was before the sale. Now, I might choose another manufacturer.

My audi says, however, that she thinks Costco’s market power will keep service levels high. I suspect the only Jabra service in the US is their help desk and that everything else is done by ReSound, and there are a lot of ReSound aids out there that need service.

Also, this is a purchase, not a merger. There will likely be personnel changes at the top, but I think the ReSound workers are likely to be safe. With half-way decent management, I think users of Resound brands will be OK.

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