Resound Airlink Adapter - Can you purchase privately?

@nickhaines said:

I have a mild to severe hearing loss and up until the age of 14 used to wear two NHS aids. I’m now 29 and quickly realizing that I need to revisit the world of hearing aids once again. However this time I have decided to go private and find an aid that’s better than the Seamens Reflex M that my local heath authority would provide.
I have been looking at the Resound Alera 5, if appears to meet most of my needs and is nice and neat. Whilst reading around the spec and the wireless features, I stumbled across the this forum and other talking about the Airlink adapter and the ability to program your Alera’s. However there does not seem to be any firm conclusions as to whether you can buy the USB Airlink adapter without being an approved audiologist.

I understand that programing your own aid is not going to be simple, and I would get the audiologist fitting the aids to carry out the main adjustment, but I think the ability to fine tune the aids at home would be useful.

So if any one can clear up the availibility of the Resound USB adaptor I would appreciate it. Also am I being naive to think that I can learn how to use the software and make changes to my own aids?

I’ve just received a Resound Airlink from India. It works perfectly with my Alera HAs.

Hi Cray512,

any URL where to purchase it ??

thanx in advance

I bought one from Europe. It seems they treat adjusting your own aid different. In the U.S. The audiologist try to control everything. They try to justify it but the real reason I suspect is to keep 100 percent of the business. I have resound aids and have keep the two programs that my audiologist entered but also entered one of my own. It would be great if you could adjust your aids while in the environment that gives you the most trouble.
Check the Europe eBay site. One just sold this last Friday night. It went for a much higher price then I paid for mine.

Don’t touch the program they enter. Backup your aid first then enter a new one that you can experiment with.

check ebay always one available

The Noahlink Wireless is the same thing and has probably replaced Airlink 2. You can get one for 250 Euro here:
https://www.aurem-hearing.com/25

They ship promptly, and will update to the latest firmware. You can find out more about it and get new firmware from:
https://www.himsa.com/Products/NoahlinkWireless/tabid/4792/language/en-US/Default.aspx29

Names!!
AirLink is not AirLink 2

Noahlink Wireless cannot replace Airlink 2 because,
AirLink 2 is Noahlink Wireless, they are the same device.

I stand corrected. If you’re using Aventa, you can use either the Airlink (dongle) or the Airlink2. If you’re using SmartFit, it only supports the Airlink2/Noahlink (as well as the common wired Noahlink, speedlink, and hipro).

Yep, you got it. Except, of course the hearing aids must be wireless. Most newcomers don’t know what fitting software they should use, so it’s better to begin with which hearing aid model you need to program, and then work backwards from there.

Also I recommend against using wired Noahlink and Speedlink devices. Why?

ReSound Speedlink is a proprietary wired device so you are limiting youeself to only one manufacturer;

Noahlink partially-wired device is getting-long in-the-tooth (old technology). You can do much better than this old, almost obsolete, Noahlink, not to be confused with Noahlink Wireless/ReSound Airlink 2 (same device).