Phonak Marvel M90 vs M70

I had the same question when I was contemplating these hearing aids. I ultimately ended up with M70Rs because I found that the biggest differences were in noisy environments such as crowded halls or restaurants and a bit in the car which was not a super high priority for me and the differences were subtle.

And what I learned about myself is m90 autosense is in my opinion a bit more intrusive than M70s. I am a person that is very sensitive to noise reduction programs and would rather not use them at all except in very noisy or complex environments. That said some people feel Autosense is a Godsend in all environments.
You said you are retired and live a quiet lifestyle so guessing most of your time is either indoors, on walks and sometimes a restaurant or public place. Do you severely struggle in public or noisy venues and if so are you in that venue often enough to make those situations a priority in your HA purchase? If yes then maybe the M90s will be with the cost. If not you will probably be happy with the M70s.

However, won’t your Audi let you trial both? If that’s possible then that is what you should do.

Hi mde89651 Thanks for your reply. I don’t often frequent noisy venues, so not really a problem. I did try the Audeo B90 last year and found the Autosense a little disconcerting. So I will ask for a trial of the M70.

I wear the Virto V70 ITC and also own a V90 Ric. The only difference where noise is concerned is that on the V70, if it is really noisy, I would have to switch manually to the speech in loud noise program, whereas on the V90 it would automatically switch. To be honest, in the last 18 months, I’ve rarely been in really noisy situations and have just switched manually when wearing the V70s, and even then, there wasn’t that much difference in terms of comprehension between the 2 programs.