GN Hearing introduces ReSound ONE

ReSound provides illustration of all 6 mics (or 5) (or 4) working together.

OK. This is from Feature Demonstration in Smart Fit v1.8, under M&RIE. It shows how the activity of all 6 microphones varies with sound in the environment relative to speech and relative to where the user’s head is positioned. Because of copyright, I cannot post the 40 sec video animation but have screen-captured (fair use, I hope!) the different situations.

Quiet conversation. All 6 mics active.

Noise on left (other speech not in direction user facing), all 3 mics active for omnidirectional noise cancellation
Quieter Right Ear, M&RIE mic off, BTE mics beam focusing on speaker

Noise moves to right (other speech not in user-facing direction), mic focus shifts
All 3 right mics including M&RIE now on, 2 left BTE mics beam focused, left M&RIE off

Severe noise behind user (noisy vacuum cleaner)
Both M&RIE mics off, both set of BTE mics beam focused forward on speaker

The diagrams also relate to the info in this post and the Audiology Online course referenced: GN Hearing introduces ReSound ONE - #121 by jim_lewis

Ok Resound, you have to be reading all these discussions and resulting confusion among very smart users of hearing aid products, including yours; why can’t you enter into this discussion and explain your new M&RIE product and accompanying technology and how it works in real life situations. Come on! I am very interested in the new ONE, but feel I am going into a trial next week ignorant. Why does that have to be??
I also know the MM receiver will barely cover my loss or it may not, but it’s crazy that I don’t have a better understanding going into the trial. It may be that I simply am not smart enough to grasp your marketing literature. HELP US OUT!

@lbr0el0fs said:

Come on! I am very interested in the new ONE, but feel I am going into a trial next week ignorant. Why does that have to be??

In the transcript of the Audiology Online course that I cite above3, ReSound rationalizes the hocus-pocus by saying (users) shouldn’t have to know (from page 14).

They’re just going to think, oh, this hearing aid sounds a little better than the other one.
Why? I don’t know. And they’re going to say they don’t know, and that’s good. They
shouldn’t have to know, because this is a brain process that we don’t think about,
we’re born with. So, “It just sounds better,” is what we’ve been hearing in the studies
and what I hope you will hear as well.

So I guess if you take what the woman audiologist says literally, ReSound really doesn’t know, either. And she only seems to promise it MIGHT sound a little bit better - for a bunch more money! So it’ll be great to hear what you think when you get them.

Lol for this ‘users shouldn’t know’ approach. Why not?

Information should be available for those who want to know.

Usually it’s, if it works, we don’t care. And that’s fine. If that’s our choice.

But implying that we shouldn’t care because they say so or we shouldn’t bother knowing is just silly.

I definitely want to know how gadget of 7000 money works. And why should it be better than gadget of 1000 money.

Thanks @jim_lewis for digging up the info! Those pics are worth thousand words, definitely!

Why it was so hard for resound to just release that loud and clear?

I don’t like when they think we should be dumb and just give money.

ITE devices use pinna. So I wasn’t surprised with what marie does.
RIC uses 2 mics. Again, nothing new.

But it really looks like they managed to use both and do switching. And they failed to clearly explain that. I mean, they forget that their competitors also include their old aids. So if they want people to buy new and more expensive, it only makes sense to properly explain the value new aids could bring.

Saying ‘you could hear a bit better’ is

I think this could definitely make some difference to some people, depending on their loss and brain.

@JordanK said:

Curious to hear if the extra microphone helps in restaurants and other noisy environments where there are multiple conversations going on within close proximity to the listener.

Nope.
Since it wasn’t designed for that, as you could see we dug up finally and in big noise it will switch to classical ric mode only .

I hope GN is onto something good with the 3rd mic, but I also wonder the life span of the ITE mic, since its going to be pulled in and out every time some one puts on HA’s and takes off. Also wonder if dust or ear perspiration might also effect it. Oh well, we should soon start seeing some reviews here - good or bad.

Each day I normally pull out my HAs by gently pulling on the wire, they slid out very easily. Putting them in I normally have my fingers on the receiver and wire and again gently push them in . I expect the ONEs to be the same except that the new mic will be at the point where the wire meets the M&RIE.
Every day I actually use a magnifying glass to view the dome holes to see if there is any wax blocking the tiny holes. If so I use the small brush that came with the HAs, then wipe them off and verify with the magnifying glass if they are clear.
With the ONEs I will now have to look at the dome and the mic to ensure that they are wax and/or dust free. I don’t expect any wax on the mic since it will be just outside my ear canal.
My last step is too apply a small drop of Comfort Ear on my fingertip and carefully wipe it on the domes before inserting them into my ears. I do this because I have learned that the lubricant in the Comfort Ear prevents ear canal soreness and even infections. My ENT suggested this step and it has worked for me, especially my left ear canal which is more narrow than my right.
That’s my story and I am sticking to it.

It’s not that I am a clean freak , but rather by necessity, due to extreme moisture I’m my left ear. I must clean it every day and some days during the day. Otherwise the receiver blocks up. It’s a real pain but something I live with. It’s my left ear that has this issue, but my right ear is just fine. My left ear canal is also more narrow than my right, and that doesn’t help. My ENT is very aware and knows I have to gently insert a Qtip very carefully to absorb the moisture.

Yeah I think many people start with more intense care out of necessity. I feel sorry for you all, it definitely isn’t easy task to juggle through all of that

I realised that I’m lucky, I don’t have any significant moisture in ears, no significant wax, no irritations, also I have wide canals (just strong muscle/wide jaw movement, so I tend to push out smaller domes and then they tickle and I have to scratch like a dog). I mean, seeing how much issues people have here, I feel so grateful that I can be so negligent, basically.

It’s just after seeing your post that I had to share my contrast, in some pathetic attempt to be funny. Sounded better in my head

I use qtips for babies, they have big cotton ball in addition to qtip, so it’s fluffy and thick. They are probably not intended that this ball is used for cleaning but as a limit for inserting qtip part, but I really like them. Only thing I’m careful about is insertion depth.

I’m trialing the ones now. Three weeks in, I think I’m returning them. I’m getting some weird digital noise. At first my audiologist thought it was feedback and now has me in large power domes. I guarantee these things aren’t leaking sound. But the digital noise persists. I kind of think Resound rushed these to market before they were ready.

Ok, this definitely doesn’t sound like a feedback.

And hearing voices is uneasy, definitely.

I wonder what did you pick up then…

I have same problems. Are you trialing 5 or 9 version?

That could be problem with directional mic, that thing youre saying that sounds like blown speaker.

Its happening with speech only?

Yes, the rattling noise occurs only in modes that use the in ear mic.

Oh and I’ve got the nines.