Phonak Audeo Paradise P90-R vs P90-13T

@eddiesmama said:

What is the name of the phone program that will feed it to both aids?

DuoPhone I believe.

I found DuoPhone to pick up too much background noise. I use telecoil without microphones activated for phone use, Altho I haven’t used it in a good while but have it, in case.

The telecoil picks up the magnetic field emitted by the handset speaker. The HA amplifies this signal instead of the microphone signal. But for this, the field must be strong enough. Unfortunately, this is not the case with many newer phones. So if it doesn’t work with the phone in your office, you can test it with other phones, preferably older ones. You should recognize it immediately when you hear the ringtone. There should be no ambient noise over the telecoil. For example, if you touch the microphones.

Nope, it’s acoustic phone program

@eddiesmama said:

but there is a lot of background noise since the volume is set much higher.

Ask your fitter to adjust that program, to put heavy noise cancelling and other adjustments, then try.

@sterei said:

You should recognize it immediately when you hear the ringtone.

Unfortunately, marvels and paradises don’t automatically switch to tcoil program, if that’s what you meant.

@sterei said:

There should be no ambient noise over the telecoil. For example, if you touch the microphones.

What you do have is insane amount of static noise (depends maybe on your loss, so which frequencies are higher), to the point that I cannot use it to really comprehend someone unless I’m in really quiet.
Like, I’ve tried in bus, using tcoil option on aids with neckloop and screetching from powerlines I guess was unbearable and loud to the point that I really didn’t understand my mother on the phone. I did use public tcoil program though, not phone tcoil, maybe phone one would behave differently? I might try one day.

Your mileage may vary, so test and see for yourself how it works.

@eddiesmama said:

Also, is there a way to see how much battery life is left for the size 312 and 13 battery versions in the Phonak app? I know it shows the battery life for the Rechargeables under Remote Control but I haven’t been able to find it for my 312 batteries. Thanks!

No, it’s only for R version.

@Blacky said:

Nope, it’s acoustic phone program

Yes it’s acoustic program but the acoustic program can have DuoPhone or telecoil activated.

I have the P 90, 13t aids. Batteries last 6 days with lots of phone calls between 2 phones, (Work & private), and sometimes 3 hours of tv streaming a night. I usually get the low battery warning early enough to have 2 batteries ready for swapping, never had anyone complain about changing batteries while taking, in meetings or anything else.
Only issue I did have was on a long phone call with a friend, but they understand and waited while I changed them.

@DaveL said:

What should I expect for rechargeable battery life?

This depends entirely on what situations you are in and how much bluetooth streaming you do.

@DaveL said:

They are in the charger now. 9% charge/11% charge.

So if they are at this level after just 12 hours you are using more then one would think.

@DaveL said:

the rest of the day it appears I was in “Speech in loud noise” mode.

So this setting would use a bit more, because it’s using the noise reduction features all the time, plus this could possibly be set to a higher level then normal.
Also if you have HP receivers, these also use more power.

They make some pretty bold claims tho!

So it does seem you are draining them pretty quick.

Phonak says a full charge can last 24 or more hours.

I have had the Phonak Paradise P-90Rs for over 6 months. I also wear them for 17hrs - with maybe 2-3 hours audio streaming, 1 hour phone calls and 2hrs TV connector and I never have yet run out of battery. I did learn early on to turn off all notifications from the phone apps ( other than calls). This will help save battery but not sure how much…. Try it and see. If you expect to run low even a 10 to 15 minute charge will add 2-3 extra hours of life… but I rarely feel the need to do that.

You have all helped so much.

Today I turned on the HA’s at 7:30 am or so. I checked. 99%battery left aid; 100% battery right aid.

I left them in auto mode. It seems like I’ve eaten 4% battery charge per hour…so that’s reassuring. Watched CBS Sunday Morning and the following program. No streaming. I haven’t hooked up the tv interface yet.

Your comments really help.

Thanks that really helps.
Dave
Toronto

Really reassuring.
Similar use patterns.

Except I haven’t figured out how to stream yet. My favourite music is Mystic Moods Orchestra, “One Stormy Night.”

Dave

So I’ve had mine now for few months. I just carry batteries especially when working so when I get the chirp I can change em. I keep extras in my locker between two different jobs.

@TraderGary Have you got the Paradise Aids yet? Are they better?

My P90-13T were ordered at my Oct 1 audiology appointment. My audiologist said that the P90-R was not available for order due to the chip shortage. He convinced me to order the 13T. So going forward I will have first hand experience with both rechargeable and disposable camps!

@medic550 Good choice. I have always carried replacement batteries for my previous HA’s.

I have rechargeable ones with my latest hearing aid set. Phonak Paradise. It turns out I have enough battery life for my normal 17 hour use day. I was concerned I wouldn’t. I’ve proven that using “noisy background” programs really consumed a lot of battery life. I only did that one weekend day. I charged them early–8:00 pm rather than on my way to bed about 11:00 or so.

2 different jobs. Wow. Be safe.

DaveL
Toronto