Resound Omnia vs Phonak Lumity

I’d like to share a couple of Lumity “revelations” from yesterday. I had just finished brushing my teeth yesterday and heard a quiet, rhythmic sound like a faucet drip. I checked both the bathroom sink and tub faucets–no drips. Confused by this, my brain began to tell me I was hearing things and I was ready to agree, except I could still hear the sound. I finally realized it was coming from the wall clock. It has a quiet “tick tick tick” that I haven’t known was there for 20 years! I told my perfect hearing husband about it and he verified that yes, the clock has always ticked.

Later in the day I was going to vacuum. For the past 30 some years I have ALWAYS had to turn my hearing aids off to vacuum because I couldn’t stand the amplified noise coming from them. I decided to experiment and left them on to see what would happen. Almost immediately I could hear the sound gradually being suppressed until it reached an acceptable level. It may seem like a small thing, but it is amazing to me that I can now run the vacuum cleaner without having to turn off my hearing aids.

Hi @jonifoz

What you described is exactly what is so unique about the new Lumity hearing aids. A few people on this forum have been saying the Lumity isn’t a major upgrade over Paradise because Lumity is using the same chip, etc. That simply isn’t true. Lumity has been upgraded to include some really breakthrough software that provides a level of hearing that I haven’t had in years. Your observations kinda parallel what I have been saying since I got Lumity.

As an example, I’m in Toronto (Canada) and we are in the midst a freezing rain storm. I’m working away in my home office right now and I can hear the freezing rain hitting the window. There is no way I would hear this with my previous Resound Quattro hearing aids. I can give you a dozen more examples like this. Keep posting your observations.

Jordan

Jordan

@JordanK said:

I can hear the freezing rain hitting the window.

Bet that’s nice to hear.

Relaxing.

y’all need CI. it crushes every hearing aid in picking up the small things. Battery on CI is far better than phonak hearing aid… It’s amazes me how the table turned around…

it is crazy considering that CI have really high power consumption but they managed to get longer battery than your hearing aid, is user serviceable and can be replaced with a disposable button cell case…

I feel like sonova isn’t listening to the customers but Cochlear is doing what is in the best interest of themselves and customers, they can charge $$$$$$$$$$ and they do listen to the customers… that what makes me a happy customer…

Nucleus 8 sound processor is getting very competitive with BTE SP/UP profound losses size wise… only thing that preventing them from making progress is the battery socket because it needs to be durable and strong…Also the cell need to big enough to hold 12 hours of charge…

@JordanK said:

Toronto (Canada) and we are in the midst a freezing rain storm. I’m working away in my home office right now and I can hear the freezing rain hitting the window.

Is that really a good thing? Used to live there, don’t miss that freezing rain, or having to drive by “the force” at night in that zero vis slush muck. I do miss being able to get virtually anything from relatively nearby. Where I am now it’s an hour to a medium city and five to the largest one. Better not get too deep into this discussion or it might turn into which is a bigger PITA, raccoons or bears.

Ok that’s good to know, yeah that socket is something they need to work on, battery I’m positive that will be solved very soon, as this technology is being pushed at the very limits right now, because of the Ev revolution, the types of chemistry being touted is amazing (of course size is everything, getting this is probably the hardest part!)

@baseballfan9 said:

Would interested in where to find best features and information

Well you’ve come to the right place, start a new topic and ask your questions, plenty of people on the forum to discuss/help with your questions.

My audi agrees with you. She suggested for now that I just adjust the treble setting in the myPhonak app. I didn’t think there’d be sufficient latitude to accommodate the missing high frequency but just turning the treble up a single notch is plenty, and all the way up with the vented slim tips I’m wearing is Feedback Galore!

I just got my Phonak Lumity L90s this afternoon, do not much to tell … yet. I did notice hear my dear husband when he is doing dishes at the sink and I’m sitting on my laurels in living room. Yay! Also can gear him around on the entry way when I’m in kitchen, which was a area where I could not hear him. So I’m noticing some things. The Music streaming is fabulous. Tomorrow we will be meeting 4 friends in a noisy restaurant, so actually looking forward to going with my new Lumity HAs. . More to come

Not sure if running a special user-created program causes extra battery drain, but I created a modification of the Automatic program that had increased treble by one notch. To avoid going back to Automatic, I kept the myPhonak app as my main screen and screen locked my iPhone. 32% of my battery usage for the last 24 hours has been the myPhonak app. When I just use the Automatic program and don’t use the myPhonak app much and don’t leave it as the “open” app when I lock my phone, its usage is only a few percent of overall battery usage. Bummer if user-defined programs consume extra battery. The usage was from 5 min on screen, 55 min of background activity in the past 24 hours.

So it goes back to automatic if app isn’t open and locked to main screen? I’m surprised the audi wasn’t willing to just bump up the highs a bit.

@Sequoia_Woman I would love to hear your observations! Enjoy the journey!

@Sequoia_Woman I’ll be very interested to hear your observations in the noisy restaurant!