Changing from years of wearing Phonak to Oticon. 👍

@SpudGunner said:

Oticonian

I guess we will soon see the Oticonian Realists followed by the Oticonian Real Morons??

@prodigyplace said:

Realists followed by the Oticonian Real Morons

@prodigyplace: Well, Real is better than Lumity, by a long shot, but, quite honestly, this two-year new product launch cycle is getting tedious.

IMO, HA manufacturers are over-milking their “cash cows” - the insurance companies, NHS, and the various VAs by “short-cycling” their new product rollouts.

From the rumors I have heard the Real is likely a minimal upgrade to the More. That makes it a 4 year milking cycle for substantial improvements.

@prodigyplace: Exactly … but they are impatient and taxing the private-pay segment by not being patient for 4 years.

@prodigyplace

There is no way to plug a Roger X into the ConnectClip.

@Zebras said:

There is no way to plug a Roger X into the ConnectClip.

OK I thought the Edumic was mainly designed for educational classroom use.

Dang. Siemens. They were my first analog HAs in the 1980s > 1990s. I miss analogs. Man, do I miss:

Being able to use a SWITCH to turn off anyone I don’t wanna hear.
Not being forced to open the freakin’ battery door to turn off the damned hearing aid.
The rich sound of analog.

Sorry. Just reminiscing about the good ol’ days before digital had to take over with their annoyances.

Here’s crossing my fingers that they don’t ever sell enough profound loss hearing aids to implement recharging in them.

@codergeek2015 said:

I’m left with at least 8 hours that I can’t hear.

Oticon More are supposed to last up to 24 hours and I do not usually wear my hearing aids while sleeping at night.They fully recharge in 3 hours, not 8. I believe most all the rechargeable aids recharge fully in 3-4 hours.

@prodigyplace said:

OK I thought the Edumic was mainly designed for educational classroom use.

@prodigyplace: not so, Bruce. It’s a Dandy partner mic, great for listening to TV, and great at the table mic. I have one and it’s a very handy well-made accessory. I highly recommend the genuine Oticon brand EduMic.

I do not tend to use external microphones with my aids.

@Zebras said: (unavailable)

@Mike59

@glucas

What Glucas says is good.

@Mike59 do you know what your hospital hand out? Might be worth just getting NHS HAs as back up anyway?

I plan to get the Oticon EduMic to attach a Roger X receiver to use my Roger Microphones.

Thanks both. @Zebras I will look into it at my local hospital I think (Chichester). The idea of a backup is a good one

The rod and reel indicates a poisson a joke.

That not oticon doing, this is a MFI thing

@ssa

I know but it’s the first time I’ve had it………… obviously as I’ve had Phonak and now Oticon in my life.