Phonak Audéo Sphere

I mean, May is certainly after February.

I honestly have no idea. Usually there’s a spring launch of SOMETHING but they released so much this time it’s hard to imagine getting something new so quickly. But maybe a BTE launch.

I was really expecting lumity virto, and they release infinio. It was a shock. I had to read it a few times to make sure I wasn’t reading it wrong. But it was a full year to see Naida come out (aug 2023) after Audeo (aug 2022) so , I dunno.

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@raylock1 said:

The other thing that confuses me is that the frequency range of the UP receiver <100 Hz -8,000 Hz

Having needed a UP receiver, I was struck by reading this very high figure in the specifications: is it a real figure? Would my severe/profound loss level benefit?

The frequency range of the receiver is not the issue, it’s the output and gain. The Naida SP has an output of 135dB+ which in comparison to the RIC UP is an an extra 5dB+ which to me at least, makes a big difference. The Naida UP has even higher gain and output. The Naida also has 2 receivers.

However, by all means, it might be worth trialling, particularly as soundrecover will probably be used for those high frequencies.

Am I crazy to consider selling my 9-month old Lumity 90’s and buying the new Audeo Spheres 90? If I do, anyone know if my warranty would be transferrable? Any suggestions for best way/place to sell them?

@SallyB said:

Am I crazy to consider selling my 9-month old Lumity 90’s and buying the new Audeo Spheres 90?

Give you my opinion by this time next week (hopefully )

Yeah I’d wait to see the reviews first, and no the warranty isn’t transferred, you get a new warranty with the new HAs.

That’s correct as I assume a buyer is more willing to buy mine that still have more than two years left on the warranty.

Had an exam today but didn’t think to request a print of the results while I was there. I had a bunch of things to discuss. She said she’ll schedule me for an appt in November to oreder new HAs. (I asked, can’t you just order them and I come in to get them? No.) And my audiologist is heavy with child, and warned me I wouldn’t be seeing her in November.

Her advice was to watch reviews of real people between now and then. Take advantage of the time. She also said I was the only patient of that medical center with activevents. So the backup audiologist probably won’t know anything about it.

We’ll wait to send my old aids in until the new aid are in. She said they haven’t had any trouble sending aid out of warranty in for refurb/repair. So as long as I can wait it would be better than going with out. And no loaners at this particular time, so waiting will be best.

Hearing declined in both ears. I expected one, the other declined a lot more, so they are about even. Crazy. She refreshed programming and REM seemed a lot more involved than last time. She said the newer version has more to it. No changes were necessary, so I’m good to go. I can hear things much better again. Foot steps, etc. Weird how you lose it and don’t notice.

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Oh yeah I thought you meant transfer to another set, but in a lot of cases the warranty can be used for the new buyer( I’ve done this many times…but they don’t actually have to do this unfortunately (I’ve been refused)

@SallyB said:

Any suggestions for best way/place to sell them?

You can sell them here on hearingtracker or Ebay, they sell pretty fast as a good deal.

Classifieds

A place for buyers and sellers to meet.

I also a VA client. I looked at the numbers you cited. It’s amazing that the VA gets such a discounted price, but then that is an average cost of all Phonak RICs and not specific to the Phonak Sphere as I read the numbers.

They don’t have sphere yet. They won’t have it until November. Those would be lumity and all at the 90 level. Some with coil, some without, and I suppose some life. I think they all come with roger receivers by default. Mine did. They are all premium devices.

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@lello58 said:

If you agree, it’s better to open a new thread with your review (and hopefully that of others too) and not continue in this one which has already become quite long.

Won’t happen for a week or so. Hopefully some body else will start a review thread before that.

When we listen to the sound streamed by bluetooth, it is mostly pure sound that does not go through sound processing as usual, I doubt that AI will do anything then.

Hypothetically, I would put forward an idea. When I listen to music, I usually don’t know what they are singing without the lyrics. I hear some words but not all. it all depends on how intelligible the voice is when they sing.
I would like an option, so that we can listen to music with AI processing, at least at the beginning to hear what they are singing, only to learn to listen to the words and then turn off that option and listen naturally. Because surely the AI ​​processing muffles the music, the bass, so the song is not that interesting, I mentioned it as an example of what I would like to learn to listen to music without Lyrics.

Another option - when we listen to some YouTube shows, reports and various analysts. Then the music is not important to us, the intelligibility of the speech is important.

Are you in favor of it, and would there even be a possibility for phonak or other manufacturers to enable us to listen to bluetooth streaming with AI processing in order to better understand what is being said or what they are singing.