Phonak Audéo Sphere

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not by tpapping but you can have your Audiologist add a Sphere only program that you can activate in the Phonak app. Would be nice to have user access to the info which program is currently activated in automatic mode. Not sure why not, it is being logged in the aid.

@BodyTechEars said:

Would be nice to have user access to the info which program is currently activated in automatic mode. Not sure why not, it is being logged in the aid.

As has been discussed, it is available in the app. I’ll go through it on more time.

Go to the home tab in MyPhonak. Note “adjust program” button at the bottom. Hit that.

Your current program is displayed at the top.

Hope this helps.

WH

Apologies if this has been answered earlier. I am currently trialling a pair of Phonak Audéo Sphere I70’s. Long time HA wearer (since 2003) and I’m really happy after the first week of wearing these. In the MyPhonak app on my iPhone, under My hearing aids, I see this:

Model left: Audéo I70 Sphere
Model right: Audéo I70 Sphere

My questions:

1. Are these the Infinio series platform with the additional DeepSonic chip?
2. If yes, do my I70 (Advanced) model have limitations when compared to the I90 (Premium) model? If so, what are they?
3. Is there an actual line of aids called Audéo Sphere and another called Audéo Sphere Infinio?

The naming structure is extremely confusing (at least to me). I’ve researched online and on the Phonak site and I know there are differences between the I70 and I90, but with no confirmation on exactly what pair I am trialling, I cannot determine what features I have and/or don’t have. My audiologist did not provide me with the original HA box, just the charger box, so I don’t have it to check. I meet with him next week but would like more information before I see him again.

I found this blurb while googling:
The key difference between a Phonak Audeo Sphere and an Audeo Sphere Infinio is that the Infinio model incorporates an additional dedicated AI chip called “DeepSonic” which significantly enhances speech clarity in noisy environments, making it the premium option with more advanced sound processing capabilities compared to the standard Sphere model; both are part of the Phonak Infinio line, but the Sphere Infinio offers superior AI-powered features for better speech understanding in complex soundscapes.

The above states that there is a “standard” Sphere model but I couldn’t find any mention of that on the Phonak site.

Any clarification will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

@JoeyG said:

From your third answer, I assume “Audio Infinio R” means there is also another line of products that does not include the word “Sphere?”

That is correct. The Audio Infinio R does not have the Sphere chip.

I asked my dispensing audi countless times, “what features do my audeo Paradise P90R’s have, the way you’ve set them up?”
He never answered.
We don’t talk anymore; the man I see now has provided two reports.

• Target User’s Report, and
• Pro User’s Report

It shows me the features and programs chosen. It shows me his settings.

I don’t have your hearing aids. I have audeo Paradise P90R’s that are 3 years old.

I’m curious how well the Sphere hearing aids would perform on an airplane, especially with the pilots speaking over the loudspeakers. Has anyone tested them in that environment?

@JordanK said:

I checked the app and the hearing aids were no longer in the Sphere program even though the batteries were still at 40%. I then realized that between lunch and dinner I had exceeded the 3 hour daily Sphere use and AutoSense was no longer using the Spheric AI program.

This is one of my main concerns with the Sphere.
“What happens when you have a long loud day or have a long flight (12+ hours)? Does it stop working? Can you override it and get back into the Spheric program? Will it last until the end of the day?”

@pmc1978 said:

“What happens when you have a long loud day or have a long flight (12+ hours)? Does it stop working? Can you override it and get back into the Spheric program? Will it last until the end of the day?”

Two workcases to recon with. Battery saving is or is not programmed. And that’s why I would recommend to make such a program yourself or have it made. (I explained HowTo elswhere).

Full loaded after about 5-6 hours the batteries run out of energy and you’ll get the sound of almost empty battery when programmed. But you’ll probably not hear it because of the loud sounds. So the aids stop working then. If the time limit was set they first go back to the latest program you used and you’ll hear the warning sound if set. (At about 10% battery left, so you still have about an hour).

If you want to use your aids a whole day you have to bring your charger and reload in about 1/4 to 1\2 an hour some extra fuel. Without reloading you’re always stuck after 6 hours.

These are my experiences and work arounds in visiting loud places. I use the restaurant mode if I don’t have to listen and speak to someone, which consumes less energy and works a whole day. Then now and than go to Spheric in noise in between.

At the VA for a hearing test, I recently learned that Phonak will today launch a new top of the line HA. The audiologist said she would delay my order until today to make sure I get the latest improved HA. I am scheduled to get it on 11-8. All the tech features discussed on this thread are not very important to me. I’m just looking forward to getting the best hearing improvements available.

Thanks! Yes, I can now see programs switching. A bit inconvenient but helpful for diagnosing which programs maybe causing issues. What’s confusing is that it is under the “adjust” and I’m not sure that if you make adjustments to that “autosense” mode, that they’ll actually stick to the program when selected by autosense? I can save as a new program, but that’s also probably not automatically selected. Is it correct that changes to the programs selected by autosense can only be made in the target software?

Thanks

@BodyTechEars said:

What’s confusing is that it is under the “adjust” and I’m not sure that if you make adjustments to that “autosense” mode, that they’ll actually stick to the program when selected by autosense?

(For me…)
It stays in the changes you made until you close the changes screen or the phone goes to sleep. Changes aren’t permanent unless your HCP makes changes in target. And any changes to a base program wipes out and custom programs you create. So feel free to experiment. You can tell the HCP what improved things. But they can’t (so far as I know) just import your custom program, they need to modify a base program.They can modify it so it is part of autosense, or copy it and create a new program based on a base program. The copy & new version doesn’t wipe out your custom program based on the base program. Hope this helps. It isn’t at all intuitive.

WH

@pmc1978

REally good question.

My question–are hearing aids like cars? I’ve been cautioned not to buy a new car built in the first year. It takes time to fix the built-in problems in a new design.

I switched my U.S. healthcare coverage to Medicare Advantage from UnitedHealth. They offer a US$2500 discount every three years. Their formulary only offers Infinio Spheres at the R70 level. I have always purchased at the highest R90 end in the past, but their pricing was hard to beat: US$3800/pair for the R70s, followed by the US$2500 discount netted US$1300 out of pocket. It even beats Costco’s price levels :-). I have worn the Spheres for only four days, and as yet not in very noisy environments. I’m not sure about speech clarification that is missing from the R70s, but I am looking forward to a good experience with the new Spheres. One thing that I noticed on the first day of wear: we dined at the “upscale” room in our retirement community. The noise level was not a continuous “grind,” but the quiet was punctuated with loud bursts from some diners. However, I kept hearing a bursting loud voice behind me. It was the Dining Manager. I was in the Spheric program. I realized that it was picking up speech omnidirectional. I’ve got to learn how to turn on focus in Spheric, if that is possible.