Phonak Audeo Sphere Infinio (I90) Review 🍁

@WhiteHat said:

Have you thought about trying the activevent? You can use titanium slimtips with them (not the same as cshells, but still nice) and get full isolation when in loud noise or streaming. There are some cons, but I love them.

Good question. I suppose that, given the photo below, the MAV receiver is too large for such curved earmolds, so that its output is directly in front of the eardrum and not the canal wall…

Phonak Audeo Sphere Infinio (I90) Review

I just tried to see if the titanium cShells (lumity life) can fit in the new Sphere case, and at least mine do. I’m sure the experience may be a little different for others with larger molds. [spheregocase]

Can anyone tell me how the size of the Phonak Sphere compares with my current Oticon Engage 85 please?

Nenen_UK, I don’t have any Oticons (I trialed the Intent, but turned it back in), However, I did lay my 2 Phonaks next to the new Sphere and found:

• 312-battery Lumity Life - SMALLEST by FAR; also gives me 5 days of battery life
• rechargeable Lumity Life - about 12% bigger than the 312s thanks to “waterproofing”; battery only gives me 15 hrs/day of use
• Spheres - GONZO, about 25% bigger than my 312s and the least battery life of all.

I know you may find my comparison vague, but that’s how the Sphere stacks up against other Phonak models out there. Hope others chime in!

although I’ve not seen them next to any HA type I have, it seems to be the width (thickness) of the Sphere that seems excessive. This could be an issue with those that have ears.

@Nenen_UK said:

Can anyone tell me how the size of the Phonak Sphere compares with my current Oticon Engage 85 please?

The size of the Engage is bigger then the new Phonak Infinio Sphere , as the Engage is a BTE , where the new Phonak Spere is a RIC.
And for the Phonak you do not need an extra audio shoe and an Roger receiver attached to the aid.
Whereas for the Engage you need to attach an special battery door that you can attach an shoe and onto the shoe you attach an extra Roger receiver. So the Engage becomes very bulky behind the ears, if you want to use a Roger microphone.

@PeterH said:

This could be an issue with those that have ears.

While I’d toyed with the idea of a facelift at my age, perhaps an EAR extension would make more sense.

I live in Montreal Canada. I got a quote from my Audi for the top of the line sphere for Cdn $7800, 3 year warranty plus one free accessory. Is this a fair price. I trialed Starkey Genesis top of the line and they were around $6200 so there is quite a bit difference. Please send private message if required. Thank you.

It’s not predatory. Given the range in pricing from the manufacturer to the clinic and service pricing and different location costs, you’ll probably see the sphere range from 6500-9500 CND? So that’s middling and if the service is high quality it’s pretty good. In Ontario you get $1000 off of that from our provincial program. I’m not sure what Quebec might have.

I’ve been trialing the I90s for about a week now. Using Power Domes. Current aids are L90s.

I am experiencing only marginal improvements here and there. Last night at my Pool League the Spheric program activated most of the evening. It did make hearing nearby voices somewhat easier and clearer. But nothing like the demonstration video on the Phonak website. I have a different Pool League tonight and a restaurant dinner Wednesday night. We’ll see how they go. But current thoughts are that upgrading is not worth the expense.

@platypus said:

But nothing like the demonstration video on the Phonak website

IIRC, on the website there was closed fitting, that may make quite a difference.

@JordanK said:

Interesting that a few people don’t notice a difference with the Spheric Noise AI program. I am using double domes with P receivers. It could be that people with more open fittings don’t see as big of an improvement as people with closed fittings. Not sure…

Jordan

Well we have pretty similar hearing loss, you hear a difference, I barely don’t. I mean I can hear it when it switched because the sound is different but I don’t see a bigger improvement to the normal speech in noise program. I use slimtips that are nearly closed.
From which hearing aids are you comming from?

@Misterref78 said:

From which hearing aids are you comming from?

I was wearing Lumity L90’s. The Sphere’s are awesome in heavy noise. I notice a huge difference.

Jordan

I trialed the L90 and now trialing the sphere. For me there is little difference and I’m in a vented dome. I’m having other issues with the domes so Looking at trying active vent or custom mold. Maybe that will make a bigger difference. I have been enjoying your reviews on the other thread.

@Misterref78 said:

From which hearing aids are you comming from?

@JordanK said:

I was wearing Lumity L90’s. The Sphere’s are awesome in heavy noise. I notice a huge difference.

Jordan

Well, hopefully they are better, otherwise Phonak wouldn’t do their job.
Mostly it sounds much better, because a) your old one was not adjusted to your hearing loss now, b) because they no longer function properly due to age.

Have you really noticed a big difference in understanding in noise and the spheric speech? For me both have worked fine, and there was no gain with spheric.