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Advice on resound model? Switching from Phonak to Resound

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Hello, I’m sorry for typos. I’m from Norway, and 28 year old. I have been hard of hearing my whole life, and have a moderate hearing loss.

I had resound LiNX Quattro LS961 for 7 years, they were a big upgrade from analog, and sounded natural. Two years ago I switched to Phonak paradise. I have also used Lumity, and Sphere.

I find the Phonaks to be to high tech, and switching between programs with autosense I believe? It often feel as if individuals are far away or a bit muffled. I was always used with no program shifts, with analogs and resound. So this is a tough adjustment for me.

I now have a delayed proceeding of sound where it feels as my brain treat the spoken word of someone with a delay.I never had this before. When I put on old resound the delay is gone, the sound natural, but speach understanding wprse, which make sense since they are old, and I’m not used to them anymore.

In Phonak the sound does not feel as natural to me. Even though there are huge benefits with them as well; I now can hear from distance for the first time in my life, and when people are soft spoken. Still these don’t sit right with me. I am very tired now trying different adjustments for Phonak. Therefor I want to try to switch to resound again.

Has anyone else here had success with newer resound? If so, which model? And is the sound natural enough for you?

Also I’m wondering if you can sense if it switch between programs automatically?

Hello, I just received the new Resound Vivia 9’s. I’ve had them for about a month. I’m coming from the Signia C&G AX7’s.

I like them. To me, the sound is more natural and I can understand speech better. Of course, this could be due to the fitting by the audioaulogist.

I don’t know about Hi Tech. They are supposed to have the latest in technology according to the manufacturer. You can download the app, Resound 3D, to your phone and run it in the Demo mode to get an Idea of the basic programs offered. Once you have the hearing aids, you can save variations of the basic programs to your liking as favorites for use under different circumstances.

But I don’t spend a lot of time switching progams. I find the I use the basic program, called All-Around, the most. With it, I can tell the ’s are reducing noise when I move to a new environment. When entering a new environment, it takes a couple of seconds for the HA’s to recognize the background and reduce noise. I don’t find this objectionable or distracting, but oddly satisfying.

On of the things I like the most about them is the ability to receive high quality Bluetooth and . I stream Auracast Audio directly to my HA’s via a couple of relatively low cost transmitters I purchased; one for my TV, and one portable for everything else which I can move from device to device. I find the Auracast audio to be much better quality and much more stable than Classic Bluetooth.

So, the bottom line is that I like them. But, of course, that doesn’t mean you will. I do recommend you trial them, if possible.

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