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In 2024, I tried the Costco Jabra 20 with skeletal earmolds

I had a strange feedback problem when walking through doorways and leaning my head toward the cupboards while doing the dishes.

Also while in the Costco sound proof room there was an annoying down ship in volume when the hearing instruments specialist talked in my direction and then swiveled his chair 90 degree to type on the laptop.

I returned the aids after several appointments because they were unable to solve the issue.

On a couple side notes, Costco said some of my settings were near the max threshold, but didn’t think that was the cause of the problem.

The Jabra helpdesk suggested lowering the wind sensitivity, but that did not work either.

The hearing tracker forum recommended double checking the fit and vent size of the earmolds, we did that and everything seemed correct, but it feedback problem was still there.

With all that said, I am thinking of giving it another try with the new Jabra 30 model of aids.

Now, here’s the question.

Since my hearing loss is borderline severe, would the new Jabra Enhance 30 Max RIC be a better fit, or is it too powerful?

Or would Jabra EP 30 with earmolds be better?

I am leaning toward the BTE.

What are your thoughts on this?

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I don’t know much about what you say is the “new Jabra Enhance 30 Max ,” if that’s different from the Jabra Enhance Pro 30 aids from Costco that I have. Do you mean Jabra Enhance Pro 30 with high-power receivers? (Mine are moderate power.) Or is this really a new option at your local Costco?

I’ve owned both rechargeable RIC aids and button-battery . All else being equal (note: it’s not), my preference is for button batteries and BTE. I believe (others may disagree) that the BTE option can hold up longer without expensive off-warranty repairs and offers greater opportunity (as long as button batteries are readily available in local stores) for staying powered up when off the grid, as in an emergency that lasts more than a few days.

But there’s a big upside to going rechargeable RIC in Jabra, and that is that you get digital/ noise management features that the BTEs don’t offer. So if you spend time in noisy environments like restaurants, parties, some work settings, sports stadiums, etc., consider passing on BTE and opting instead for rechargeable/RIC which is much better in noisy settings. In my personal experience, the noisy-environment performance is indeed quite good with rechargeable Jabra Enhance Pro 30s. Is there still room for improvement? Sure, but they are clearly better at this than my previous aids.

As for the at least arguably longer life of BTE aids, at Costco prices, where you get in the reachargeable-RIC Jabra Enhance Pro 30, the equivalent of the top-end-model ReSound Vivia 9, at a small fraction of the Vivia price… I don’t really care as much about the ability of the rechargeable aid to work for more than three or four years. When the battery won’t take a charge anymore, or the Jabras are wearing out, I’ll just replace them with new aids at Costco.

Costco has a Jabra Enhance Max behind the ear for severe to profound hearing losses.

Appear to be pretty much the same as the Jabra Enhance Pro 30 aids but .

Both rechargeable.

In reply to @hamjor1

Thanks for the info.

I’m guessing one of the Costco Jabra 30 models might be the same as the new Resound Enzo IA power hearing aids?

In my 40 plus years I never had any problem with Phonak and Starkey aids!

I heard most people do not have problems with Resound and Jabra RIC style aids, but I’ve had many issues with feedback in those brands.

I really like the sound quality in Resound and Jabra RIC when they are not in the shop!

So that is why I’m leaning toward trying the rechargeable Jabra BTE with earmolds.

Another reason for this is because the BTE earmolds do not seem to need to go in as deep as the RIC.

Therefore the earmolds are more comfortable.

I’m thinking the Jabra BTE might be more reliable and the feedback might be less of an issue?

Also just before the 3 year warranty expires, i think you can have them sent out to the manufacture for repair and they’ll send you back a new set of aids?

Your thoughts?

In reply to @Raudrive

Oh okay, Raudrive, thanks.

Yes, Ziby, you can indeed, just before the 3-year warranty is up, have Costco rechargeable Jabras sent back for free battery replacement; this service is not free after the warranty lapses.

The Enzo 1A is considered a more powerful aid for more severe+ hearing loss than the Vivia, so this Jabra you’re asking about, which seems to fit that need, may indeed be based on the Enzo rather than the Vivia, but I don’t know either way.

@hamjor1 said:

so this Jabra you’re asking about, which seems to fit that need, may indeed be based on the Enzo rather than the Vivia, but I don’t know either way.

Jabra are just rebranded ReSound models, so Jabra is exactly the same as ReSound BTE.

Sure but Ziby’s question is: are the Jabra ’s rebranded ReSound Enzo 1A’s or rebranded ReSound Vivia 9’s (like the Jabra Enhance Pro 30 )? I assumed they were Vivias, but maybe not…

Jabra Enhance=Vivia, as no mention of with Max, I’d think they’d (Jabra) would give Enzo AI a new “name” for Costco tho.

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