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@mystuart and @member6, your posts in this thread seem more than a little off-topic. They have nothing to do with the Jabra Enhance Pro 20s or accessories that might be purchased with them and how those accessories might work with the Jabra Enhance Pro 20s and previous ReSound , not even with shopping for HAs at Costco. A thread on the KS10s would be a more appropriate place for such posts.

I’m sure there is no problem answering a question anywhere on this forum.

In reply to @jim_lewis

From my experience it’s very rare to find somebody that knows technical details in any retail setting. One should always verify somewhere else or be sure the item can be returned. I’ve also learned to try not to ask leading questions as people tend to like to be agreeable.
Tangent: How well did the salespeople at Ford know the Ford Lightning specs? :>)

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@pckretz said:

Android performance with Jabra 10s however, was just not sufficient for me for both phone (hands-free) use and with streaming. Sound was inconsistent, and was localized in both ears, vs. presenting a more unified stereo effect, if that makes sense.

I’m new here, but I now have experience with the Jabra Pro 10’s and Android, and I know exactly what you are referring to. It’s really the only problem I have with these hearing aids. What I’ve found is that it is due to the very poor range of the Bluetooth receiver in the hearing aids. If you hold the phone close to your ears, everything works great. I hold the phone up near my face when making phone calls. For streaming, I can usually get away with having my phone in my jacket pocket and everything works good. In pants pocket it can sometimes start to cut out or give that “localized” effect you are talking about.

Even with this problem, the Jabras are way better than the Oticons I tried from an audiologist. Those things would disconnect all the time, and the app was horrible. I love the Jabra app and the hearing aids work good with my ears. I am hoping they can up the Bluetooth receiver range in the future. (Just let Jabra use their own receiver instead of using Resounds)

I have the Phillips 9040s and am in my 5th month of my “trial” period. I went to Costco yesterday and my fitter put my stats into a pair of the loaner Jabra’s she has. I am trying them for a week. They are really differant sounding and truthfully so far I’m not impressed. Coming home in the car I noticed quickly that I could not hear the turnsignal clicking. Then when we got home after a little while my DW ask if I had turned them down because I didn’t answer her a few times. I texted my daughter and had her to call me. She did and her voice was not as clear as she is with the 9040’s. This morning I have tried adjusting these Jabra’s in the app after I finally got them to connect. I can’t try the TV connector because they don’t keep one for loaner in the store. 1st impressions are not great for me but I’m going to keep trying to give them a chance. I’m in my 3rd set from Costco since 2009, 1st set was Kirklands, from them I got a set of Oticons, then a set of Bernafons that I still have as backups. The reason I tried these 9040’s is the Bernafons would quit with the slightest bit of moisture and the at Costco says the 9040 rechargable won’t be as susceptible to that because of no battery door. I like the Jabra’s size and weight better than the 9040’s but to get the lesser weight in them I would have to go back to replaceble batteries so mabe no improvement there? Anyway that’s where I stand now.

You have a pretty significant loss. Do you know what your word recognition scores are? If less than 60%, you might want to consider a cochlear implant eval. If options other than Costco are feasible, you might try Phonak. They can use to give you better access to high frequencies.

In reply to @Venturer

@Venturer said:

I went to Costco yesterday and my HA fitter put my stats into a pair of the loaner Jabra’s she has.

This is why you don’t like them, they’ve only been a first fit, 90% of “first fits” don’t work out, you’ll need further adjustments to get them how you like things to sound.

In reply to @Venturer

@Venturer said:

Coming home in the car I noticed quickly that I could not hear the turnsignal clicking

If you can hear the turn signals with the Phillips aids you should be able to hear them with the Jabra aids.
The Jabra aids are not set up right for you. Not programmed correctly.
That’s too bad, you would be a great person for a little review with two properly fit sets of aids.

I do, they are exactly the same, and so are the Beltone’s, all the same with different names.

Phonak’s can make use of lower frequencies than the Philliips to place higher frequencies. Person I was responding might not need that them that low. Phillips frequency lowering is more sophisticated than Resound/Jabra’s.

In reply to @tenkan

What are you hoping to get from the Jabras? Are you also buying an 8K or better Samsung TV? The Pro 20s have , but not much else is available.

I’m 90% certain that the 9040s provide a more natural sound than the Jabra Pro 10 does. I’d have switched to the Philips , except I make use of the ReSound Multi Mic. The Multi Mic may not be as good as the Roger stuff but it’s a whole lot less expensive. Otocin makes nothing like the Multi Mic, which ecomes an omnidirectional mic when placed horizontally on a table.

@philbob57 said:

What are you hoping to get from the Jabras? Are you also buying an 8K or better Samsung TV?

Umm… no I don’t need a tv like that, I already have the ReSound one (which is the Jabra Pro) I’m not intending to update to the Nexia until I see positive reviews about them and to see if it’s worth it, I’m quite sure it will be, but time will tell.

@philbob57 said:

I’m 90% certain that the 9040s provide a more natural sound than the Jabra Pro 10 does

Phillips…there’s a big difference between ReSound/Jabra in the way these work so this is why you feel they have a more “natural sound” Oticon has a More open soundtrack, so they sound different as well, Phonaks Autosense is yet again different, so what works for some doesn’t work for everyone.

@philbob57 said:

The Multi Mic may not be as good as the Roger stuff but it’s a whole lot less expensive

The multi mic is a fantastic little piece of kit, I use it myself if I’m out and about, especially if at friends/family members places for movie night etc

5 years is far from universal. I agree that getting the Pro 20s or Nexia may make sense today if you’ve got a 5 year frame of reference. But Illinois will require health insurers to cover up to $2500/ear every 2 years starting Jan 1 (unclear if that’s 2024 or 2025. I can see other jurisdictions doing something similar.

With a 2or 3 year frame of reference, I think one might be wise to avoid the first implementation of BTLE Audio in a hearing aid. There are many reasons for going with a Nexia or rebranded Nxia, but isn’t high no my priority list.

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