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That’s how I did it:
Levered with a thin metal tab at the front.
When levering between the front housing and the circuit board, it made a soft cracking noise. But nothing seems to be broken.

Phonak Audeo Marvel both sides opened

In reply to #204

Wow how you find that video? Thank you.

I been searching for hearing aids how to take it apart but only found 1 so far. Its Rexton brand unknown model hearing aids but procedure is largely the same thing.

Put pin out, open and pull up the cover, pick it piece by piece, clean, reverse the procedure. Done.

@Baltazard
Interesting, I didn’t know there were French speaking hearing aids!
If you buy a kit can we all come please?

I think the two members on here paid £2500 from Ebay for used equipment.
Your brother is a lucky man to have you.
If you remember I bought the P30 UP from you that you got for him. Just run out of warranty but managed to get them replaced from Boots in December!
Good to talk.

@michael1 Sorry man, I completely forgot, got few things going on at the moment :cold_face:
Lucky you got them replaced, well done, did they charge you for it?

£2500 used! not sure I will venture into that, since they need to be calibrated.
I found a different make, but still, charge around £4800 new, and from memory the program isn’t included in the price (they are Italian).

My thinking, is getting a new one with warranty and support, send it to him, where he can get a charity or an audiologist who can use the to tweak his , or he might learn how to use it.

Again, sorry, I completely forgot about the P30; Absolutely brilliant you got them replaced by boots.
Boots will definitively be on my Books, sum tin wong wiz dis santance :rofl:

Yes no quibbles about the warranty.
If you are considering Boots then look into the appointment availability. In February i was told May for an adjustment. Doncaster is very busy.

Great video for those who can follow the French. The executive summary if you cannot: Following an autopsy of both type of devices he makes the point that the electronics in modern, top-of-the line is not that much more sophisticated than what you find in your average earbuds. As for the colossal price differential, he cites a French consumer paper that claims that the bulk of HA pricing is audiologist fees:

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If this is true then HA marketing is almost criminally clumsy; once I know how to program my HAs, why can’t I have a second set at 300$ each? Note also how prices are all over the place (left side of the diagram)- prices here in Switzerland are typically around 5,000 Euro.

In reply to @danka

The use of the term “70% alcohol” to describe wipes recommended for eyeglasses or hearing aids is technically and practically incorrect. The ‘alcohol’ is not ethanol, it is isopropyl alcohol commonly labelled “rubbing alcohol.” The use of ethanol does damage plastic parts of eyeglasses and hearing aids. Conversely 70% isopropyl alcohol is recommended for binoculars, camera lenses and microscope objectives.

In reply to @RobHooft

That cost breakdown isn’t entirely off the mark, but it totally ignores how the manufacturers take profit either at the factory/wholesale price or at the audiologist level, or in some cases both levels. It’s also wildly out of date, you can’t get a pair of wholesale aids for that sort of money: a a pair of Intent 1 would cost over £3.5K plus VAT at list.

All the large manufacturers operate distribution channels: plus they sell ‘on the side’ to independent dispensers. If you don’t believe that the manufacturers deliberately up their prices to ‘non-channel’ dispensers to maintain their profit margins elsewhere, then just look up the pay scales for Audiologist vs other medical professionals.

If you need further proof, check out the profitability of the various companies involved.

The Phonak Marvel and Paradise use M7854S1 also known as ICR7854 or LIR7854. These are available on Alibaba and sometimes on eBay.

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