I have been wearing hearing aids for a couple years now. My first hearing aids were Jabra Enhance from Costco. They have served me fairly well however there are a few things I don’t like about them. 1. The behind the ear design makes noise when my glass frames, hair, or hat rubs against them. This is a constant issue. 2. If I want to change the program I have to go into Costco and see if I can get them to do it. They always try and usually succeed in just getting me to accept the original program. 3. I’m suppose to be able to take phone calls over the Jabra’s but this feature works sometimes and is a real PITA when it doesn’t. The issue is probably my Pixel 6 but It was more trouble than it was worth so I never use that feature.
I have been thinking about getting a backup pair of hearing aids and when the Sony CRE-C20 came along I thought I would give these a try. I have only had them for 2 days but so far I have been pleased with them. It will take a little getting use to the fit as they are very different from the behind the ear Jambra’s, However there is no noise from hair, glass frames, or hats. There does seem to be a little more noise when I eat from chewing. I have programed them a couple times already and used the fine tuning feature. I’m still testing them but I think these will replace my Jabra’s as I am impressed with there performance so far. The only thing I miss is the loudness adjustment must be done through the app. You could adjust the volume on the Jambra’s on the hearing aids. I notice that Soundly where I purchased mine is now saying it is their number 1 selling hearing aid. I have 45 days to test them but unless I find that they are too uncomfortable or that there is another issue that I am not yet aware of I will likely keep these.
Update: 9-22-25 I have changed the programing on these 4 times. This last time I just ran the test again and indicated every time I thought I could hear a beep. ( I have a problem with tennitus and sometimes I don’t know if I am hearing a faint beep or not as I think my tennitus might be covering it up.) I do think they are the most natural sounding I have had so far. As far as the tone and loudness which I turned up a notch after programing I am pretty happy with the sound. I can definitly hear with better clarity with them in. However I gotta get these things to fit better. They are difficult to get seated and the left one keeps falling out of the canal. When they are not seated properly they squeal every time I talk or eat something. In this regard my Jabras so far have been far superior. They ship with the small domes. I tried the extra small and they were worse. I just tried the medium and they work better, still not perfect, and they are difficult to get in. Once in they are fine. It is just much easier to get the Jabras in my ear. I will also try the large domes and maybe see if I can get some vented ones that will work although I think the squealing sound comes from not having a good seal.
10-2-25: Update: I have not found the perfect solution for the sqealing the hearing aids can make however I did purchase both the small and medium vented sleeves for these and find that if I use a small vented sleeve in my left ear and a medium in my right ear it is almost eleminated. This is also the most comfortable combo I have found. The bass notes seam to be a little weeker with the vented ear sleeves. ( All day comfort and lack of sqealing is better with the Jabra’s as should be expected because the reciever is much farther from the speaker.)
I’m going to do more testing over the next few days but at this point I believe the Sony C20’s solve a couple problems and create a couple new ones.
10-15-25 : I have found that if I tune these by using the “Fine Tuning” portion of the hearing aid app it removes too much of the sound for me as it sets it up to some standard logarithm. What is working for me is that I just adjusted the volume. Then on that same screen there are 2 squigly lines on the bottom right side. Touching that gives another screen which allows you to reduce or increase the “Sharpness”. Reducing the sharpness to -3 using the vented ear buds described above has really reduce the sqealing another magnatude and make the hearing aids sound more natural. The overall sound is still a touch better through the Jabra’s but it is very close. I had to sit in the living room watching TV and switch them back and forth several times. Voice or word recognition is about equal. Music is a little better through the Jabra’s but maybe with this reduction in Sharpness I can go back to using the sealed buds. I will give this a try and if there is an improvment I will report back. As it stands I am pretty happy with these as a back up hearing aid.
11-9-25
My final settings with the Sony cre-C20 is as above however I use a small vented plug on my left ear and a medium vented plug on my right ear. I find that I preferr these to the Jabras in almost every way now. Understanding consonants, which can be a bitch, is much better with these. I have been using these all the time for the last 3 weeks and have no desire to got back to the Jabras. (I did go back to the jabras for one afternoon because my left Sony hearing aid did not charge.) But I did not like it. Overall I am happy with these. The volume on these goes up to 15. I use them at level 9 most of the time however when I am talking to someone who has a soft voice or if I am in a meeting I have turned them up to 12 with excelent results and they are still very clear.
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