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About six weeks ago, I bought a pair of Phonak Naida Q70 UP, from a member of this web board. These were to replace my NHS Nathos SP w.
I was surprised that It took about three weeks before the distortion went away. I use NAL NL1, which I find clearer than any other. Although a recent trial with Phonak Digital managed a close second.
Is the Quest chip so different from the Spice, or half way to the Venture?

They have really been very difficult to program, and found the start up jingle to be very quiet, except when 110% gain is used. I have them set at 100%, and can hardly hear it. But program change tones are louder. I also found the Zoom control has about 10db boost when disconnected from Target. When connected, it is very quiet. Fearing the worst, I sent them to be checked over. They came back, no faults, and no charge. But these problems still persist. I prefer the Zoom to Soundflow, because it is more consistent.

Although they have taken a long while to program to my liking, I find them better with loud speech, and more mellow than the Nathos. The TV loop is better than I have ever had, and also reasonably clear. I know the distortion is down to my very bad hearing, and no hearing aid is going to solve that!

The Zoom control works very well in a car, but not so good in a coach, where there is a lot more background noise.
But I am very pleased with them, and am sure I will get used to them.

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Glad there were no faults with them.

I wore the Phonak Naida S IX UPs and the Phonak Brio P-UPs which is the Q90. I found the Phonak Brio to be loads better in noise for me.

I don’t like using StereoZoom or ZoomControl, personally but I love UltraZoom (which is the same in both the Q70 and Q90.)

You say the start up jingle is quiet.

Have you turned off the ‘start up melody’ because if that is turned off, it plays a different sound.

I wonder if that would be too quiet as well?

You can set the frequency and loudness of the different beeps like low battery warning. I wonder if that would help with the start up melody?

Hi Zebras.
Thanks for the reply.

Startup melody is on. Beep volume is set to very loud. I could go to 110%, which makes the tones louder, I would just have to bring the program gain down.
But having got them working, I don`t really want to make unnecessary changes.

How’s the adjustment period going with the Naida Q70? I hope you are getting good results from them.

Hi Zebras.
Thanks for asking.
The distortion has now gone, and I was getting used to them, when the left ear became infected. I was advised not to wear an aid that side all the time, and I could only manage a few hours. Then the right ear got infected, and I have now had three weeks on only wearing them at odd times. This last week I have had to give them both a rest, which makes life a bit difficult.

I spent this morning waiting at a walk in clinic, the right side is not as bad, but the left still very much infected. The doctor gave me another antibiotic spray for the left ear only, as she thinks the one spray is spreading the infection.

I am very pleased with the Q70s, they sound better than the NHS Nathos. I use the ultra zoom quite a lot, instead of Soundflow. It seems more consistent, but I dont think any aid is going to be a magic bullet. Hearing in noise is still a problem, but I do have a decent sounding TV loop set up.

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