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I learned this from a person at the Oticon representative office in Russia. Oticon looks very lazy. So yeah, Phonak comes out on top.

Other recent SP offerings with Android streaming support are Starkey Evolv AI Power Plus BTE 13 and Signia Intuis SP 4. Recent BTE (105db max fitting range) models are Resound Nexia NX88-DWC Rechargeable and Widex Moment BTE 13 D.

It doesn’t matter. People with severe hearing loss are always at the end of technology, when they always need the latest technology.

I think that Phonak will release UP version of Infinio sphere in 2025. Why not buy Phonak?

This is a long-standing habit of Oticon sound. Switching to another brand will be almost impossible.

I had difficulty hearing the phone calls without Bluetooth. When I bought Oticon OPN back in 2016, MFI streaming was a blessing for me and I gained confidence. However, as time passed, I got sick of iOS and wanted to try out Android which I was finally able to do in late 2022 as I bought ASHA capable Starkey Evolv AI and Samsung Galaxy S21. How do you manage without Bluetooth?

I have iPhone, so I use MFI protocol. I could connect via Bluetooth with Connectclip, but it turns out my hearing aids don’t work well with it, and there aren’t many Bluetooth sources around me. Plus, I don’t talk on the phone. So I sold Connectclip and kept TV Adapter.

Your hearing loss is so severe, you should be considering Cochlear implant. I understand that you may be wary of the surgical invasion, but you don’t really have many options left.

Sometimes I think that I might go Cochlear in my right ear if it further deteriorates.

yes, but with some decrease after illnesses and antibiotics

@anon33641277 said:

I have congenital hearing loss, and I got first hearing aids at 4 years old. So I have no auditory memory. Implants are useless in that case. Hearing aids help me in all cases except speech, where lipreading helps me.

I am not convinced. This may have been the case in older CIs that were developed around 2000 and when prelingually deaf adults had not yet developed any lingual/oral communication (only sign language).

I see you are communicating not only in Russian, but also in English. I appreciate this. Moreover, you are a lipreader, which may be a good predictor of better outcomes after CI. Using HA and seeing them helpful is also a good sign, better than not getting any benefit from them.

Cochlear implant in prelingually hearing-impaired adults: prognostic factors...

The aim of present study is to evaluate the impact of prognostic factors on the outcome in a group of prelingually hearing-impaired patients submitted to cochlear implantation (CI) at an adult age. This is a retrospective study on a cohort of ...

CI-in-prelingually-deaf-adults.pdf (1018.5 KB)

Like @jim_lewis, I also try to ask ChatGPT for information:

By comparison, a 2004 study claims otherwise:

Cochlear Implantation in Adults with Prelingual Deafness. Part I. Clinical...2

To examine the hypothesis that the newer generations of cochlear implants could provide considerable speech understanding to late-implanted, prelingually deaf adult patients. Retrospective review. Speech perception scores of 103 patients with ...

Thank you for worrying about me! But I’m 46. It’s too late to experiment with my hearing. It’s a surgery with an unknown outcome, “Russian roulette”. I’d rather stay in a stable condition. Besides, hearing aids have more connectivity options. And they’re smaller, more comfortable to wear.