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Phonak Naida Infinio Sphere

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So 2026 should be the year Phonak comes out with the Naida Infinio Sphere. If that does happen, how many of you think the aid will be offered with a rechargeable battery? The Naida power hearing aid brand has a very long history, using 675 disposable batteries. I’m in the camp that’s willing to sacrifice battery life to keep Naida using the 675 battery. Presently, I’m getting 10-plus-days before changing batteries. If Phonak can build the Naida Infinio Sphere using a 675 battery, I’m willing drop down to say 5 days of battery life. Maybe Phonak can up that number to 6, or 7 days, but battery power usage will be tricky when Spheres are set in background noise mode.

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You are asking us to predict the future We don’t have a crystal ball.

Frankly, it is very unlikely , based on past trends , that any new will have replaceable batteries. Just like cell phones moved away from replaceable batteries .

with replaceable batteries are a dying breed

I am all for rechargeable everything, except for hearing aids @OcramSagev but, if they can make the rechargeable battery last more than a couple of days, I may reconsider my bias? TBVH, I have no qualms over aesthetics, they can make any new Naida Spheres whatever size they like, the bigger the better, preferably with 675 batteries (perhaps with 2 x 675’s) I believe, most folks with “Severe/Profound Losses” feel ever so slightly abandoned by the major hearing aid manufacturers, we are very much in the minority, it’s a niche market, with probably only around 5% of overall sales? Yet, we are entirely dependent on our aids, without them we are to all intensive purposes, Deaf… Oticon, appears to have completely given up on us, their last iteration of an UP (Ultra Power) Aid was 2019, and 7 years is an eternity in technological development! Thankfully, Phonak appears to be still accommodating the “Severe/Profound Thresholds”, we hope it continues with a new iteration of Naida, what that will be, is anyone’s guess, but hopefully it will incorporate some form of the Sphere technology? Cheers Kev :wink:

Yeah, the exceed is really long in the tooth. A hearing aid that came out in 2019 is considered ancient by 2026. Dinosaur. Seems like it’s now down to Resound and Phonak, as far as serious power aid manufacturers.

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