Resound Linx

What I love about my Linx and what I’m concerned about.

I’ve had my LiNX for two weeks and really, really, really love them. They are, without a doubt, the best HEARING aids I’ve used. After three years with a Resound unit from Costco, I started trying other brands. I can’t say I was sure that Costco was a good place to buy or not, but it certainly is, far and away, the least - the very least - expensive place to buy hearing aids if they have hearing aids that work for you. However…

After trying Siemens, Rexton, Beltone, and a couple of others, I began to feel like much of the whole fitting thing was more theater than anything else. I got extremely frustrated with the whole industry, especially when you have Costco selling hearing aids for $3,000 and you can only find “similar ones” at twice the cost or more from a specialist. After awhile, I got to the point where I was willing to go for the $6,000 as long as there was a demonstrable difference in the hearing. LiNX has that difference for me, even though I’m still moaning about the $6,000.

The ability to adjust Treble and Bass is a great feature. Adding Treble negates the need for streamers on the TV, for me. Sometimes I giggle at how soft I can make the volume but by turning up the Treble, hear the TV just fine.

The Finder feature is rather neat. It’s so sensitive that if you hold the iPhone or the iPad on one side of your body, the display actually shows the different distance from the iPad or iPhone. Very cool.

Listening to voice on FaceTime and Skype calls right through the hearing aids is just terrific. I also have Dish Network and actually prefer watching programs on my iPad Mini and having the sound go directly to my ears. I guess there is nothing like streaming directly to your ears, but I’m going to try the Linx hearing aids without the streamers - at least, for awhile.

The concerns I have relate to various programs on the iPad Mini. When I switch to Google, I find that the hearing aids shut down. Then, sometimes they don’t. I’m assuming Apple and/or Resound will figure this out and send out a patch or an update of some sort.

When I use the microphone, the hearing aids turn off.

When I change places, like from my house to our clubhouse about a half mile away, which has its own “place,” the settings don’t change. I’ve read in another blog that people hear a beep and the settings change to what they were the last time you were in that place. To me, that is a very cool feature, and I hope there is a fix for it…soon.

The last thing is very curious to me. The Battery Indicators don’t show anything about the batteries decreasing in power. They only turn white, from red, when the batteries are dead.

That’s my two cents (or twenty cents) on my first two weeks with the best hearing aids I’ve ever used.

@steveGL said:

those of you who have had the LinX for a while and have perhaps stop playing with all the functions – how is the battery life on “normal” usage – recognizing that that is a variable and relative notion, but let us say your normal usage. And are you still happy with them.

Like cicada, I’m seeing about 4 days battery life under normal use, without much Bluetooth time.

I’ve had my LiNX 9’s for about 3 weeks now. Love them! The Bluetooth part can be a little flaky to get started, but once going, it works fine. Not high fidelity, of course – poor for music or movies. The technology is optimized for voice intelligibility, which is OK, maybe even ideal for some things.

I have five programs set: standard, narrow (restaurant), music (flat), outside and phone. Haven’t found music or outside to be very useful yet. I use standard most of the time, and narrow is good for noisy environments. I tried music mode while watching a movie at the theater; can’t say it made much of a difference. Phone mode is triggered by a magnet on my phone handset. It must not be configured right, since I can hear the tone that signals it’s started, but I don’t noticed much of a difference in the sound.

The TV Streamer works great. Good for voice-focused shows only, though, not action movies, music, or anything with much low-frequency content.

I’m trialing the Mini-Mic. In addition to the wireless microphone, it has a 3.5mm plug that allows easy connection to a PC, or, in my case, a radio. Audio quality is similar to the TV streamer. Unfortunately, the mic needs to be pretty close to the source for it to work well, which limits the places it’s useful for me.

The LiNX connects directly to my iPhone 5s. So I can play games, listen to (poor fidelity) music and so on that way. It also has an interesting “Live Listen” mode, which acts sort-of like the Mini-Mic: sound picked up by the iPhone’s microphone is sent to the LiNX. Handy for meetings, and that kind of thing. The iPhone LiNX app is also handy – I especially like the ability to mute, which I do when things get loud, like my dogs barking and so on.

I like that these don’t have any feedback problems when I take them on or off, like the Phonak Q90s did that I trialed earlier. They have an automatic ramp-up period before they reach full volume/amplification (normally 4 weeks), which is great for HA newbies like me.

They also work well with headphones – although my maximum loss is 35 dB, so it could be different if you need more amplification.

I’m no expert by any means, but overall highly recommended.

I got 5+ days out of the batteries, but this is using the Power One batteries. I have not done a comparison using the Costco batteries which I was using before.

@Ace said:

Like cicada, I’m seeing about 4 days battery life under normal use, without much Bluetooth time.

I’ve had my LiNX 9’s for about 3 weeks now. Love them! The Bluetooth part can be a little flaky to get started, but once going, it works fine. Not high fidelity, of course – poor for music or movies. The technology is optimized for voice intelligibility, which is OK, maybe even ideal for some things.

I have five programs set: standard, narrow (restaurant), music (flat), outside and phone. Haven’t found music or outside to be very useful yet. I use standard most of the time, and narrow is good for noisy environments. I tried music mode while watching a movie at the theater; can’t say it made much of a difference. Phone mode is triggered by a magnet on my phone handset. It must not be configured right, since I can hear the tone that signals it’s started, but I don’t noticed much of a difference in the sound.

The TV Streamer works great. Good for voice-focused shows only, though, not action movies, music, or anything with much low-frequency content.

I’m trialing the Mini-Mic. In addition to the wireless microphone, it has a 3.5mm plug that allows easy connection to a PC, or, in my case, a radio. Audio quality is similar to the TV streamer. Unfortunately, the mic needs to be pretty close to the source for it to work well, which limits the places it’s useful for me.

The LiNX connects directly to my iPhone 5s. So I can play games, listen to (poor fidelity) music and so on that way. It also has an interesting “Live Listen” mode, which acts sort-of like the Mini-Mic: sound picked up by the iPhone’s microphone is sent to the LiNX. Handy for meetings, and that kind of thing. The iPhone LiNX app is also handy – I especially like the ability to mute, which I do when things get loud, like my dogs barking and so on.

I like that these don’t have any feedback problems when I take them on or off, like the Phonak Q90s did that I trialed earlier. They have an automatic ramp-up period before they reach full volume/amplification (normally 4 weeks), which is great for HA newbies like me.

They also work well with headphones – although my maximum loss is 35 dB, so it could be different if you need more amplification.

I’m no expert by any means, but overall highly recommended.

I have been using the Linx 7’s for about 6 weeks now and received a call from the audiologist asking if I would like to try the Starkey Halo (AGXsp). I offered to demo them and will post my impressions in that area of the forum.

@stevelcqld said:

The only real issue I am having is that my and other louder voices are “muffled” or sound like a broken speaker… As an example, tonight at a meeting, those across from the table sounded fine, but the ppl right next to me taking at the same volume, but closer to me, sounded muffled…

You may want to have your audi increase the gain for high frequencies and reduce it for low frequencies. In the meantime, you can experiment with the Bass/Treble control on the Smart app and see if that helps.

I have an appointment next Monday for the Resound Link but have no idea how much a set of them cost. Would anyone care to share how much they paid? I know different places will charge different amounts but trying to see if it is something I can afford.
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i just picked up my Linx 9 and am having a few issues.

First an issue with the iPhone and clip. If i phone directly from my iPhone, my iPhone automatically sends auto to “Stephen’s Hearing A” and within a few seconds (about 3 as discussed above) i hear the call in both HA. However, if i double click on the click, the phone dials the last number dial as it should, but sends the auto out to “Hearing Aid Phone” and I have to change it manually to “Stephen’s Hearing A” to hear the phone – which defeats the purpose of the double click.

Second i have the mic. I have paired it with my laptop and see that the output for sound is the hearing aids but there is nothing. If i use the mic simple as a mic i have sound to the HA. Was i wrong in thinking that I could use the mic as a go between the laptop and the HA. if i connect the mic via the input connection it does stream the laptop to the HA.

On the iPhone apps … the one called “Control” – it does not find programs: It says " the app is not connected to the hearing system." But there are programs: All round; Restaurant; Phone.

Finally, i have the three programs All round; Restaurant; Phone – does anyone have suggestions for other programs I should get my audio to add…

thanks

In order for the Linx to work, the iPhone or the iPad has to have the small power connector you see on the 5S or the iPad Mini or the iPad Air.

@DianeK1 said:

I should have added that my question was to DEM1940. My 4S has iOS 7.0.6 and has a hearing aid setting for Bluetooth devices as well as hearing aid mode. I will find out for sure when I call either Resound or Beltone for an appointment when I finally decide to pursue this.

For the past three years, I’ve been using the ReSound hearing aids I bought at Costco. They were called Future or something like that.

The sound quality with the Linx aids is noticeably and remarkably improved. The more I adjust the bass and treble settings, the more I like them. It’s like having a new fitting without the drive to the audiologist.

Also, the battery drain is much less. I was getting 2 to 3 days before and now I get 5 or 6 days.

The only thing I can say for the ones I got at Costco is that they were half the price of the Linx.

@AdamsHouseCat said:

Anyone with Linx coming from an Alera or Verso?

Understandably, much of the discussion has been on connectivity features, but I am quite interested to know how you feel they compare to prior Resound Aids in basic sound quality and speech intelligibility.

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For the past three years, I’ve been using the ReSound hearing aids I bought at Costco. They were called Futura or Future or something like that.

The sound quality is noticeable and remarkably improved. The more I adjust the bass and treble settings, the more I like them.

Also, the battery drain is much less. I was getting 2 to 3 days before and now I get 5 or 6 days.

The only thing I can say for the ones I got at Costco is that they were half the price of the Linx, which Costco hasn’t gotten their hands on yet.

@AdamsHouseCat said:

Anyone with Linx coming from an Alera or Verso?

Understandably, much of the discussion has been on connectivity features, but I am quite interested to know how you feel they compare to prior Resound Aids in basic sound quality and speech intelligibility.

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I read that people have been able to pair their Phone Clip with a computer and stream from the computer to the HA but for the life of me i cannot get this to work with the Resound Linx. If someone has done this can you explain how it is done?

@SL1 said:

You mentioned that on your iPhone 4 there are limited use of features. What are they and what is the download? I’m waiting for the 6 before I upgrade.

The LiNX doesn’t work reliably with the iPhone 4S, that’s why it’s not supported. The two devices will pair but audio streaming is inconsistent and the connection drops out frequently.

the phone clip paris with the computer and sounds says it is flowing to the clip but nothing arrives at the HR …

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the phone clip paris with the computer and sounds says it is flowing to the clip but nothing arrives at the HR …

@Don said:

What happens when you try it?

the phone clip pairs with the computer, the computer says that it streaming sound to the clip BUT nothing in the HA

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@Don said:

What happens when you try it?

the phone clip pairs with the computer, the computer says that it streaming sound to the clip BUT nothing in the HA

@steveGL said:

the phone clip pairs with the computer, the computer says that it streaming sound to the clip BUT nothing in the HA

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the phone clip pairs with the computer, the computer says that it streaming sound to the clip BUT nothing in the HA

OK, pairing means the two devices have been introduced to each other. Then, the pc must connect to the paired device, or you may have to choose which device to send sound to. You could select sound to go to the speakers just to make sure sound is being produced. Then while sound is being produced, change the device the pc is using from speakers to the phone clip+. Then make sure the volume slider on the pc is not all the way down. I know these sound like obvious things but I don’t know how many times a simple obvious thing has got me.