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Wants help from selecting new haring aid. Phonak or Oticon?

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Hi guys,

I am Chethana and new to this place. Recently came to this after watching few videos in YTB.
However long story short. i was using Phoncak Naida Q50 UP hearing aids for both my ears since 2014, and now its broken as i heard some issue with BRM. I am living in Sri lanka and the place i bought my aids now saying they couldn’t find parts for repair it. So i am searching new hearing aid models to buy.

Currently i am in stuck with below 2 products. I gave a trial with both products
Note: I am using Samsung S20 as mobile phone
I would like to know ur opinions as well

Phonak Audeo Lumity L90
Oticon Xceed 2

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Phonak will work better with your Samsung S20. My concern would be that you’re coming from a UP hearing aid and moving to a with (likely) UP receiver. Can you get the Phonak Naida Lumity?
A lot would depend on your hearing loss. Do you feel you’re getting enough gain with the Phonaks?
I assume you’re using custom molds? Trying to fit a profound loss with domes would not be a good idea.

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HI Thanks for ur opinion MDB. As u suggest, during the trial i felt that Oticon can cover my loss more than Phonak. However i am going to give another trial with Phonak with more fine tuning. If Phonak not giving enough gain in comparison to Oticon, then i think i should go with Oticon ryt. Means i have to give up waterproof feature and phone call streaming feature correct?

Yes i used cistom molds

@Chethana said:

As u suggest, during the trial i felt that Oticon can cover my loss more than Phonak.

Try the Phonak Nadia UP aids and the Oticon Exceed aids. They are both equal in power. The Phonak is a newer aid with more bells and whistles but Oticon is due to get a new model UP aid out soon hopefully. I believe Signia makes a UP aid as well, might be worth checking out.

Looking at your the Phonak Nadia UP might be the best choice having the better technology. That’s if you really can hear in those upper frequencies.

Agreed Phonak Naida would be ideal. If the Phonak Audeo is your only Phonak option then the question is can you get enough gain and enough help from to make them work. Battery life is also potentially a problem with Audeo Lumity.
You are correct that with Xceed you would give up direct streaming possibilities with Android phones but using the ConnectClip accessory would give you that ability.

Given that loss, given a history with the Naida, given an android phone I’d also veer towards the Phonak SP or UP . But the Xceed is also a good hearing aid and I’d select the Xceed BTE over the Phonak Audeo. If you wanted the 13 battery versus the 675, I wouldn’t care too much about whether it was the Marvel versus the newer Paradise or Lumity, The Naida Marvel SP is a good device and you might save a bit of money with it. The Roger On might be worth investigating. I’m presuming a cochlear implant isn’t an option right now.

That all said, if you try the Phonak Audeo and you love it, it’s not outrageous for you to go with a rather than a BTE if that’s your preference. I would expect you to notice a decline in the sound quality given your experience with BTEs, but if your ear fits a good custom tip for the Audeo it’s possible that you won’t notice too much difference given there’s probably not much chance of getting much sound around 1.5 kHz anyway. I’d expect the low frequency response to be better with the BTE. If you prefer the Xceed to the Audeo, it’s hard to know whether that is because of the manufacturer or just because of the style.

The audeo life isn’t REALLY waterproof.

In reply to @MDB

With Xceed2, i can hear voices coming from the people from my back as well. I will try another trial with Phonak and check that as well. Then i will select then. Thanks again for ur opinion

Hi Guys,

I’m new here.
Was looking for a topic about severe hearing loss and comparison of Phonak Naida Lumity with Oticon Xceed. Decided to start a new topic. But this one is interesting to read.

Just to echo what Tenkan says.

You want to futureproof yourself as much as possible. Tech is moving on at a very fast rate, and chips can make a lot of difference to the background noises.

If your budget allows and the aids work for you, get hearing aids with enabled (not ready - it should be working on the day you buy it).

At the moment the two that do for definite are the Starkey Edge Ai and the ReSound Vivia. There is also a new ReSound Enzo which is for severe to profound loss.

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