I'm just beginning my research on hearing aids and found your channel to be a great resource. I especially liked the Costco Review view because a friend bought his hearing aids there and I was curious about the experience. So far my key take away is that choosing a hearing aid is mostly all about personal perference and there are an abundance of choices on the market. Thank you for breaking down custom hearing aids from a clinic or over the counter self-fitting options.
Excellent video with clear explanations of the various types of BT connections and relative merits of each. Thank you. I chose the Phonak Lumity 90's because I am a multi device user and the BT Classic does provide additional felxibility when connecting to IOS, Android, PC etc. I do still encounter some issues when one HA will connect to my iPhone and the other to my Samsung phone! Easy to resolve though, by switching BT off on one of the phones. Great tip about the Apple IOS mic setting. Thank you
Actually, a boat load of phones, Android and Apple, already have Bluetooth 5.2 LE Audio. Also, many hearing aids have Bluetooth 5.2 LE Audio. There really is no good reason to buy any hearing aids or phones that don't already have Bluetooth 5.2 LE Audio (5.2 (2019 release) or newer version (5.3 5.4 or+)). The 5.2 improvement is a true game changer for numerous reasons.
RU-vid just popped up your site. I found it very informative but disappointed in that it did not address latency. I realize that this a special need aspect but hopefully you will provide some useful information in future videos. My left ear is beyond help. My right needs lots of HF help. Streaming music via bt on my KS10 is decent but if I feed output of my music keyboard into a bt transmitter to my K10, the delay of 500ms (guessing) renders live playing impossible. Are there any low bt latency HA options? Hope you can cover this in a future video.
I have a friend who tried MFi with Oticon aids and it was a horrific experience. The connection kept dropping, a notable lack of ability to swap BT connections, a removal of user control in favor of AI "soundscapes", and the outbound mic is horrendous, people can barely hear you because the noise canceling doesn't work. And my favorite thing is Oticon putting out video tutorials on how to use your hearing aids... with no captions. It's also apparent Oticon don't have audio engineers who understand how to make things besides hearing aids work. It also broke easily (in fact after one week). Oticon is pure garbage and Apple is an absolute &^(*(ing disgrace for their use of proprietary garbage beta protocols and lack of hearing support (their live captions, still in beta after what, TWO YEARS? is also pure garbage). It's my belief that Apple places so much obsessive emphasis on battery life that it basically makes these "features" unreliable and worthless. Phonak uses traditional BT and while that uses more battery, it obviously makes for a far more reliable BT experience. The ONLY thing Oticon apparently did well on was speech, but it literally sucked fart gases at everything else.
I think in your series you should review the KNOWN brands available to most at most AUD clinics..AND Then rate the OTC and off brands..quit mixing the two up..
By far you're the best Hearing best hearing RU-vidr. I think I have given up on Blue Tooth hearing aids with Android. And I find behind the ear hearing aids uncomfortable. Therefore, I am considering the Sony in ear CRE-C10. Curious though, have you used these with Bone conduction headphones or over the ear headphones? This combination might be the best for me since I walk my dog and listen to music and podcasts. I guess, I am asking if there are any feedback issues.
Thanks for the kind words and this fascinating question. Short answer is that I haven’t tried this myself but in theory it should work fine since bone conduction skips the outer ear. You shouldn’t have any issues with feedback or squealing since your hearing aids sense sound waves via air and microphone vs vibration. Seems like it could be a good option!
Whoa! Whoa, I’m sitting here with my android Google phone and KS10 hearing aides……with this combo I connect effortless between my I Pad Air, then answer a call on your phone (no having to disconnect anything, it just jumps from one to another…..even with my Tesla car. I’m cruising the videos for new hearing aides that have increased clarity and r😮diced background noise.,doesn’t distort music and a long battery life.. The current Ap I use is Easy Line. I can create and save programs and make other adjustments Easily. I like Aps that give me that option along with an equalizer…..Any advice to point me in the right direction? Seems like a jungle in the hearing aide world. The reason to buy new ears? Clarity and a battery that doesn’t last even 24 hrs. Flying is a charging nightmare between phone, laptop and hearings fighting for in flight connections!
The compilot air from a few years ago really helped make Bluetooth workable with hearingaids. You definitely will realise that not having an independent remote control to start and stop Bluetooth playback and control sound volume is a gigantic pain in the a s s
Thanks for mentioning Orka, I suffered Jabra for over a year, now I am wearing Orka 2 for 3 weeks and I love them, I feel I have my hearing back. Music sounds great, my understanding in a noisy environment is good. wind sound like wind not screeching noise the Jabra offers. Battery life is adequate, by raising the GOP and lowering compression on Jabras the battery life was down from 30 to 16 hours and still sounded like crap
Good question! Most of these products have waterproof ratings and the products from top manufacturers are typically quite "rugged ready". We list all the IP Rating info on soundly.com for each product. Are you looking at a specific one or a couple?
You are in error. Orka is NOT the only hearing aid that allows 2 bluetooth connections at the same time. I am wearing Kirkland (costco) KS10s right now that do that and so do the last couple generations of Phonak models
Thanks for the note and clarification. You are correct that Sonova's products including Phonak and the old Kirkland devices connect to multiple devices. The thing that sets Orka apart is that the Bluetooth audio connection seamlessly changes between devices without any taps or changes from the user. Basically Orka devices act like Airpods where it will stream from the device that is playing sound and within range. We'll work on making this distinction clearer in the future. Appreciate the watch!
@@HearSoundly I can put down my ipad while listening to a song and answer an incoming call on my iphone without any manual bluetooth switching and I still get 16 hours plus battery life.
Oticon Real 1 is definitely a solid product. At this moment it isn't my top choice but many people swear by it - sound quality is different for everyone. Oticon Real 1 uses MFI and ASHA for Bluetooth connection and generally offers the same Bluetooth features as other leading brands.
@@asmaabdullah5481 both are solid choices. I personally prefer resound between the two, but many of our readers like Oticon as well. We have sound samples of both products on our site if you want to give that a try www.soundly.com/product/resound-nexia www.soundly.com/product/oticon-real-1
Good question. Because most hearing aids use MFI to connect they are limited in the number of devices they can "remember" simultaneously. hopefully this gets easier with BLE Audio in the future. Full video on that here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hYKPSo2l9Q0.html
Excellent video with clear explanations of the various types of BT connections and relative merits of each. Thank you. I chose the Phonak Lumity 90's because I am a multi device user and the BT Classic does provide additional felxibility when connecting to IOS, Android, PC etc. I do still encounter some issues when one HA will connect to my iPhone and the other to my Samsung phone! Easy to resolve though, by switching BT off on one of the phones. Great tip about the Apple IOS mic setting. Thank you
