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hearingaidreview.org.uk is a consumer’s guide to modern digital hearing aids; where with the help of actual hearing aid wearers, attempt to review all the new hearing aid models. My name is Robert Donnan and I have worked extensively within the Audiology and Hearing Aid sector for over 24 years,…
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Best Hearing Aid INNOVATION: Real-time remote audiologist consultations (Phonak Marvel with myPhonak app)
Best Remote Control App: SMART (Resound Quattro)
Best Tech Aid for a budget: Phonak Marvel M30 R
Most interesting hearing aid FEATURE: Translation app (Starkey Livio AI rechargeable)
Most interesting hearing aid FEATURE coming soon: Heart rate monitor (on Starkey Livio…
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MOST POPULAR QUESTIONS
Why are hearing aids so expensive?
High refund rates of High Street chains
Variability of hearing outcomes
Difficulty in assessing improvements
Labour intensive (fine tuning appointments)
What’s the Best Hearing Aid?
The one that you like the best (You can only discover this through a trial process)
Oticon…
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A very interesting product that may somewhat lift interest in Starkey products in Europe:
Here is a summary of what this hearing aid offers:
Thrive virtual assistant – an app you can ask questions about your hearing aids (similar to Google assistant / Amazon Echo).
On-board Translation assistant: Choose from 27 available…
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From ND:
The Phonak Marvel M90 312 (battery version) battery warning sounded after 6 days. Then every half hour for 2 hours at which point the battery died completely…
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The main thing to establish is whether or not you audiologist is likely to deliver good quality after care for years to come.
As two-thirds of the price of hearing aids is for this service provision, this is very important.
It is relatively easy to identify providers that are likely to…
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The relative worldwide success of each of the ‘big 6’ companies involved in hearing aid manufacture cannot be ignored. This does not happen by mistake.
From hearingreview.com
So we tend to pay attention to what Phonak and Oticon are doing. I’m of the opinion that GN are sitting in 3rd place…
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JANUARY 2019
Best Overall Hearing Aid
Oticon Opn S1
Best 5 Professional Hearing Aids
Oticon Opn S1
Phonak Audeo M90-R
Widex Evoke Fusion 440
Phonak Audeo B90-10
Resound LiNX Quattro 961
Best Mainstream Hearing Aids
Phonak Audeo M50-R
Resound LiNX Quattro 561
Phonak Audeo M30-R
Phonak Audeo B50-10
Oticon Opn S 3
Best…
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Here’s my list of perfectly good hearing aids that may be in stock in some outlets, especially independents.
If they are, there may be a good discount available!
PHONAK AUDEO B-DIRECT in all versions
A quite revolutionary hearing aid on its launch (late 2017), being the first to enable hands-free mobile calls….