Browsing Category

Consumer


VIEW POST

View more
Connecting to accessories Consumer

How to take calls easily on your landline phone (works with Marvel, Opn, LiNX etc). You need Broadband though.

By
on
June 12, 2019

What you’d be best doing is dumping your traditional analog / landline phone. Change your broadband package to no phone calls.

Buy a VOIP adapter (for around £36 from Currys, Amazon). Plug this into a PC. Plug your old phone into the adapter.

Buy a VOIP software package from the likes…


VIEW POST

View more
Consumer

Oticon is a wonderful product, but the FEEDBACK CONTROL was always their downfall…

By
on
June 9, 2019

It seems that Oticon have actually sorted out the problem with aids whistling at high gain. All the fittings of Opn S have assured me that this is the case. It really is worth considering as a great hearing aid, especially if you own an iPhone.


VIEW POST

View more
Consumer

Z-Power rechargeable batteries? Forget it!

By
on
June 6, 2019

Having had some experience with this miserable set-up, it is not worth having. This rechargeable system for hearing aids is just far too unreliable.

You will find this on some hearing aids from 2017 and 2018:

STARKEY Muse
OTICON Opn (original version)
WIDEX Beyond and Evoke
RESOUND LiNX 3D

Avoid is our advice. All credit…


VIEW POST

View more
Consumer

Oticon Opn vs. Widex Beyond review (2 years in)

By
on
May 30, 2019

Oticon Opn 1 Revisited

“I have been wearing hearing aids since 2016. The hearing in my left ear is impaired and I have age-related hearing loss in my right ear.

I wore Oticon Opn 1 aids for two years, but I became disillusioned with them. I found the sound to be…


VIEW POST

View more
Consumer

What we are all about

By
on
April 4, 2019

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,…


VIEW POST

View more
Consumer

Our TOP HEARING AID FEATURES to look out for

By
on
March 30, 2019

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…


VIEW POST

View more
Consumer

Popular Questions about HEARING AIDS

By
on
March 30, 2019

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…


VIEW POST

View more
Consumer

Hearing Aid Prices

By
on
March 28, 2019

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…


VIEW POST

View more
Consumer

Hearing Aid Estimated Market Share AND How to choose your make

By
on
January 13, 2019

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…


VIEW POST

View more
Consumer

OUR BEST HEARING AIDS

By
on
January 13, 2019

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…

Phonak Audeo Marvel

Unique Features: Interactive remote audiologist programming, Hands-free answering and ending of calls

Oticon Opn S 1

The superior quality ‘made for iPhone’ hearing aid.

Resound LiNX Quattro

Best remote control app. ‘Made for iPhone’ with remote audiologist programming app.