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Consumer Opn Phonak

When considering which brand….

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November 14, 2020

You can’t ignore how popular each brand is? 

As a very rough guide, we can look at the financials of each main company. In this case, latest revenue (shown in…

Consumer Resound

Resound One – not a great start

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November 11, 2020

One of our senior testers remarked that this was just not comfy enough on the ear,  stating that ‘it felt like I had a hearing aid on’,  instead of…

Consumer Phonak

Phonak Paradise – Hearing aids got a bit smarter

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November 11, 2020

Using Paradise and Voice Assistant.
Hearing aids are getting smarter!

Gary, a hearing aid user has an iPhone. Siri is switched on. He loves the new feature. With two quick taps…

Audiology Consumer Widex

Widex Evoke Fusion 440

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March 7, 2020

Regaining Classical Music

I suspect one of the fears that grips every classical music lover lying awake in the early hours of the morning is “What if I lost my…

Consumer Marvel Opn

Australia: Marvel or Opn S?

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July 2, 2019

Question:

“Hi Robert
Thanks again for your help.
I am an iPhone user so the MFI system for the Oticon S1 was indeed a product I seriously considered. I believe the Bluetooth implementation on the Oticon is better than in the Phonak, as the Oticon uses Bluetooth LE and allows for multiple device connections, whereas the Phonak uses old Bluetooth classic and only allows for a single device connection?”

Our response:

“That’s a really interesting point. The Marvel actually uses a protocol created by Phonak. True, the previous product used BT Classic. In actual fact, the Marvel can connect for audio to just about anything, whereas the Opn S can only connect to Apple. Furthermore, you can take calls on the ear with Marvel – with the Opn S you need to talk to the phone.
So I would say the Phonak system is superior. All other 5 big manufacturers use ‘made for iPhone’ – but Phonak created their own. I’m pretty positive about both products.”

Consumer Technical Technology

I managed to get a Phonak TV Connector to work – under extreme circumstances!

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June 18, 2019

The Phonak TV connector 3.0 is a brilliant little Bluetooth adapter that can hide on the back of your television, powered by the USB socket. It enables quality streamed…

Consumer Internet of things Technical

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

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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,…

Consumer

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

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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…

Consumer Technology

Z-Power rechargeable batteries? Forget it!

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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…