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linw

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#3034223 9-Feb-2023 21:01

Update to my saga.

Went to Specsavers today with an audio test result I got last year from another audiologist. Long and short the audiologist suggested the "SUPER" model so I agreed with that one with charging option.

Will get them 6 March. Hope it goes well.....

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#3034433 10-Feb-2023 11:10

Do the specsavers super and elite ones have android apps we can use? I think they are Phonaks aren't they?

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#3034448 10-Feb-2023 11:27

I have 2019 vintage BT and rechargeable Phonaks which work with Android. Fairly sure they're Apple compatible too.

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#3034575 10-Feb-2023 14:02

linw:

Do the specsavers super and elite ones have android apps we can use? I think they are Phonaks aren't they?

It keeps changing as they change their product line. They might be Phonaks now, but they were Signia when I got mine. You needed an app on Android but IOS devices just work as is.

The SpecSavers audiologists should have the details but back when I got mine they said Android was not yet supported. It was enough to push me off Android to IOS.

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#3034679 10-Feb-2023 17:26

Thanks, but my query was about the app that you can use to manage your settings. There is a myPhonac app, for example.

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#3034682 10-Feb-2023 17:32

Mmm, looks like my query is addressed in the "other" thread. Confusing having two.

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#3034791 10-Feb-2023 20:59

linw:
Thanks, but my query was about the app that you can use to manage your settings. There is a myPhonac app, for example.

There is an iOS app but the native iOS system knows enough so you don’t really need it

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#3063824 15-Apr-2023 12:27

I am about to get hearing aids.

Our ACC provider at work has refused to subsidise them as their ENT specialist says my hearing loss is not work related.

Triton quote for top of range L90-RT Phonak's with rechargeable batteries was just over $7k.

Specsavers for the L90-R is just under $6K. Only difference is they don't have the telecoil.

Specsavers Advance Elite 871-R-Li's is just under $3.6K, so looking at them.

Anyone got these ones?

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#3063875 15-Apr-2023 13:04

k1w1k1d:

Our ACC provider at work has refused to subsidise them as their ENT specialist says my hearing loss is not work related.

I would go to an independant ENT specialist.

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#3063880 15-Apr-2023 13:22

I thought about that, but the waiting time for an appointment is too long.

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#3063897 15-Apr-2023 14:51

k1w1k1d:

I am about to get hearing aids.

Our ACC provider at work has refused to subsidise them as their ENT specialist says my hearing loss is not work related.

Triton quote for top of range L90-RT Phonak's with rechargeable batteries was just over $7k.

Specsavers for the L90-R is just under $6K. Only difference is they don't have the telecoil.

Specsavers Advance Elite 871-R-Li's is just under $3.6K, so looking at them.

Anyone got these ones?

I have the Specsavers Elite RIC LI 819 was the top Specsavers model as of a few months ago, I think it was $4.5k less $1k subsidy so about $3.5k.

I've had no problems at all with Specsavers Audiology.

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#3064758 18-Apr-2023 09:12

I have the Specsaver 'Super' model with rechargeable option. A whisker under $3,000.

These are branded 'Unitron'. Unitron and Phonak are brands of the Sonova group.

I have been impressed with the service from Porirua Specsavers. The Android app works well, too, but I am getting over using it too often to fiddle with settings!

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