phonak | audeo | life-p90 Hearing Aid

Phonak Audéo Life - The world’s first waterproof rechargeable hearing aid

Introducing the first full rechargeable waterproof hearing aid from Phonak. On the latest Phonak Paradise platform, the Audeo Life P90 combines the best Phonak sound with a robust case for those who are on the go. Whether you're swimming in a pool or in the sea, white water rafting to relaxing in the sun the Phonak Audeo Life is capable of being submerged in up to 50cm or 1.64 ft of fresh, pool or salt water. The hearing aids also come with a new charging case called 'Charger Case Go' to enable fast and repsonsive charging on the go.

Features of the Product 

Below we will list some of the latest features in the Phonak Life P90 that make is a unique entry to market and how it can benefit you as a user.

Waterproof

As previously mentioned the Audeo Life hearing Aids are IP68 rated meaning they can be sumbered into a water depth of up to 1.64 ft. They have been tested in a dust chamber for up to 8 hours and immersed into 1m of water for up to an hour. This equates to two swims and two workouts per week for five years.

AutoSense OS 4.0

Taken directly from Phonak: 'Developed with artificial intelligence, AutoSense OS 4.0 is the perfect orchestration of features for the ideal personalized experience in any sound environment. AutoSense OS 4.0 blends the right combination of sound processing features to support a variety of end-user communication needs and lifestyles.' New features include:

• Speech Enhancer - An adaptive feature that is designed to enhance the peaks of a speech signal in quiet situations. Specifically used for more one to one speech situations such as with a partner family or friend.

• Dynamic Noise Cancellation - A spatial noise cancellation system that works in combination with a directional beamformer. This is designed to provide up to 4 dB SNR improvement.

• Motion Sensor Hearing - Detects if end user is stationary or moving, plus how noisy the surroundings are.

Motion sensor

Ultra-low power motion tri-axial accelerometer supports new ease-of-use and hearing performance features. The sensor has an industry-leading balance of high performance and low power consumption. The Motion Sensor tracks and monitors the movement within the environment the user is in, in order to provide the best sound quality for the ever-changing environments.

Comfort in Echo

Recognizes the frequency of any reverberation and applies the appropriate amount of gain reduction, resulting in less distortion, to make speech more comfortable.

Speech in Car

Reduces broadband noise in the car to create a stable listening environment for easy communication, reduced effort.

Speech in Loud Noise

The program’s key feature, StereoZoom focuses on the conversation in front of you. The narrow beamformer allows for increased speech intelligibility and reduced listening effort in a diffused noisy environment. 

Connectivity

Phonak have gone above and beyond with the connectivity aspect of Paradise. The Paradise Audeo is universal connectivity to any bluetooth device such as smartphone laptop tablets etc. Plus, as an added convenience, you can simultaneously connect to two Bluetooth devices and seamlessly alternate between the two. They have rebuffed their 'My Phonak' app which contains four different aspects.

• Remote support - Convenient remote video support from your hearing care professional / Real-time hearing aid adjustment over distance in real environment(restaurants, meetings, work and school) / A remote opportunity to test your hearing directly through the hearing aids with your hearing care professional.

• My Hearing Aids- Status information of the connected hearing aids and hearing aid accessories / Battery state of charge / Wearing time statistics / Auto on - out of charger configuration / Bluetooth phone call configuration / Tap Control configuration

• Hearing Diary - Rate your experience / Overview on hearing aid usage / Share your experience and feedback with your hearing care professional to optimize your hearing / Follow up on hearing goals with your partner.

• Remote Control - Adjust and control volume and frequencies of Phonak hearing aids / Select programs for defined listening situations / Create own preferred settings for specific listening situations / Dynamic Noise Cancellation through improved Speech Focus slider.

Phonak have also released a new feature for the phone called Tap Control. Tap Control allows the user to answer the phone, stream and pause music and activate voice assistant such as Alexa or Siri simply by tapping their new Paradise hearing system. It has a special built in microphone to allow true hands-free calls and voice activation.

Please check your model of smartphone is suitable for app downloads here. Please bear in mind you will need the IOS

Phonak Roger

Taken directly from Phonak themselves they say this about Phonak 

'Roger is the optimal solution to improve speech understanding in loud noise and over distance. It now streams directly to your Marvel hearing aids.'

31% of hearing wearers still report they have some difficulties listening in a noisy environment. This is just with Phonak hearing aids. Roger sets out to change that.

'Roger technology continuously measures the surrounding noise level and adapts the microphone’s volume automatically. If the noise level increases, Roger adapts accordingly, keeping the speaker´s voice above the background noise. Hearing aid users understand almost 10 times better with Roger technology in noise and over distance than people with normal hearing.'

'MultiBeam Technology enables you to experience exceptional speech understanding in group conversations. By utilizing multiple microphones in six directions, speech from 360 degrees is calculated and compared to automatically select the direction with the best clarity. This allows you to hear regardless of where a voice is coming from. Speech understanding improves up to 61% in a group conversation in loud noise'

Phonak Roger is available in three styles: Roger Pen, Roger Table Mic, Roger Select 2. All these products stream wirelessly to Phonak Paradise.

Rechargeable

The Phonak Audeo Life comes with a brand new inductive charging case called 'Charger Case Go'. For people who want to charge their hearing aids on the go, using its internal battery source, the charger will give three full charges to the hearing aids without the need for a cable. This will give the user around 16 hours worth of usage per full charge. (including streaming)

Available Hearing Aid Styles/Colours 

The Phonak Audeo Life Paradise Range currently is currently only available in a rechargeable receiver in canal product with built in telecoil and ROGER facilities.

UK Hearing's Phonak Audeo Life P90 Star Rating:

Wind Noise Reduction - *****

Natural Sound Experience - *****

Improved Speech Understanding - *****

Automatic Sound Adjustment - *****