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I have had the Jabra Enhance Pro 20s for about 4 weeks now. I have the ITC option. Prior to this I wore costcos resound BTE option from 6 years ago. Not sure on the model. The resounds were great. I've worn hearing aids my whole life and the resound made me appreciate costcos option vs the audiologists I grew up with.
When I went last month for new hearing aids I wanted to try the Phillips after reading reviews here. The fitters convinced me to stay with Jabra since I had a good history with resounds. Y'all I hate these enhance pro 20's idk if it's me or the swap to ITC aids but I'm always getting feedback and ghost humming especially in small spaces like my car. Restaurants are just impossible now. I have played with app settings to turn down noise canceling or wind canceling and turn it up. I can't seem to fix the artificial sounds and humming. I guess I'm wondering if anyone else came across this. My fitter didn't have a ton of expirence but we got them sounding ok. I started off hating the high end and have been giving them a chance for the last month to see if my brain can adjust but it's just not going well. Anyone else have similar expirences with the Jabra enhance 20's? I'm not sure if settings can fix my issues or if I should return and try the Phillips I originally wanted.
I have profound hearing since birth and have had a difficult time with hearing aids since I started wearing them at 27 yrs old. I was previously wearing signias and they werent perfect but my main issue is I want to hear speech clearly. Signias did ok for a few years and now i just got the costco jabras. They are terrible. I hear all the environmental noises, but speech depending where its coming from is incomprehensible. Its never clear in any direction and I am constantly asking people to repeat themselves. I have two settings- hear in noise, and all around. How do i adjust the settings to hear speech better? I am not techy at all and this makes me feel so unbalanced and out of my element in public.
I am a first time hearing aid wearer. After a couple of tests from a local independent provider and my audiologist, both big $$$$$'s I decided to get hearing aids. After much reading / shopping I decided to go with Costco. After walking the store with the Costco options I decided to go with the Jabra Enhance Pro 20's.
My first pair stopped picking up sounds, voices, etc. in a couple of weeks. Back to Costco, my hearing specialist was unable to make them work again and ordered a replacement set. When I picked up the replacement set I could hear again.
However, after a couple of weeks they too deteriorated to no sound and were essentially dead to all outside sounds. Back to Costco. This time the Senior specialist was on duty and took the hearing aids and said that it would take her about 20 minutes to test them. When she called me back to desk she told me that she had found a problem, been in contact with Jabra and that there was a manufacturing problem with my first pair that, based on serial numbers, should not have existed in the second pair.
I was ready to turn in the Jabra's, which I had had for less that 60 days and give the new Rexton Reach a try. the specialist asked if I would be willing to give Jabra a third try, which I agreed to. She set up a pair of demo units for me to use until the replacements came in. Anyone know if there is a date code in the serial#?
I noticed that the demo units work entirely different than either my original "new" pair or the replacements. Now when I change the program to "Hear In Noise" it actually makes a substantial difference in where noise / speech originates from as I turn my head. I can not believe the difference. It's magic! The other two sets did not seem to make much difference when switched to hear in noise program. Today I went biking and there was also a noticeable difference related to wind noise. With the loaners there was none. But as a new hearing aid user I did not know what to expect from day one.
I had told the Costco Specialist that streaming from my phone had worked fine. She said that the problem that was identified with my Jabra units (both pairs) was specific to microphone input processing.
Getting two pairs of "new" ( I assume), with the same manufacturing defect gives me concern about Jabra Quality and may still want to exercise my return / replace option. The new Rexton Reach model sounds interesting but they have not been out long enough to get much review info and the Philips 9050's are not yet available at Costco.
One thing that I do not like about the Rexton's is that the charger case, while smaller, does not have a flat base to set on a table. All three, Jabra Pro 20's, Rexton Reach, and Philips 9050 have LE Audio Bluetooth which I want. I still have about 4 months to make final decision.
Picked up my new hearing aids today from Costco! Here's a quick summary of my experience:
Costco was pretty seamless. Called to make an appointment, then went in and had a standard audiology exam. I wasn't able to order the hearing aids that day because they needed my doctor to sign off first, but that won't be the case for most people (I've had surgeries on the ear and audiologists always double check with me). Came back a few days later and ordered the hearing aids, about a week and half later I came back for the fitting and they helped me link it up to my phone, and I walked out wearing them!
Jabra Enhance Pro 30s have seemed really good so far, I've only been wearing them for about half a day now, but I'm impressed. I have profound hearing loss in my left ear and moderate loss on my right ear. Very impressed with the performance so far.
I read a lot of threads before going for these, so happy to answer any questions people have.
So I finally had my apt at Costco. The experience was great. I tried thepro 30s , walked around the store. They were great. The biggest difference was taking them out . I didn't realize what shit my hearing was. I ordered a set. And have an appt to pick them up in 2 weeks. 1699.00 out the door. With insurance I'm only paying about 250 out of pocket.