The Phonak Paradise hearing aid range launched on 19th August 2020, initially only in the Audeo Receiver in Canal (RIC) hearing aid style. However, I expect this portfolio will grow in the next twelve months. Along with a new look and new impressive technology - Paradise hearing aids are said to offer today's consumers advanced sound quality, a personable hearing experience and digital solutions along with universal Bluetooth connectivity and much more.
This Made for Any Phone hearing aid supersedes the Phonak Marvel range. You can view the launch article of the Phonak Paradise hearing aid here
Why do Phonak Paradise digital hearing aids make for an interesting hearing aid range? Let's take a look at the hearing aid that is set to prove - "There’s nothing quite like the sound of Paradise"
The most significant changes and improvements are on the inside of this new model and the main player in this is the PRISM sound processing chip or Processing Real-time Intelligent Sound Management. It features double the memory of the Phonak Marvel model and a greater scope of Bluetooth connectivity options with this low-power consumption Made for Any Phone hearing aid.
Due to this new sound processing chip, Paradise can offer a little more power out of the hearing aid. Let me explain, the Ultra Power Receiver (UP) offers 71 dB of gain and a max power output of 132. So when we take Marvel into consideration, Paradise is 4 and 2 dB over the last Phonak range. All the powers - Power, Medium and Standard get a 1dB increase in gain.
The new chipset also provides the power needed to boost the Phonak Paradise's features and the main source of power for the new ones - especially the Motion-Sensors. Phonak know how important the concept of motion is to wearers and that's where this technology comes in. It allows them to gain from better hearing and sound focus in either walking or running hearing experiences when you are talking to someone else. On paper, this should mean better conversation in noise and movement, as well as natural sound and focus.
The Motion-Sensors also have another important role within the technology of Paradise and that is to manage the new Tap Control feature in the digital hearing aid. Â
The Tap Control feature is definitely going to be one of the highlights of this new hearing aid - offering more functionality and control to the wearer. In fact, it offers up to eight Bluetooth devices to be paired, as well as two to be connected at the same time. You can accept/end calls, pause/resume streaming and activate Voice Assistant on your smartphone - such as Siri. Using the Voice Assistant and Tap Control together makes for easy-going access to great control and functionality, without the annoyance of multiple button pressing.
myPhonak app:Â Â Bluetooth 4.2 and iOS 12.0 or Android 7.0.
Streaming wireless calls and music:Â Bluetooth version 2.1, optimally 4.2 and higher.
Generally, I would go into the styles available on this platform first - but I thought before that I needed to highlight the importance of the rechargeable models in the Phonak Paradise hearing aid range, as they are in some ways a game-changer so to speak.
Yes, I believe, that they are no doubt a better option if the technical 'extras' are important to you. When talking about the Tap Control and Motion-Sensors of Paradise, you can only benefit from these with, in some cases, only the premium specifications and, in both cases, the rechargeables. To make this more clear (at the time of writing):
Tap Control:Â Available only in the rechargeable versions of the P90 and P70.
Motion-Senors:Â Available only in the rechargeable versions of the P90, P70 and P50.
Speech Enhancer:Â Available only in the P90 model.
Dynamic Noise Cancellation:Â Available only in the P90 model.
I will go into more detail about each hearing aid style further down the page.
Phonak have stated that a fully charged Paradise hearing aid should deliver 16 hours of power. This statistic is based on 8 hours of listening, 4 hours of streaming (audio via Bluetooth Classic) and 4 hours of TV Connector usage. Technically, if you're not streaming - you could potentially get 24 hours of battery power.
This feature's job is to make the softest of sounds easier to hear in quiet situations. It is also only available in the Paradise P90 model.
This is a suppression system that offers a better hearing experience in challenging situations. You can also control the level of cancellation using the app. Benefit from around 4dB signal to noise ratio boost. This, again, is only available in the Paradise P90 model.
The colours available in the Phonak Paradise hearing aids are:Â Sand beige, silver grey, velvet black, beige, chestnut, graphite grey and champagne.
Phonak Paradise hearing aids come in the usual four performance levels. These being: P90 (Premium), P70 (Advanced), P50 (Standard) and P30 (Essential). More on these further down the page in the product listing.
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Since the Phonak Paradise hearing aid has been available since August 2020, we thought we could now offer to viewers our honest opinion, which reflects that of our audiologists and patients feedback. So what did our audiologists have to say?
From a Bluetooth perspective, it works very well at receiving, however, the sound quality experienced by people on the other end of the phone is less good than we have found with people using an external clip-on mic type device, or just speaking into the phone like normal.
From a hearing perspective, they are doing nothing wrong, the sound quality is certainly better than the Marvel, however due to their focus on Bluetooth as the most important thing they don't have such things as M&RIE of Resound, OVP of Signia, OpenSound etc from Oticon/Bernafon.
Do not spend hundreds of pounds without getting a second opinion from us.
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