An Overview of the Phonak Audéo P (Paradise) Hearing Aid
Phonak Audéo P (Paradise)
In this post I’ll give you a brief overview of the new Phonak Audéo P (Paradise) hearing aids.
The company’s headquarter is located in Stäfa, Switzerland. The Swiss are famous for precision and high-quality products (not only cheese and watches) and that’s what one can also expect from their hearing aids.
I have a brief overview of the Audéo P in the video below.
Overview
The Phonak Audéo P hearing aid is a Receiver-In-The-Ear (RIE) / Receiver-In-The-Canal (RIC) style hearing aid, which means that the receiver goes into the ear channel, while the other parts (microphones, amplifier, receiver and battery) are located behind the ear.
A silicone ear piece (the dome) sits on the receiver for proper fit. There are different ear dome styles and sizes available. Your hearing professional can also provide you with a custom-made earpiece.
RIC hearing aids are very popular because they offer many advantages over traditional hearing aids:
1. they keep the ear channel open which results in a very natural sound impression.
2. the receiver cable is very thin which makes it nearly unnoticeable.
Tech Specs and features
Phonak delivers the Paradise hearing aid in different styles:
– RIC (Receiver-In-The-Channel) rechargeable or battery powered
– BTE (Behind The Ear) rechargeable or battery powered
– ITE (In-The-Ear) – coming not so soon
Each style has four different technology options: P90/P70/P50/P30.
It depends on your lifestyle, your hearing loss and (of course) your budget which technology fits best for you.
- 7 automatic hearing programs (Comfort in Echo, Speech in Car, Speech in Loud Noise, Music, Comfort in Noise, Speech in Noise, Calm Situation)
- 4 additional manual hearing programs
- direct streaming to Bluetooth devices
- 22 premium features
- 20 finetuning channels
- 4 automatic hearing programs (Music, Comfort in Noise, Speech in Noise, Calm Situation)
- 4 additional manual hearing programs
- direct streaming to Bluetooth devices
- 19 advanced features
- 20 finetuning channels
- 3 automatic hearing programs (Comfort in Noise, Speech in Noise, Calm Situation)
- 4 additional manual hearing programs
- direct streaming to Bluetooth devices
- 18 standard features
- 16 finetuning channels
- 2 automatic hearing programs (Speech in Noise, Calm Situation)
- 4 additional manual hearing programs
- direct streaming to Bluetooth devices
- 14 essential features
- 12 finetuning channels
I really like the direct Bluetooth streaming from most smartphone into the hearing aids, which let’s me hear phone calls directly in the hearing aids. This works fine and you don’t need an additional device to connect your phone to the aids.
Another very useful feature is the free smartphone app. It gives you control over the amplification and fine tuning of the hearing aids.
Fun feature: Tap Control. Activate Siri/Google Assistant, pause/resume streaming and accept/end phone calls simply by tapping on your ear (available in P90 and P70).
This is a short list of features. For more detailed information visit www.phonak.com or contact me using the form below.
Conclusion (personal opinion)
The Phonak Audéo Paradise is a pretty good hearing aid. It is small and can be programmed for most hearing losses. There are rechargeable versions and four technology levels for different budgets. Bluetooth is on board, which let’s you stream phone calls and music directly into the hearing aids. The free smartphone app is a nice feature that gives you control over a lot of hearing features.
However there are hardly any improvements to the predecessor Phonak Marvel. Some new features are fun (like Tap Control) but it’s not a big hit. that’s probably the problem when you want to bring out a new device every two years.
In a nutshell
- Small Behind-The Ear (RIC) hearing aid
- Main parts (microphones, amplifier, receiver, battery) are behind the ear
- Small receiver goes into the ear
- 4 different technologies for most budgets
- Connects to most Bluetooth devices (phone calls/audio streaming)
- Rechargeable or battery powered
- Good hearing aid but not very different from predecessor
So what's next?
If you’re interested in trying the Phonak Paradise hearing aids contact your local hearing aid dispenser for a test drive. Wearing new hearing aids for 2-4 weeks is the best way to figure out if you like them or not.
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