- In this video I'm talking about
the ReSound LiNX 3D hearing aid, coming up.
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Hi guys, Cliff Olson, Doctor of Audiology
and founder of Applied Hearing Solutions in Anthem, Arizona.
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The ReSound LiNX 3D hearing aid
is the newest generation in the LiNX line.
It started with the LiNX,
then it went to LiNX Squared,
and now it is on the LiNX 3D.
The original LiNX hearing aid
that ReSound released several years back
was definitely innovative.
It had the direct to iPhone connection
so you could stream phone calls and audio
into both ears at the same time
directly from your phone
without using an intermediary device.
Well ReSound is back at it again,
creating new features in the 3D line,
one of them which is really cool
that I'll be covering here in a minute.
So other than the really cool new feature
that the LiNX 3D hearing aids have,
what makes the ReSound LiNX line of hearing aids
a really good go-to option
for pretty much anyone with hearing loss?
Well let's take a look.
Pro number one of the ReSound LiNX
hearing aids is sound quality.
Sound quality is obviously very important with hearing aids,
and anytime that they do these
comparative studies or comparative surveys,
they end up identifying that ReSound ends up
coming out in the top of these surveys more often than not.
Now if you happen to think that sound quality
is the most important factor
when deciding which hearing aid to go with,
then you're in luck.
But when I look at hearing aids,
I look at another really important factor
which is durability which happens to be pro number two.
One of the things that I consistently notice in my clinic
is that ReSound hearing aids
tend to go on for repair less often.
That being said, I do teach my patients
a lot of preventative maintenance
that they do at home on their own
in order to make sure that their hearing devices
don't end up having malfunctions,
and then of course they always come in
for their routine follow-up visits
to where I can do a very in-depth
preventative maintenance check on their devices.
But that being said,
anytime that you have to take
your hearing aid in for repair,
that is basically time that the hearing aid
is not in your ear providing you benefit
which is why I happen to believe that durability
is the most important thing when it comes to a hearing aid.
Pro number three is the ability to directly connect
with an iPhone with not just the behind-the-ear models
but the in-the-ear models of hearing aids as well.
Direct connectivity from a smartphone
is almost a standard in care nowadays.
It's great because it allows you to stream audio
directly from the phone
whether it's phone calls,
whether it's podcast,
whether it's my personal favorite YouTube videos.
But with the ReSound LiNX line of hearing devices,
you have access to this connectivity
in pretty much all of their devices in the 3D line,
anywhere from the behind-the-ear models
to the in-the-ear models.
This really gives it a leg up
of some of the other manufacturers
that have this direct connectivity,
but it only goes to the behind-the-ear model.
Pro number four is that you could
still use any of the ReSound accessories.
One thing that ReSound is great at
is having accessories
that interact with their hearing devices
to help you hear better
in a variety of different situations.
Even if you don't have an iPhone
to direct connect to your hearing aids,
you can use these remote accessories
to interact with your Android phone or your flip phone.
Not only that but you can stream audio directly from a tv,
and they even have a remote microphone feature
that you can clip on someone's shirt
so if you get into a really noisy situation,
you can function even though
there's a lot of that background noise.
And pro number five is the remote adjustment
capabilities with the ReSound Assist.
ReSound Assist is the really cool new feature that they have
in order to let you get programming adjustments
from your hearing care professional
directly through your phone into your hearing aids.
So let me cover how it works.
The first thing you do is actually go into your app.
Once you're in your app,
you can actually go into My ReSound
and Request assistance.
Once you request assistance,
it kinda shows you how it works.
Basically you can define the problem
and send the request to your hearing care professional
to create and send updated settings.
You receive those settings
and upload them into your hearing aids.
So let's go into it a little bit more.
So basically they'll ask you a series of questions
and you can indicate which of these problems you're having.
Let's go on to Next and we'll just say that
none of those are an issue.
We'll hit Next and say maybe that
the hearing aids are too muffled or unclear,
then we hit Next again,
and it's basically happening all of the time.
We'll hit Next again,
and it's pretty annoying so we'll hit that,
and then it's happening in both ears,
and at no matter which program you go to.
And so we'll hit Next again.
Basically it takes all of that information
that you just submitted and sends it off
to your hearing care professional,
and you can type any kind of a message
that you have there as well,
and send that request.
Once you send the request, it says Thank You,
and the request is given to your hearing care professional.
Once your hearing care professional
has those problems that you're experiencing,
they can either reach out to you and get more clarification,
or if they identify what the problem is,
they can go ahead and go into your programming settings,
make the adjustment, send it to you,
and then you can upload those settings
right into your hearing aids
from the comfort of your own home.
So it's definitely a really cool new innovative way
to actually get adjustments done on your hearing aids
without having to really leave your home,
or if you're in a completely different state
from your hearing care provider,
you could get those fine tuning adjustments
without having to fly back to go into that clinic.
I really feel like this remote-assist feature
is gonna be something that you find
in pretty much any hearing aid as the years go by,
and it's just another testament to your ReSound
being on the forefront of technology change.
And that's it for the pros,
but as always there are always some cons
to pretty much any hearing aids,
and in the LiNX 3D line of hearing aids, I found two.
Con number one is the look of the hearing aids.
Even though the LiNX 3D hearing aids
or ReSound hearing aids in general
are relatively invisible when you wear them,
at least the behind-the-ear styles are,
the one thing that I don't like about them
is that they're really not that sleek looking
compared to other hearing devices
that you may be used to seeing.
Even though
it's not a big deal,
I happen to like when a hearing aid
looks really sleek and futuristic.
ReSound definitely doesn't have
those types of hearing aids though.
And con number two actually has to do
with the remote adjustment capabilities
of these hearing aids.
Having your hearing devices remotely adjusted
is definitely a really cool feature
but there are just some things that you can't do
without going into your hearing clinic.
For instance how do we identify
if the device itself isn't malfunctioning
without putting it through test box measures?
And another thing is is that how do we know that
you aren't just adapting to the sound of the hearing aid?
Maybe your hearing levels have changed,
your hearing thresholds have changed.
We can't identify that remotely.
And then the other thing is is that
what if you have earwax buildup
that's actually causing the muffling of sound,
or a problem with you thinking that your device
is having an issue with the programming?
These are things that you can't do remotely,
and it really necessitates you going into a clinic.
So until we identify a way
to resolve these issues
of remotely programming devices,
ReSound Assist will be a nice feature,
but it won't be the mainstay of really good audiologic care.
There you go, those are the pros and cons
to the ReSound LiNX 3D hearing aids.
A really solid hearing aid.
And ReSound continues to prove
that it is on the forefront
of changing technology
and bringing that technology
into a real world product.
Just remember the number one most important thing
when trying to maximize the benefit that you get
from your hearing aids no matter how much money you spent
is real ear measurement.
Now if this is the first time
that you're hearing about real ear measurement,
I will link a video in the card up here
and put it in the description below
to give you a really solid understanding
on the most important aspect
when getting your hearing aids fit for your hearing loss.
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