To create a custom program, your Audiologist will select from these scenes to best match the desired results. A recipient desiring a program that is non-reactive to any environment (or no features) would choose “Calm Situation” for that custom program. If a manual beam-former program is desired then the Audiologist would go with “Speech in Noise.” In addition to these classifiers, SoundRelax and WindBlock are available in varying degrees of strength that can be set by your Audiologist and are enabled by default.
Four of these, Calm Situation, Comfort in Noise, Speech in Noise, and Comfort in Echo, are blended depending on the environment, rather than having only one selected automatically or manually. Programs are based on “scene classifiers.” AutoSense uses scene classifiers to identify optimal settings for each acoustic environment you are in. They are: Calm Situation, Speech in Noise, Speech in Loud Noise, Speech in Car, Comfort in Noise, Comfort in Echo, and Music. If anything, they make me feel more connected to the environment. The additional sounds don’t interfere with my speech comprehension. Subtle environmental sounds, such as the collar of my shirt rubbing against my neck. HS: The sound quality is brighter than with my previous Q70s, even when running the same fixed program. Adapting to the new sound is effortless and should only offer performance gains. It’s difficult to quantify that difference other than it seems to be more sensitive and offer subtle details that were not there previously both in everyday sounds and music. The Aqua Slim HP is a waterproof combination headpiece and waterproof microphone, and comes in lengths of 12”, 18”, 24”, and 42”.ĭR: The M90 is an entirely new processor and system. It has a new sound that is distinctive from the previous Q series.
It includes a USB-chargeable internal battery. Longer lengths require the use of the Waterproof Battery, which is ideal for physical activity and water-use to secure the processor to the body. The Waterproof Battery is a small waterproof case that holds the M90 without its T-mic or earhook. A Slim Headpiece with a microphone and a 12″cable length is available for off-ear use.
With AutoSense (described below) manual program changes are largely unnecessary.Īs with the Q series the M90 has 4 microphones to choose from: the M T-Mic, the BTE Mic, rear-facing mic, and the headpiece mic. What’s changed about the microphones on the Marvel is the headpiece mic is no longer an option on the 3.5” and 4.25” lengths intended for on-ear wear. S or P) in which case the cut out is extremely brief. Program changes are immediate unless switching between program strategies (i.e. Savvy users learned to cycle through programs without waiting for each program to come up to speed the process up, but still required sitting in silence until the switch was made. It took several seconds to change programs. Program change times were previously a common complaint with the Q series. You can miss the chimes if you don’t place the processor on your head fast enough. The power-up time is a few seconds with only a short start-up jingle. UHP (left) and Slim Headpiece (right) The new Slim HP AquaMic is MUCH thinner than the original AquaMic! The new Slim AquaMic is exactly the same size as the Slim Headpiece. If you need a very high-strength magnet, a color cap about the same thickness as the UHP is available. Numbered magnets are inserted by your audiologist for just the right amount of grip. They are smaller, and may provide improved reliability. The design is much thinner and lays flat against the head compared to the Universal HeadPiece design with a detachable cable of the previous Q series. The strain relief features on both ends of the cable have also changed. This was the design of the older generation Harmony processor’s headpiece and cable, which in my experience made for a robust design that required changing only once during a 7 year period. The M Slim HeadPiece now has a permanently-attached cable.
The curved shape of the processor and batteries distributes the weight for greater comfort while also ensuring the processor is positioned for optimal microphone placement. The M90 is slightly smaller and thinner than the previous Q series processors, but is now ergonomically shaped for comfort and positioning. It has the same appearance as the Phonak Naída M90 hearing aid. The Naída CI M90 is the first Advanced Bionics processor to be produced entirely under the Sonova umbrella from concept on through production. David Ryan and Howard Samuels Naída CI M90