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Oticon Dual Mini m9 Review

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The Oticon Dual Mini m9 is the best from the Dual Mini series of Oticon, other than the Mini 9 you also can check the Mini 7 and Mini 5. The differences between them are significant from the Mini 9 to the Mini 5, but the Mini 7 is just as good as the Mini 9, maybe with a little less sound quality and some convenient features. In the end it is all about how much you can pay for a hearing aid, since the 3 are great on its own.

These hearing aids use the same technology as the Dual Connect, but they are designed thinking on people that are reluctant to use hearing aids and look for something that isn’t that obvious. They are smaller than the Dual Connect and so more discreet, yet they have good sound quality, noise reduction and adaptive directionality.

Oticon Dual Mini m9 Specifications

Oticon Dual Mini m9

  • MultiBand Adaptive (4 band)
  • Automatic Adaptive (3 modes)
  • TriState Noise Management with Voicefinder
  • Bandwidth: 10 kHz
  • Dynamic Feedback Cancellation2
  • Front Focus
  • Life Learning
  • Activity Analyzer
  • AutoPhone and Auto T-coil
  • Battery size: 10 A – hours: 105 hours

Small and yet so Powerfull

The Oticon Dual Mini m9 is part of Oticon’s Dual line. These hearing aids are based on Oticon’s RISE technology that has a fast processing of sound data and deliver high sound quality to the user. The Mini m9 is also virtually invisible and is fully automatic, even if you can have full control in your hands with the Streamer remote Control.

The Streamer is also used to connect by Bluetooth your hearing aid to several electronic appliances, like your TV or Laptop, so that the Dual hearing aids will work as a hands free wireless headset. The hearing aid will also automatically switch to a phone program if you answer your phone and will also adapt to when you are watching TV or listening to music.

The Mini 9 also has an expanded bandwidth, which you can’t find in the other models, of 10 MHz, for better sound quality, localization of speech and increasing speech understanding. Another feature that you will only find on the Mini 9 is the My Voice feature, this feature will allow the hearing aid when you are in a conversation to recognize your voice, so it will change settings immediately between when you are speaking and when you are listening to what other people say.

Besides this you also get the Binaural Dynamic Feedback Cancelation, it allows you to listen to music sounds and even whistling without the hearing aid cancelling them. There is also the Enhanced Dynamic Feedback Cancelation, which is so effective that it can predict feedback even before it happens. And only on the Mini 9, you also get the Life Learning technology that allows the hearing aid to record data from your most frequent sound environments and learn from them how to automatically adjust the settings.

Oticon Dual Mini m9 at a Glance…

Pros:

  1. Hi Tech Pack of Features
  2. Top of The Line Hearing Aids
  3. Excellent Sound Quality

Cons:

  1. Expensive

The Oticon Dual Mini m9 is a great hearing aid from Oticon. It packs great features and delivers a performance even in the most challenging sound environments that is unparallel. Even if it is a bit expensive, it is a good investment since this hearing aid was built to last. But it requires also periodical maintenance since it is a Right In The Ear model, it has its advantages, but it needs to be properly cleaned periodically.


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Oticon Epoq W Review

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The Oticon Epoq W is characterized by the Binaural Synchronization, which synchronizes all the advanced features like noise reduction between the two hearing aids. This feature works as a high speed wireless technology that synchronizes automatically the noise reduction and directionality to preserve the understanding of speech in every situation.

You can also count with the convenient streamer that works as a remote control for your hearing aid to change volume or program, and also to connect through Bluetooth to your cellphone, TV, MP3 or laptop. Available in white or black, with optional colors on silicon skins.

Oticon Epoq W Specifications

Oticon Epoq W Review

  • 10 KHz bandwidth
  • Binaural Synchronization
  • Binaural Coordination
  • DFC 2 technology
  • True Dynamics
  • Front Focus
  • Life Learning
  • Streamer

Performance and Style

The Oticon Epoq W can effectively communicate wirelessly between the two hearing aids at transfer speeds higher than any other hearing aids. It can process the data in real time speeds as voices and sounds are received by the hearing aids. The wireless connectivity also allows to use Bluetooth to connect with electronical devices like laptops or MP3s.

But the most raved about benefit of this wireless connection is the fact that it can effectively coordinate the action of the hearing aids and their features, so that there is no difference in what and how sounds and voices are heard through both hearing aids.

The Epoq W has a brother in Oticon’s line, the XW, but the only difference between the two is how they handle the noise. The XW is more sophisticated in how it handles the noise and enhances voices and sounds for much better understanding.

One of the disadvantages of this model is the fact that it is available as a receiver in the ear design that requires continuing maintenance in the receiver and dome. Besides that the whole hearing aid works wonders improving your hearing and it is comfortable to wear. It is a prime choice from the Oticon’s catalog of hearing aids for anyone with mild to moderately severe hearing loss.

Oticon Epoq W at a Glance…

Pros:

  1. Extra Features, like the Streamer
  2. Fully Automatic
  3. Binaural Synchronization

Cons:

  1. Requires Continuing Maintenance

The Oticon Epoq W isn’t as good as the Epoc XW, and for the price you pay, you may want to get the XW instead. It is a heavy investment, but one that will last a lifetime if you know how to take care of your hearing aid. It is one of the best hearing aids in the market, it has all the technological features to deliver you good sound quality and a design that will make you forget that you are wearing it.


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Bernafon Brite Hearing Aid Review

Bernafon Hearing Aids Review

It is said that a hearing aid is nothing more than a microphone that picks up sound and deliver it to the wearer’s ear. But what makes a hearing aid special is the digital circuitry inside it that reduces ambient noise, automatically adjusts volume according to the listening environment and adapts to the user’s preferences. [...]

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