Most ppl buy RIC/RITE (receiver in canal/receiver in the ear) and not BTE (behind the ear). BTEs are power hearing aids for severe or profound hearing loss. With RIC/RITE the speaker is in your ear. With BTEs the speaker is in the hearing aid. Here's a link to →
pictures of different models.
That's hard to say. They are very different; (Genesis AI is a newer year 2023 model, and Livio AI is a year 2020 model). Please read a DIY School Legacy Hearing Aids (v2.2) PDF File named (
Choose Hardware-Programming Device for Starkey).
The purpose of this PDF file is to specify which hearing aid programming device you should use to program the hearing aids. But for your purposes, it also shows the release date of the models you are considering. It also has clickable links to some additional Starkey documentation.
Also; the DIY School Hearing Aids (v2.2) access portals are at your finger tips via 24/7 cloud storage access.
- Start here → DIY School Hearing Aids (v2.2) to find the access portals
- You can easily find the Access Portals again/anytime, by clicking any PVC Avatar (click twice - counting the 2nd popup Avatar)
- When logged in, you can find the Access Portals again/anytime, by clicking a Link in my Signature
- And finally, you can perform a simple Internet search for "DIY School Hearing Aids"