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In other words, when does a new hearing aid platform equate to new Hardware/Chip/Processor? Not as often as you think!
They have to say it's a new platform! What do you expect them to say? it's the same as the hearing aid you bought three years ago except we have made some software improvements, Pfft.
Sometimes it's mostly marketing fanfare. But if you read between the lines then you can suss out what's new and what's not new. Though it can take a lot of effort! Quite some time in the past a manufacturer had one new model ready to be released. But only the one model was new. All the other models were identical in specifications to the previous platform. However new cases were available for the entire line of models so all of the models looked new. This even included two Costco models (Brio 2 and Brio 3) that were identical in specification except Sound Recover 2 vs the older Sound Recover.
Here below are links the Technical Specification documents and a line-by-line comparison of each feature listed in the old and new documents. As you can see, the new platform was (for the most part) same as the previous platform.
Documents used for comparison; Phonak Audéo V90 vs Phonak Audéo B90
And a clip to show platforms from a DIY School Hearing Aids PDF file named (Big-5 Platforms Chips-平台 芯片); Note that red release date equates to a new Chip/Processor.
They have to say it's a new platform! What do you expect them to say? it's the same as the hearing aid you bought three years ago except we have made some software improvements, Pfft.
Sometimes it's mostly marketing fanfare. But if you read between the lines then you can suss out what's new and what's not new. Though it can take a lot of effort! Quite some time in the past a manufacturer had one new model ready to be released. But only the one model was new. All the other models were identical in specifications to the previous platform. However new cases were available for the entire line of models so all of the models looked new. This even included two Costco models (Brio 2 and Brio 3) that were identical in specification except Sound Recover 2 vs the older Sound Recover.
Here below are links the Technical Specification documents and a line-by-line comparison of each feature listed in the old and new documents. As you can see, the new platform was (for the most part) same as the previous platform.
Documents used for comparison; Phonak Audéo V90 vs Phonak Audéo B90
Phonak Brio2 | Phonak Brio3 | |
| AutoSense OS : | ||
| Calm Situation | Yes | Yes |
| Speech in Noise | Yes | Yes |
| Comfort in Noise | Yes | Yes |
| Music | Yes | Yes |
| Speech in Loud Noise | Yes | Yes |
| Speech in Car | Yes | Yes |
| Comfort in Echo | Yes | Yes |
| Additional programs : | ||
| Max. additional programs | 5 | 5 |
| Speech in Wind | Yes | Yes |
| Comfort in Echo | Yes | Yes |
| Speech in Loud Noise | Yes | Yes |
| Speech in 360° | Yes | Yes |
| Speech in Noise | Yes | Yes |
| Calm Situation | Yes | Yes |
| Comfort in Noise | Yes | Yes |
| Music | Yes | Yes |
| Acoustic phone | Yes | Yes |
| Custom program | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming programs : | ||
| Max. streaming programs | 4 | 4 |
| Bluetooth audio + mic | Yes | Yes |
| Bluetooth phone / DECT + mic | Yes | Yes |
| RemoteMic / Roger | Yes | Yes |
| Audio jack | Yes | Yes |
| Features : | ||
| UltraZoom | Yes | Yes |
| SNR-Boost | Yes | Yes |
| FlexControl | Yes | Yes |
| FlexVolume | Yes | Yes |
| DuoPhone | Yes | Yes |
| SoundRecover | Yes | SoundRecover 2 |
| User Preference Tuning | Yes | Yes |
| Real Ear Sound | Yes | Yes |
| Fine tuning Channels | 20 | 20 |
| WhistleBlock | Yes | Yes |
| NoiseBlock | Yes | Yes |
| WindBlock | Yes | Yes |
| EchoBlock | Yes | Yes |
| SoundRelax | Yes | Yes |
| QuickSync | Yes | Yes |
| AOV | Yes | Yes |
| auto Acclimatization | Yes | Yes |
And a clip to show platforms from a DIY School Hearing Aids PDF file named (Big-5 Platforms Chips-平台 芯片); Note that red release date equates to a new Chip/Processor.
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