Sennheiser All-Day Clear Bluetooth Hearing Aids - OTC Hearing Aids with Bluetooth - Self-Fitting, Programmable Sound - FDA Cleared - Light Grey

These are my first aids and selected them after researching many reviews - best at soundly, the owner wears aids and I felt this was a good reviewer vs machine calculation of aids. I have previously tried the Audien Atom and found them to be very uncomfortable in my ears, terrible feedback and minimal controls of sound levels and never ble to wear so quickly returned them. The Sennheiser app is easy to install, maintain and adjust the treble/bass. I did purchase Phonak open dome to replace the closed dome and find the sound quality much better and these domes are so comfortable I can wear all day and forget have them on. I have mild/moderate loss and am willing to wear after reading how hearing loss contributes to dementia. Investing $800 vs 3K and up works for me knowing if/when I need a replacement paying 1K or so will be worth it as the technology and design will continue to improve.4 stars instead of 5 based on charging case - very large and needs to be plugged in outlet. Charge length of use is lower than some other aids but has worked for me to wear all day - average of 12 - 14 hours with no problem.

I acquired this hearing aids as part of a campaign from #Reviewclub.I needed to buy these ones twice because Amazon sent me laundry product instead of the HAs due to a problem in their warehouse and still waiting for my refund (I will update my review if I don't receive my refund).As a prescription hearing aids user since 2019, My goal is to find a better option for much less price as second or emergency HAs, but surprisingly I can say I can use these ones as primary ones.PROS- Sound quality is exceptional. Including bluetooth audio streaming for phone calls and music from the phone (iphone user). Comparable with my ReSound same RIC style) and Starkey ITE I have. Obviously you won't have the bass as earbuds because the dome. Also the mic sound for phone calls and bluetooth distance range are really good.- Customizable by your own on 3 easy steps thru the app. The app plays a conversation streaming to the HAs and you select the clarity and volume level that fits you and that's it.- App usability, very simple and easy. You can adjust volume and Equalize bass, Mid and Treble. Also activate wind noise reduction.- Noise reduction, I didn't detect yet bad things here. They work very well doing it automatically.- Battery, surprisingly last more than my day entire day, sometimes I don't charge them at night and last till next mid day.CONS- You are not able to upload your own custom hearing profile from your audiologist. And the option for 250usd is not available because there is no audiologist in my area, which is odd not having one in Clarlotte NC area.- Domes. 3 domes size are delivered. The best sound is the bigger dome but I got occlusion effect (you hear your own voice and body internal sound louder) but you get the best sound in terms of clarity and bass. I needed to change to a smaller one to avoid occlusion effect but loosing the full benefit.- Sound Profiles, You can only select 2 profiles: Automatic and Live Music. And you can't create your own sound profiles in the app.- With the app you can't customize other advanced settings that are available for prescription HAs. Like AI or focused on any direction.- The charger need to be connected to the power. I have seen others with battery to recharge it giving you flexibility.- Sometimes if you are using your phone for music or videos, the phone automatically change the sound output to the HAs automatically. There is no way to configure this behavior, you need to shutdown the Bluetooth.Overall these OTCs are really good and at good price. I would ask for a little discounted price just because you can't upload your own hearing profile and need to pay for it going to an specific audiologist when you could do it by your own thru the app. Otherwise I can live with these for daily use and replace my prescription ones entirely.

Update, 8/2/24, 90 days after purchase:The right hearing aid has stopped charging properly. Yesterday, it was green when I removed it from the charger but it wouldn't turn on. I put it back in the charger - about 2 minutes after removing it - and it was red, indicating a dead battery. I left it in and it charged. I inserted it last night, it was blinking amber (normal). This morning, it was blinking green (normal). I started to use it for a Zoom meeting. About 10 minutes into the meeting the right hearing aid beeped indicating weak battery. When the meeting was over, I opened the app and the left hearing aid was at 99%, the right at 10%.I have written to Sennheiser support via email. So far no response. I will update this review as things change. For now, I've reduced my rating from 4 stars to 3.Original review (purchase date: 5/2/24):Setup was straight forward. Bluetooth connection to my phone (Android) and laptop (Windows 11) was not a problem. Button controls work but the timing seems longer than the manual states: it takes 6 seconds to turn the devices off while the manual says 4 seconds. Not a big deal. Sound amplification is clear, I can hear things I haven't heard since my last hearing aids died.So, what's missing?There are only 3 bands for adjustment: bass, mid and treble. 10 or more bands would enable the hearing aids to be better adjusted to individual needs. Increasing the treble helped for my high frequency issues and the midrange helped for consonants ("fifty" can be distinguished from "sixty"). Finer adjustments would be more helpful.There is no "automatic noise canceling" feature which would make the hearing aids more useful in noisy environments. I'll be using them on a long flight in a few weeks and I'm afraid they will pickup all the airplane noises. Setting the hearing aids to "automatic" and letting music play via Bluetooth should stop the noise amplification.There are no directional controls: you can't tell the hearing aids to ignore sound behind you and emphasize sound in front of you (helpful for TV or movies that don't have surround sound, or in a noisy restaurant).When compared to my previous hearing aids ($6400 and needed frequent repair/replacement during 3 year warranty, then became unusable after the warranty expired) these are a good alternative ($1000). Time will tell how long they will work. With any luck, the next replacement will be to upgrade to better features not replace unusable devices.