hey guys Cliff Olsson doctor of Audiology and founder of Applied Hearing Solutions in Phoenix Arizona and in this video I'm covering all five of the best receiver and Canal hearing aids in 2024 coming up every year I like to publish a series of videos talking about what I believe are the best hearing aids currently available on the market these are always some of my most watched videos because they cover all of the things that I like about some of the best hearing aids that are out there making it easy for you to create a short list of hearing aids if you're going to decide to treat your hearing loss for the first time in 2024 or if you're going to be upgrading your devices this year I will have all of my best hearing AES of 2024 videos Linked In the description where I'm talking about the best invisible hearing aids the best custom hearing aids the best Bluetooth hearing aids so on and so forth so if you want to check those out they will be in the description as well as my best hearing aid buyers guide of 2024 will also be linked in the description for you to download that will have a much more detailed explanation and comprehensive review of all of these different hearing aids that being said in this particular video I'm going to be covering the best receiver in Canal hearing aids of 2024 because the receiver and Canal style is by far the most popular style of devices now I will be sharing all five of these different hearing aids in no particular order so don't think just because one is listed first or one is listed last that that's where I think that they fall in this particular list it is totally randomized because what might be best for you might not be best for someone else so I cannot actually rank one hearing aid as being the overall best with that out of the way the first hearing aid on the list of best hearing aids in 2024 is the Odon real one the Odon real one is essentially an enhanced version of the Odon more that made the list last year it uses the new Polaris R chip that was trained with over 12 million different sound scenes allowing the Deep neural network to perform deep learning and identify the unique characteristics of sound that make speech speech and noise noise Odon real one is probably the best hearing a on the list when it comes to wind noise and handling noise wind noise of course being when you're outside and it's windy not hearing all of that wind and handling noises when you actually touch the hearing aids with your fingers or brush your hands through your hair or put your glasses on you do not hear that sound as much as a lot of the other hearing aids that are out there on the market there are two different versions of this hearing aid you have the mini T which is the size 312 disposable battery version that has a telecoil inside of it you also have the mini R which is the lithium ion rechargeable version and yes this one also has a telecoil a really nice feature that is unique to rechargeable Odon hearing aids is that the lithium ion battery can be changed by your hearing care professional in their office so if you run into battery related issues you don't have to send your hearing aid into Odon for them to fix it you just take it back into your hearing care professional and within a few minutes they can swap the battery out for you with virtually every other hearing aid manufacturer if you have a lithium ion malfunction you're going to have to take that hearing aid and send it back into the manufacturer and cross your fingers and hope that your hearing care professional can set you up with laner devices when your hearing aids are in for repair the Odon real one hearing aids are made for iPhone hearing aids so they're compatible with your Apple devices but they also use the Asha Bluetooth protocol so if you're an Android User you're covered there too if you have a compatible iPhone you can actually do handsfree calling as well which means that you can answer phone calls by clicking the push button on the Odon real one hearing aids or you can reject them by pressing and holding the push button and you can speak without having to speak into your phone because your hearing aids pick up your voice now I truly believe that the Odon real one hearing aids are perhaps the best hearing aids when it comes to high frequency hearing losses if you have good low frequency hearing because I have not found another hearing aid out there that can match the high frequency amplification capabilities of the Odon real one a lot of other hearing aids run into feedback issues or they run into Headroom issues where you're not able to actually amplif the high frequencies well enough and if you know hearing aids at this point you know that high frequencies are what are responsible for the clarity in speech the Odon re also uses the new and improved Odon companion app that replaced the Odon on app you can do a ton of different stuff inside of this app including changing your programs changing your volume levels changing a three-band equalizer for live speech or for streamed audio you can also use the find my hearing aid feature in case you lose your hearing aids and you can do a remote care session with your hearing care professional from the comfort of your own home I also love that the Odon real one hearing aids are compatible with an Apple Watch so if you're a more techy individual and you want to make adjustments to your Odon hearing aids you can do that without having to break out your phone you just go to your watch and make whatever adjustments you want I should also say that the Odon real one hearing aids are compatible with a cross transmitter whether you're using the rechargeable version of the hearing aid or the Disposable battery version of the hearing aid so if you have single-sided deafness the Odon real one is a good option for you as well I should also mention that they they have a few nice accessories like the Odon connect clip which is a remote microphone that you can clip onto someone's shirt to cut down in the distance that sound has to travel to you and it helps you cut through background noise significantly better than just using the Odon real one hearing aids alone you also have the edu mic for classroom situations usually and you also have the Odon TV adapter to stream audio directly from your TV into both of your ears and you will hear it better than you've ever heard the TV before overall the Odon real 1 is an unbelievably good hearing aid and it should be near the top of your list of hearing aids to consider here in 2024 now before I move on to the second hearing aid on this list I just want to be very clear and explain that just like all of my other hearing aid review videos my best of videos are never sponsored in fact none of the hearing aid manufacturers even know if their devices will make the list this year this also means that they can't pay me to get on the list unlike many of the other best of hearing aid lists that are out there I just happen to think that these are some of the best hearing aids currently available on the market and if you want a more detailed review of of each and every single one of these hearing aids it explains both the pros and the cons of all of them because yes all of them do have some cons you can check out all of my detailed review videos on my YouTube channel as well all right the second hearing aid on my list of best receiver in Canal hearing aids of 2024 is the ReSound Nexia 9 the ReSound Nexia comes in three different technology levels you have level 9 level s and level five with level 9 being their premium offering the Nexia hearing aid is a lot like the ReSound Omni aering Aid that made the list last year but with some significant improvements the rechargeable version of this hearing aid the micro is perhaps the smallest rechargeable receiver and Canal hearing aid on the planet right now and somehow they got this hearing aid even smaller than the previous generation that was already small their charging case does have an internal power bank so you can actually unplug it from its cord and take it with you if you're on the go and it will store several charges for you they also still have their classic r61 which is their size 312 disposable battery version as well as their their classic r62 which is their size 13 disposable battery version that also has a telecoil if you're not interested in rechargeable hearing aids but perhaps the most exciting Improvement of this particular hearing aid is that it is the first hearing aid ever to be equipped with Le audio blueooth which is perhaps the most highly anticipated feature that I have ever seen released inside of my career while all of the other Hearing Aids on this list either use Bluetooth classic Bluetooth low energy or the Asha Bluetooth protocol l audio Bluetooth is an entirely different form of Bluetooth LE audio Bluetooth was spearheaded by the hearing aid industry to make a more universally accepted form of bluetooth not just for hearing aids but for all other Bluetooth consumer electronics not only does this form of Bluetooth have better sound quality but it actually has better sound quality at a lower bit rate this means that it uses less battery life than these other forms of Bluetooth and it still keeps your streaming quality high this also allows for something called orac cast which is basically Broad C Bluetooth audio that allows you to share a Bluetooth audio stream with multiple users for example if you are watching a movie on your phone and you actually want to share the audio of that with somebody else you could stream it into your hearing aids and you could stream it into their hearing aids or their Bluetooth headphones or bluetooth earbuds this could also be extremely beneficial if you go into a public venue like a theater a museum or an airport and you want to tap into the audio syst signal of those venues and have it stream directly into your Nexia hearing aids the ReSound Nexia 9 is also a really good hearing aid when it comes to Performance and background noise if you use the front Focus feature which gets you an additional 9 DB of signal to noise ratio improvement over an omnidirectional microphone now the ran smart 3D app has not been updated in a while but I really can't blame ran because this is by far the most highly rated app inside of the App Store and on Google Play you can do a bunch of different stuff inside of this app as well you can can change your programs you can change volume you can activate certain features you can use a three-band equalizer you can save these changes as a favorite program that you can access later and you can even activate your different accessories there is also a remote care feature meaning that you can have a session with your hearing care professional directly through your smart device so they can make adjustments on your hearing aids without you having to go into their office another exciting piece of news that is brand new this year is that the ReSound Nexia also has compatibility with a cross transmitter so if you have single-sided deafness you're also in luck ReSound also has some great easyto use accessories like the multi mic the micro mic the TV streamer plus that uses orac cast so you can stream directly into your ears when watching TV and someone else could stream audio into their ears while they're watching TV at the same time overall if the compatibility with Le audio Bluetooth devices is something that's really high on your list of priorities then this might be the perfect hearing aid for you in 2024 but I will say that none of the hearing in AIDs that are on this list are very good unless you go to a hearing care professional who fits and programs your hearing aids following best practices best practices are a whole series of different procedures that must be performed in order for your hearing care professional to optimize the performance of whatever hearing aids you choose to get now I do have a video and a checklist of all of these different best practices that you should be aware of but if you're just looking for an easy way to find one of these Hearing Care Professionals who follows best practices then make sure you go to hearing up.com and click on the find of Provider tab each of the providers in the hearing up Network have been vetted and are committed to providing best practice care using a person centered care approach so you can hear your absolute best the third hearing aid on this year's list is the signia pure charg and go 7ix the pure charging go receiver and Canal hearing aids come in three different technology levels level seven level five and level three with level seven being their premium offering there are actually two different models of this particular hearing aid you have the charger in go and the charging go tix the only difference is that the ti has a telecoil inside of it as of this recording there is still no disposable battery option of this particular hearing aid these particular devices use galvanic charging which actually gives them a pretty long battery life you could actually use these hearing aids for about a day and a half on a single charge you do get several options of different Chargers with the pure charging go 7 and Tix which includes the standard charger the portable charger and the dry and clean charger the headline feature of the pure charging go devices is their dual processing strategy as well as their own voice processing 2.0 the Dual processors inside of the signia pure charging go devices allows them to separate out the processing of speech information and noise information as far as how well these hearing a performed in background noise I will say that this particular strategy helped me perceive a significant Improvement in background noise over their previous generation devices that did not actually make the list of best hearing Aid in 2023 my perception was also validated in a signia white paper where 95% of signia users performed better and complex speech testing the own voice processing or ovp 2.0 feature is a feature that actually gives less amplification to your own voice while not affecting the amplification to other voices that are around you now this is something that might not be a huge issue if you've been experienced with hearing aids before but if you're a brand new hearing aid user Sometimes using this feature can make the adoption of hearing aids a little bit easier another new feature that allowed the signia charging go 7 hearing aids to make the list of best hearing aids in 2024 is that they will be future compatible with Le audio Bluetooth now you just heard me talk a bunch about Le audio Bluetooth with the Ral Nexia devices the same thing is true with these particular hearing aids only they are not technically compatible yet they will require a future firmware update and depending on when you're watching this video you may actually have to go back into your hearing Care Professionals office for them to do the firmware update on these hearing aids but then these hearing aids should be completely compatible with Le audio Bluetooth and orac cast as of right now this is technically a made for iPhone hearing aid so if you're an iPhone user you're in luck and it still uses the ashab Bluetooth protocol so if you're an Android User you can do that too the signia app that you will find on these particular devices was updated as well but it is very similar to the previous version of course you get the basic ability to change between different programs adjust your volume activate and deactivate certain features and do a remote care session with your hearing care professional and it also gives you access to the signia assistant feature now I'm really hoping that they actually bring back Apple watch compatibility because as of right now it is not compatible with the Apple watch but the signia pure charging go7 I ex hearing aids are compatible with is the Streamline microphone which is the remote microphone option as well as the Streamline TV adapter honestly I am really happy to see all of these nice updates that signia did with the pure charging go 7 devices which is definitely why they deserved a spot on this year's list all right guys this is actually my seventh year of making this best hearing aid video series so if you want to see me keep up with this tradition do me a huge favor and click the like button it really encourages me to make more videos just like this one and if you are not yet subscribed to the Channel with notifications turned on go ahead and do that as well because that ensures that you never miss one of my newly released videos and I publish a ton of new videos every single week that being said it is greatly appreciated now back to the video the fourth hearing aid on this list is the phonak AO lumity 90 the phonak Ado lumid receiver and Canal hearing aids come in four different technology levels you have level 90 level 70 level 50 and level 30 with level 90 being their premium offering now if you're actually wondering which technology level is the right technology level for you just remember that each time you go down in technology level it takes features and customizations away from your hearing care professional when they're fitting and programming your devices now it does not guarantee that if you drop down in technology level that you will lose performance there's just the potential of you leaving benefit on the table so I recommend that you always go with the highest level of technology that you can reasonably afford if you cannot reasonably afford it no problem just drop down to the technology level that you can afford and then it's the job of your hearing care professional to maximize the performance of those devices for you okay now get ready because the phonak AEO lumity hearing aids come in a couple of different models you have the RS which stands for rechargeable the RTS which is rechargeable with telecoil you also have the slim version and the lumity life version that is your waterproof version and all of these are rechargeable they are all capable of achieving close to 24 hours of battery life on a single 3-hour charge there are technically three different types of rechargeable cases the RS and the RTS use the charger case e you have the slim charger case and you have the charger case go which is the lumid life charger case that has an internal power bank and it is the only one of these within internal power bank so you can charge on the go now to be fair the Lumes also made last year's list just based on when they were initially released but they have released several firmware updates over the course of the year which has kept these hearing aids in the game the autosense OS 5.0 feature is probably one of my favorite features inside of hearing aids because this allows the phonak AO lumity receiver and Canal hearing aids to identify the Acoustics of your environment and switch you into different program settings that are fully customized by your hearing care professional and you don't have to actually switch into these programs the hearing aids do it all for you for instance if you're just watching TV at home you're basically in a calm situation so the hearing aids are going to be in your calm situation program but then when you go and you get into your vehicle to drive to a restaurant the hearing aids are going to identify the lowf frequency road noise and switch you into a speech in car program then when you get into the restaurant the hearing aid are going to be like hm seems like you're in more of like a restaurant environment let me switch you into a speech and noise program or a speech and loud noise program depending on how loud that noise is and yeah you don't have to make any adjustments at all you just let the hearing aids do them for you your hearing care professional can also fully customize all of the streaming settings of these particular hearing aids in Greater detail than you can with any other hearing aid on the market I will also say that when it comes to treating difficult or complex cases of hearing loss the phonak AO lumity devices are some of my personal favorite because of their custom e molds their custom ear molds use something called acoustically optimized venting which is a fully customized venting based on your actual hearing loss and your ear canal size and shape what's really exciting is that phon now accepts digital ear Impressions this allows your hearing care professional to send a 3D scan of your ears into phonak so they can manufacture an acrylic or titanium custom seashell ear mold with these acoustically optimized vents which will allow for the full programming capacity of your lumity hearing aids phonk also has what they call their seven smart speech Technologies inside of their lum devices these include stereo Zoom 2.0 which leads to 16% better speech understanding and background noise compared to fixed directional microphones speech sensor which allows for 15% better speech understanding when speech is from your sides or coming from behind you you have speech enhancer which can up to double the amount of amplification given to soft Talkers in a quiet environment there's motion sensor hearing thanks to the motion sensors inside of these hearing aids which controls your microphone directionality when you're moving or when you're stationary and also allows for the tap control feature in the lumity hearing aids there's Dynamic noise cancellation which reduces listening effort in noise you also have activent receiver technology that opens and closes your hearing aid receiver events to help you perform better in background noise as well as have better quality audio streaming and the seventh smart speech technology is the Roger devices which can provide a massive Improvement in speech understanding in background noise or at a distance the audo lumity hearing aids use Bluetooth classic so whether you have an Apple device or Android device or pretty much any other Bluetooth device that's out there these hearing aids are going to be compatible with those other devices and I will say that these are the only Hearing Aids on the list that you can pair with up to eight different Bluetooth devices and have two concurrent connections at the exact same time which means if you have a tablet and a smartphone you can switch back and forth between audio streaming on those devices without having to constantly turn off Bluetooth and turn on Bluetooth the my phone app also happens to be probably the most updated app of all of the apps that are out there probably because they're trying to fix a lot of the glitches that they first had with this particular app but now they've cleared out a lot of that and it makes this hearing aid an even better hearing aid essentially it allows you to change between different programs adjust your volume levels activate certain features and then do a lot of different customization for like noise reduction and speech focus and even adjust your compression settings and save all that as a custom program that you can use whenever you want to of course you also have the ability to do a remote care session with your hearing care professional so if you can't get into their office you still can have a session with them where they can see all the data inside your hearing aids and make any adjustments they want to the phon AO lumity RS are also compatible with the crossr transmitter so if you have single-sided denness you can also use these hearing aids the lumity hearing aids are also some of the best hearing aids when it comes to Wireless accessories you have the partner mic which is their small remote microphone you have their TV connector so you can stream TV audio directly into both of your hearing aids you also have those Roger devices that I was talking about like the Roger select in the Roger Onin and the Roger table mic 2 there is a lot to like about the phon Ado lumity 90 hearing aids just make sure that you're working with a hearing care professional to decide which model of these hearing aids you should be going with now I know that everybody wants to know the cost of these different devices but you have to keep in mind that there are so many variables that go into determining the cost of a particular hearing aid these variables include where you live if you happen to live in San Francisco or New York City you're likely going to be be paying more for these hearing aids because the cost of business is so much higher there than anywhere else you also have to consider the technology level remember the higher you go on technology the more money you'll spend the lower you go on technology level the less you will spend you also have to consider if these hearing aids are going to be delivered in a bundled care model or an unbundled care model bundled means that all of the fitting and services that you get with those hearing aids are bundled into the cost of the actual hearing aids themselves if you go unbundled you essentially are going to be separating out the cost of the hearing aids from the services that you get but you'll likely have to pay for recurring service visits into the future so you really want to take into to account the quantity of the amount of visits that you're going to be getting for what you're paying for and the quality of those visits as well you will likely be spending more money if you go to a clinic that follows best practices and less money at a clinic that doesn't follow best practices but remember when you spend less money to go to a clinic that doesn't follow best practices even if these hearing aids are on the best hearing aids of 20 24 list you're not going to get the full benefit out of them so until you know the answer to every single one of these variables it is impossible to give you an estimate on what the cost would be all right now on to the fifth and final hearing aid to make the list of best receiver in Canal hearing aids of 2024 and we have the starky Genesis AI 2400 starky offers the Genesis AI in four different technology levels you have level 2400 level 2,000 level 1,600 and level 1200 with of course level 2400 being their premium offering the Genesis AI receiver and Canal hearing aids come in two different models you have the mini Rick which is their small rechargeable version and their RT which is their slightly larger rechargeable version that also has a telecoil in my opinion starky has significantly improve the physical fit of their receiver and Canal hearing aids starting with their receiver wire that is much thinner than their previous versions of devices both of these lithium ion rechargeable hearing aids have an insane amount of battery light life if you're looking at the mini Rick you get about 40 hours of battery life but if you look at the RT version of this hearing aid you're going to be getting about 51 hours of battery life which is unheard of they do have two different size Chargers that are very easy to insert and remove your hearing aids from which is great for individuals with poor finger dexterity starky has done a very nice job of improving their input dynamic range taking it up to 118 DB SPL which to my knowledge is the highest input dynamic range on any of the hearing aids on this list which is very good when it comes to listening to live music these hearing aids are technically compatible with Apple devices and Android devices using Bluetooth low energy and the Asha Bluetooth protocol but they work significantly better with Apple devices this Bluetooth connectivity and the starky Genesis AI hearing aids gives you access to the my starky app which is a new and improved app which I think is much more user friendly than their previous versions their new EDG mode plus feature uses a deep neural network to enhance speech or reduce background noise and it's accessible directly on the homepage of the my starky app a really cool feature of the starky Genesis AI hearing aids is that they also have fall detection which means that if you're wearing these hearing aids and you fall your hearing aids will send a notification to individuals that you set up on your contact list so they can actually get help for you kind of a cool feature is the self-check feature of these hearing aids which means that you can go into the my starky app if you're having an issue with your hearing aids and it can run a little quick diagnostic to tell you what the possible cause of the problem is that you are having so you can either fix it yourself or take your hearing aids back into your hearing care professional and give them a better idea of what's going on of course the app also has what is known as tahere which means that you can have a remote care session with your hearing care professional without having to go into their office and like pretty much all of the other Hearing Aids on this list except for one the starky Genesis AI hearing aids also have a compatible cross transmitter so you are in luck with these hearing aids as well if if you have single-sided deafness sari also has some really nice accessories that you can use to enhance the performance of your Starkey Genesis AI hearing aids and these include a mini remote mic a remote mic plus a table microphone and a TV streamer that have an increased range from 32 ft to 40 ft I really like all of these improvements that starky has made in their Genesis AI 2400 receiver and Canal hearing aids that are definitely better than their evolve AI hearing aids that made last year's list as expected technology is always is improving which is exactly why this list that we have here in 2024 when it comes to receiver and Canal hearing aids is by far the best list that we've ever assembled so let me go ahead and just give you a quick recap of all of the best receiver and Canal hearing aids that made the list in 2024 and again in no particular order first we had the Odon real one which is known for its deep neural network second we had the rown Nexia 9 which is the first Le audio Bluetooth compatible hearing aid third we had the signia pure charging go 7 iix which is known for its dual processing strategy fourth we had the phon AO lumity 90 hearing aids which are excellent hearing aids if you have a very complex case of hearing loss and fifth we had the starky Genesis AI 2400 hearing aids which have an incredibly high input dynamic range of 118 DB SPL and an incredibly easy to navigate app now it wouldn't be a Dr Cliff video if I didn't tell you at the end of the video after covering a bunch of amazing hearing aids that it really doesn't matter if these hearing aids are good or not it matters if you have found a hearing care professional who can get the most out of each one of these hearing aids and like I mentioned before if you're looking for a great hearing care professional who can do exactly that make sure that you go to hearing up.com to find a hearing up Network member in your area and if you do not want a receiver in Canal hearing aid make sure that you check out my other best hearing aid videos in 2024 because there will surely be a style that will appeal to you