I don’t have the unique Elehear Past listening to aids readily available anymore, however I’d agree that there have been some enhancements to audio high quality—although at excessive ranges of amplification, the static and hiss points stay overwhelming. As with the previous Beyonds, quantity will be adjusted per ear within the app or with the rockers on the again of each listening to aids.
Identical to the unique, the Past Professional shouldn’t be tunable, however you should use the app to regulate a form of bass/treble “tone” impact and modify noise cancellation (now knocked down from the earlier eight ranges to 5, which continues to be lots). Along with the brand new Music mode, environmental modes for Restaurant, TV, and Normal use are preloaded—together with 4 further modes you possibly can set your self. There’s not plenty of variation amongst these modes, however I’ll say that Elehear sounds much better with music playback than most different pure listening to aids (i.e., not listening to assist/earbud combos) I’ve reviewed, due to a a lot better bass response. Cellphone calls over the Past Professional listening to aids have been additionally crisp and clear.
Listening to Check
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The Past Professional listening to aids now embody a primary listening to check, however that is actually simply in your edification and might’t be used to tune the listening to assist settings. It’s a regular ping check at numerous frequencies and volumes, and after I accomplished the 10-minute expertise, I used to be given outcomes that acknowledged, “The check outcomes point out potential [sic] listening to loss” in every ear and no steering on handle that loss.
One further characteristic is a tinnitus mode that I didn’t check as a result of I don’t undergo from tinnitus. Nonetheless, some beforehand out there options just like the distant sound seize system and a built-in audio translation system have been jettisoned from the app. There’s no strategy to modify directional listening anymore, both. Battery life is specified at a powerful 20 hours—it’s tough to gauge completely however that was roughly correct in my testing, with the (naturally) oversize case offering further juice for 4 recharges.
In the end, whereas Elehear’s high quality advances are heartening, its lack of consideration to industrial design shouldn’t be. The listening to aids grew to become uncomfortable after a few hours of use every time I attempted them, particularly after I was carrying my glasses (all the time). As I famous earlier than, the scale of a listening to assist could also be second solely to its audio high quality, however it’s a extremely, actually necessary second.
