Phonak SAVIA & Wireless FM

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

Does anyone have any personal exper. with Phonak's new Savia product

line? The " Savia recognizes the presence of an FM signal and activates

the FM program automatically. " The Savia is " not only completely

design-integrated but also the world's smallest FM receiver " and I am

told it includes an ITC option in the line. . . mmmmmmmmmmm.

Thx,

[Guest guest]

My daughter wears Phonak Savia BTE's (for a little over a year) but we

do not use the FM system yet, so I can't comment on that, nor on the

ITC option. But they have been great hearing aids with minimal

maintenance issues and some great features that we've taken advantage

of (tweaking the sound to make music sound clearer, controlling

feedback, and various other options). They also have the directional

mics, which we don't use yet and have a feature called " autopilot "

where the aids adjusts themselves to the environment, such as

eliminating background noises to make speech more audible.

Anyway, we don't use all the bells and whistles just yet, but it's

nice to know they're there for when she's a little older.

Deganit, mom to Jordan, 22 months, mild-moderate SNHL

>

> Hi all,

>

>

> Does anyone have any personal exper. with Phonak's new Savia product

> line? The " Savia recognizes the presence of an FM signal and

activates

> the FM program automatically. " The Savia is " not only completely

> design-integrated but also the world's smallest FM receiver " and I

am

> told it includes an ITC option in the line. . . mmmmmmmmmmm.

>

>

> Thx,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My son has the Phonak Savia BTEs and FM Campus S transmitter and the

ML9S receivers. His HA are set so that when the transmitter is turned

on, the program with FM and HA mic turns on automatically. He's in

2nd grade - his teacher controls when the FM is used by turning on and

off the transmitter. Unfortunately, since she can't hear when the FM

is on or off (unlike the soundfield systems), it's hard for her to

keep track. The other thing that I didn't know is that even though

the ML9S is multifrequency, it defaults to a factory-set channel when

the HA is turned off. In our case, the factory-set channel is channel

1 which someone else just mentioned here in this group is the worst

for interference (higher number channels are better - but this is just

heresy). The teacher does not sync the transmitter withe HA every

morning (and every time my son turns off his HA during the day), so

we're using channel 1. The ML9S integrates with the Savia - (slides

off while pushing down another lever) does not use boots (which is a

push on). The advantage is that it won't fall as easily as MLxS with

boots. But the disadvantage is that it may not fit with the new HA we

choose next.

--a

> Hi all,

> Does anyone have any personal exper. with Phonak's new Savia product

> line? The " Savia recognizes the presence of an FM signal and

activates

> the FM program automatically. " The Savia is " not only completely

> design-integrated but also the world's smallest FM receiver " and I

am

> told it includes an ITC option in the line. . . mmmmmmmmmmm.

> Thx,

>

[Guest guest]

My son also wears the Savia BTEs, with the ML9S FM receivers. They are

definitely a smaller aid, and the receiver integrates beautifully; since it

screws right on, there¹s no chance of losing it on the soccer field (a real

plus for us). We use the EasyLink transmitter, which I like better than the

Campus S, because it literally hangs from a cord around the teacher¹s neck.

My son¹s aids have 4 programs (I think they can take up to 5): the first

one, the default, is FM + mic. My understanding is that there IS a program

that, when you turn the FM on, automatically turns the FM on the aid, but my

son doesn¹t prefer that automatic program. Can¹t remember if the mic is

directional on that program, or if it¹s the one that automatically searches

for voice and damps down other noise ‹ Ben has a severe/profound loss and

wants to hear EVERYTHING; he hates to have his aids screen out sound for

him.

We¹ve had these for a year now and have been very happy with them. They did

both go in for service this summer, but he¹s very active, sweats a lot, and

wears them nonstop.

Stefanie

Mom to Ben, 8, severe/profound HOH, and Isabella, 11, mild loss

on 9/12/06 8:28 PM, pkuo_lm at pkuo_lm@... wrote:

> My son has the Phonak Savia BTEs and FM Campus S transmitter and the

> ML9S receivers. His HA are set so that when the transmitter is turned

> on, the program with FM and HA mic turns on automatically. He's in

> 2nd grade - his teacher controls when the FM is used by turning on and

> off the transmitter. Unfortunately, since she can't hear when the FM

> is on or off (unlike the soundfield systems), it's hard for her to

> keep track. The other thing that I didn't know is that even though

> the ML9S is multifrequency, it defaults to a factory-set channel when

> the HA is turned off. In our case, the factory-set channel is channel

> 1 which someone else just mentioned here in this group is the worst

> for interference (higher number channels are better - but this is just

> heresy). The teacher does not sync the transmitter withe HA every

> morning (and every time my son turns off his HA during the day), so

> we're using channel 1. The ML9S integrates with the Savia - (slides

> off while pushing down another lever) does not use boots (which is a

> push on). The advantage is that it won't fall as easily as MLxS with

> boots. But the disadvantage is that it may not fit with the new HA we

> choose next.

> --a

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi all,

>

>

> Does anyone have any personal exper. with Phonak's new Savia product

> line? The " Savia recognizes the presence of an FM signal and

activates

> the FM program automatically. " The Savia is " not only completely

> design-integrated but also the world's smallest FM receiver " and I

am

> told it includes an ITC option in the line. . . mmmmmmmmmmm.

>

>

> Thx,

>

>

>

I have spoken to our audiologist about them. Same old reluctance

about lots of repairs needed, recasing for ITE's , expense etc.