The NEW OTC Jabra Enhance Plus Review. Will this be the BEST OTC hearing aid of 2023?
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- Jabra Enhance™ Plus is a new self-fitting hearing aid that looks more like a sleek wireless earbud than a traditional hearing amplifier. Enhance Plus offers wireless streaming and hands-free calling over Bluetooth®, but only for iOS devices like iPhone and iPad. They are lithium-ion rechargeable, and offer a completely self-guided setup process. I got my hands on an early pair of Enhance Plus, and in this comprehensive video review, you'll learn about the benefits of these unique hearing aids, along with some caveats you'll want to consider.
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Jabra Enhance™ Plus hit the market in February 2022, and for the moment, are available exclusively through "Certified Jabra Enhance Centers". However, we expect the hearing aids to become widely available for direct online purchase in the coming months.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Jabra Enhance Plus Cost
00:44 Why Choose Jabra
02:41 Unboxing the Jabra Enhance Plus
04:56 Jabra Enhance Plus Features
07:44 Battery Life on the Jabra Enhance Plus
08:38 When to use the Jabra Enhance Plus
09:20 Where to Get the Jabra Enhance Plus
12:10 How to set up the Jabra Enhance Plus
13:54 Jabra Enhance Plus Sound Quality
15:33 Jabra Enhance Plus for Music
16:59 Jabra Enhance Plus for Calls
18:08 Should You Buy the Jabra Enhance Plus?
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Matthew Allsop is the Video Content Manager at Hearingtracker.com. He practices from his London-based practice, Harley Street Hearing. You can get in touch on matthew@hearingtracker.com regarding new content ideas or to become a patient.
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What do you think to the look of the Jabra Enhance Plus Hearing aids?
I think they look kinda cool. I agree that they do look like ear buds. They look similar to my co-workers air pods. I like the sleek look. Too bad they wouldn't be powerful enough for me.
But, I never really understood why people are trying so hard to hide the fact that they are hearing impaired. You need hearing aids, just accept it. Personally, I would rather people know I have a hearing impairment so they at least understand why I may struggle to hear or understand them.
In the case of hearing aids looking like ear buds, it almost seems disrespectful. "Oh, they would rather listen to their music than me ..." I am probably overthinking it as someone who has worn hearing aids my entire life.
I just found this video. I have been using the Jabras for about a month now. My loss is not bad, but enough that I was frustrating my wife! I do use them situationally. I am mostly alone during the day, and put them in shortly before my wife arrives home from work. It allows me to hear her clearly with no feedback problems. I also use them for my medical appointments. Using them for UA-cam speaking videos is fine, but they don’t meet my requirements for music. I have more suitable headphones and iems for that.
Hey Larry, I'm pleased to hear that you're getting on well with them. It's great feedback especially re the situational use. Thanks for watching, Matthew
What do you use for music?
Most excellent overview and answered some great questions on these types of products
Hey I'm Poppa, thanks for watching and taking the time to feed back. Tune in for more later on... Matthew
Another amazing video Matthew👏🏻👏🏻 Really like the review about this new technology😊
Thanks! 😀
Great job Matthew, very informative 👍
Hey Silver fox! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment 😊
congratulations, once again your very interesting video 👍👏
Thanks Lourdes, I'm pleased that you enjoyed it. Matthew
Your video reviews are well done and Your review is spot on. Coincidentally I submitted a solicited Jabra Enhance survey today. In it stated that my experience was exactly as you describe...sound quality is very poor when streaming music or calls. Not to mention that I've been told that I sound like I'm in a cave by the person I'm speaking to on a phone call...perhaps I need to adjust the microphone volume to fix?
If not for the battery life and obviousness of my AirPods I would use a AP's instead and save a ton of money. Nonetheless I think they do serve a purpose for those of us who need "situational" amplification. Perhaps my expectations are too high for this product.
Is there a more budget friendly option
Thanks for your unbiased review. Crazy question but... my wife and I both have some hearing loss but in different ears (which makes seating options very limited!). Could we each use just one these? Not wanting to stream music or phone obviously, that would be too funny. Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Hey Chris. Good question! In theory that could work! Plus you can't buy them as single units either. Thanks for watching, Matthew
I find it weird when normal hearing persons review a product for hearing impaired as the benefits are not really put to the test but a lot of the downfalls, that impaired may not experience are highlighted. As such, there are two things that I still wonder about with this product; how's the hearing aid functionality actually (and I understand why you have a hard time accessing that) but you could provide some info on improvement in e.g. SRT and see how well the fitted gain matches a prescription on an impaired subject. Second: Is it a good value given the price is less than 1/3 of traditional aids? How do they compare to Bose which is the only other FDA approved aid which are similar in price?
Other than that, quite a good and thorough review :)
Hey C3R, thanks for taking the time to comment. You're right, and I hope you appreciate my discussion on that in the video, and that my main focus is to run through the features and evaluate the sound features that I can. We've starting a 'Hearing Aid Diaries' series, which you may have seen with Matt who reviewed the Bose SoundControl hearing aids for us. So hopefully in the future we'll have that gap filled. In terms of your two points, firstly that screams out for another video, so watch this space. Secondly, I would say wait until their gen 2 comes out.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, Matthew
the info sheet show Maximum output (90 dB SPL input) Max 117 dB SPL, this is for mild to moderate , how much dB power will need for severe?
Nice job
Hey. Rajuhossain, thank you. Matthew
I am leaning towards the Widex series right now, some that are good for music as well as talk. But I wonder if I should wait, might they come out with a new series this year do you think?
Hey Ink, I would say so yes. Thanks for watching, Matthew
Thanks for this video. I am completely deaf in my left ear. With my Apple Air Pods Pro 2, I can use just one of them for noise reduction and hearing help if I go into the accessiblity settings. Do the Jabra Enhance Plus work well with just one of them in?
Hi Frameless, yes it will work. Thanks for watching, Matthew
Is there a launch date Jabra/Resound uses for their next new products? Kind of like Apple when they release their new stuff. I would rather wait for new tech to come out.
Any ideas at all?
Thanks!
Thanks for the great review! Would be very curious to know how the new (much more affordable) Yamaha TW-E5B buds might compare to these Jabras?
Those just work as earbuds, these work as earbuds and amplifiers (hearing aid)
for live voices with a self-fitting set-up for the volume settings
@@andreaplotkowski868 Might be curious how they compare to Signia Active earbuds then?...though of course those cost closer to $3,000 per pair.
@@barryalanlevine The Signia Actives will be professionally programmed in office versus the self hearing test programming on the Jabras. Half the cost of hearing aids is the professional services, fitting and follow-ups
@@andreaplotkowski868 Thanks, Andrea! Appreciate your replies! So hard to find truly great Audiologists IRL (as the kids say)!
Hi Barry, thank you for the feedback! It looks like Andrea has answered perfectly! Thanks @andrea Plotkowsi 😀, Matthew
Thank you for your review!
I just received a pair of these Jabra Enhance Plus hearing aids. I followed the personalization (hearing calibration). The sound quality is pretty good, however...
I need them to run at 9 or 10 volume (Surround mode) to get enough volume out of them, is anyone else having this issue?
For reference, my last hearing test is around 50-60 dB from 3K hz - 6 Khz.
thank you
Hey Paul, I’m delighted it was helpful. That makes sense as they’re designed for a mild-moderate perceived loss. Hope that helps, Matthew
I found them to have a low level low frequency hum and that is my biggest deterrent to selling them. I also wish I could see what my hearing test results looked like. I have to wonder if there was an error in the hearing screening that caused the low level hum - but since I can’t see my test results - I can’t tell. Maybe they need a firmware update to fix that problem?!
That could perhaps be amplified microphone own-noise that becomes audible due to the closed fit? I suppose it would be the same with normal aids if you use closed eartips?
The difference is you can’t change them sadly!
I need get from were
Hey at the hearing tracker UA-cam channel, I am a hearing aid user and I use phone app
Hey Kylie, thats great! Thanks for watching!! Matthew
If they are self adjusting what are you receiving for your $199.00 Beltone fee? Costco provides a free test, which I took. I have a very mild loss and situational is what I need. (AirPod Pro now) Why can’t I avoid that up charge?
But two negatives are for me, besides that extra fee is occlusion effect and limited phone options for my iPhone 10s.
Oh, if Apple would make black earbud pros without the stem, it would be almost perfect.
Hey Paul, thanks for watching. Checkout the Beltone website it covers the content of that appointment. As far as I am aware it's to ensure ear health and no referable conditions prior to the fitting. Thanks for taking the time to comment, Matthew
Sounds like these aren't able to stream television though, huh? Just audio from your iPhone?
On a separate but related note, while longer wear time on a charge would be nice, I wouldn't consider these for full day wear anyway. I wear IICs most of the time, which I love for their invisibility, but of course cannot stream phone calls or TV with them. Would like to add a pair of 'affordable' wearables like these, to use for streaming calls and TV, without needing to buy a whole second pair of $6,000 aids just for that. But if they can't stream from my TV, then even $800 seems too high for just phone calls.
Also wonder if I'd be able to pair them with the bluetooth on an Apple laptop, for example, for use in Zoom meetings, etc?
Hey Barry, it's only Bluetooth via the phone for now. No TV or Laptops. Thanks for watching, Matthew
Can this be used without a phone?
Yes but you’ll need the phone for the set up process 😄. Thanks for watching, Matthew
Can uamswer ur phone thru ur hearing aid
Hey Jerry, yes you can. Thanks for watching, Matthew
Who knows if the entry of these companies specialized in earphones will not contribute to improving some characteristics of hearing aids, such as the insufficient bluetooth connection.
Hey Riccardo, as this company is owned by the same as Resound I would hope that they share that knowledge!!! Thanks for watching, Matthew
Actually, due to the small size, deep inerstion into the ear and low power requirements, hearing aid antenna-work is much more sofisticated than what you find in a regular true wireless earbud that pertrudes much more from the ear to provide obsticle free wireless signals, has bigger surfaces to house much larger antennas + power-hungry modules to boost signal strength.
For $1000 it is a little bit less than Costco $1400 which gives you much more in term of quality (and they are Phonak brand with real bluetooth and last 14-20 hours depends on the streaming time). If you are going to use the Jabra here and there you probably will loss them; i can get an audiologist test with my health insurance for $20; why should I pay $200 extra for a test I don't need. Also, My Costco can pair with 8 bluetooth devices but uses only two in the same time. My understanding that this device can pair only to iPhone.
Great feedback! I agree with every word! Thanks for watching, Matthew
the only down side is not support android.
I agree! Hopefully we’ll see this change with time. Thanks for watching, Matthew
Numerous reports say that wearing prescription hearing aid can prevent dementia.
Doctor: Do you think these OTC hearing aids (including the Airpod Pro 2) are also able to prevent dementia?
Hey Nuuk, IMO technically it’s one of the big reasons for the push of OTC hearing aids in the US! Thanks for watching, Matthew
Is it an amplifier? How does it account for my specific loss. You covered all this info but left out how it actually helps? If I have a moderate high frequency loss, how does it know to only help me in the range I have loss? This seems very misleading for those of us just trying to improve communication. 100 people with hearing loss will all have different losses. Unless someone is programming it to my loss, then it's nothing more than what Walgreens has been selling for the last decade... oh yeah, this one is rechargeable, so I guess it's different. Crazy how people are still out here promoting "snake oil" in the year 2022.
12:40 Hearing test
@@HearingTracker Seems logical. Replacing hearing care professionals with an app.
This is clearly a big "money grab". All OTC products are. Make it so we can get a real hearing test somewhere and input the data through the app.
A little like the AirPod setup? Thanks for taking the time to comment. Matthew
@@HearingTracker Did you sign your comment "Matthew" or do you think that's my name??? Terrible sleuth you are if it's the latter. Frankly it's petty behavior from a channel trying to be professional.
@@WAID-sn3ci Matthew was his name. Note the use of a period instead of a comma
@@toskin6395 Thanks. Ride in on your high horse and you yourself messed up your punctuation. Lol!