Sound World SolutionsNEW! Sound World Solutions CS50 Wireless Bluetooth Sound Amplifier (Right Ear)

I am older (refuse to admit being elderly) with almost total hearing loss in my left ear due to an injury, mild-moderate in my right ear. So keeping what I have is important to me. I had an expensive aid that crapped out after about 2 years and have looked for an alternative to $1600 every two years. Bought this as a second replacement after another brand began wearing out after 3-4 years. Honestly bought this aid because of the Bluetooth function and rechargeable batteries as well as because of the BAD reviews-figured I’d see for myself. Well I saw and have been blown away. I’ve used this aid everyday, morning to night for 2 weeks and found it easily programmable, comfortable, very well made and totally dependable. I paired it with my phone once and never had to do it again. When I connect the battery it tells me the mode that it is in and verbally confirms connection. I have intentionally gone to the limits of the BT range and gotten verbal notification when connection is lost and when it’s regained. The sound is a little tinny to my ear but very clear and acceptable. Final pro is that when battery level is low I am alerted well before power is lost and have not experienced any reduction of sound volume or quality before changing the battery. The only problem I have had is initial fit because of me, not the product. I have a bony ridge just at the entrance to my ear canal that has always been a problem. The shelf domes with this aid didn’t fit of course. But I found that I could trim the end of the done that connects to the aid and use the small dome, or do the same with a slight trim of the dome itself and also use the medium dome. I love this product and plan to buy it again if it lasts long term. $300 every two to three years is way better than $1600.

The quality of the sound surpassed my expectations. The app makes it very easy to create a personal hearing profile that for me was superior to the preprogrammed profiles. However, I did find the built-in Restaurant profile to be superior at helping to block out background noises. I had to do a second personal profile, as I rushed through the first. You must listen very carefully, in a space with little or no noise, to hear all the signals that are necessary to create an accurate profile. The instructions are very clear, but you need to get the app to really get the most out this device. This seems to be an excellent choice for those of us with mild to moderate hearing loss. It's not promoted as a hearing aid, but is a very sophisticated sound amplifier. One caution, turn the volume down before placing it in your ear to avoidfeedback noise, as the transition from open space to your ear can create a sharp whistling noise.I would definitely recommend this to a friend with moderate hearing loss. I primarily use it for TV.This model does have Blue Tooth. I have only used it with the Windows App to configure my personal profile. I assume the Blue Tooth will work with other sound sources, but haven't used it in that fashion.

Really it is best device for this price. I bought it month ago and feel good when using. Compare with Eargo or Vivton I have same result (even better). Easy for using. Good customer support. Very important is choice option single device left or right ear fit. Long time battery operation. Always I have extra full charged battery. Recommend, it will really help you with reasonable price.

My wife has been nagging me to get a hearing aid for years - but as an engineer, I am pretty tough to convince without proof it will work. The cost of "real" hearing aids seems outrageous given the lack of proven results; but I had to admit that I increasingly was having trouble hearing sound from TV shows and at gatherings (and of course pretty much anything from my wife). So with a little research I determined that maybe the hearing amplifier would do what I needed at an almost reasonable price.The unit, as you can see from the pictures, is by no means invisible - it basically looks like you are always connected to your iPhone - but that is becoming the new normal. With the iPhone app available on their web site I was able to adjust it to match my specific hearing loss (like every other 74 year old - mostly high frequencies). And I wore it almost full time for two weeks with pretty good results. I found it somewhat uncomfortable - but tolerable; and each battery (they give you two) lasted about 10 hours, so I didn't have to worry about running out of power all the time.But here is the crucial defect: last night when I removed the amplifier from my ear the plastic tip stayed behind - just far enough behind that I could not get it out. Nor could my wife when I asked her help when she woke up this morning. It wasn't hard for the ER doc to get it - but this is definitely not something I would like to repeat every two weeks.So were it not for this incident I would have continued trying it a little longer, and then maybe opted for a unit with the same capabilities but a little less obvious and with a little better fit for the ear. But with the incident, I have made a safe and good-fitting ear piece a very high priority.If and when I find one that works as well as the CS50 I will let you know.

This Personal Sound Amplifier is a reasonably useful device when it is new. (Keep in mind that all similar products claim to remove background noise to hear more clearly. NONE OF THEM DO THAT. This product is no better in that regard.) I did find it useful as a hearing supplement in many situations. I also found it useful as a Bluetooth communications device when connected to my phone.On the downside, the batteries lose the ability to fully recharge after several months. And yes, I'm a technical person and was very careful with their care and maintenance. Once the first battery quit working, it was not possible to tell if the batteries or the charger was defective. In less than 1 year of occasional use, the main unit itself fell apart while I was driving. I found the pieces on the seat, but the unit never worked again. I will not be buying a replacement from Sound World Solutions.