Widex and Phonak are the two most popular brands when it comes to the production of quality and smart hearing aids. This year, both of these companies rolled out hearing aids, stuffed with advanced features. Phonak presented Paradise, while Widex made Moment available for public use. Both of these models of hearing aids pack the necessary specifications along with some really smart features and they can also be integrated with your other gadgets which means that they are suitable for everyday uses as well. In this article, we are going to look at both of these models and try to figure out the differences and similarities between them. Let’s scroll down and find more about these useful hearing aids.
Talking about the design, both hearing aids, Phonak’s Paradise and Widex’s Moment, come in a comfortable design and offer a lot of useful features with powerful battery life. Both of these hearing aids are available in the “Receiver in canal” (RIC) style. These are pear-shaped units that you can place behind your ear with a tube that feeds the receiver, and then it sits in the ear canal. Both Paradise and Moment are offered in RIC style, but Moment offers a wider range of choice as it is available in “completely in canal” (CIC) style also. Discreet design and different hearing modes are common things between both hearing aids including, the choice of rechargeable and 312 battery-powered models. Talking about the audio qualities offered by Moment and Paradise, both seem to be acing it as they offer the best sound quality in the market. They are equally good when it comes to sound quality, and the availability of different audio modes makes both models equally relevant for your ears and needs.
Moment and Paradise both ticks all the basics right of hearing aids, but it is the smart technology they pack, which makes these outstanding. Talking about Paradise, it offers a lot of wireless technical features, such as Bluetooth connectivity, which allows you to connect your device to any audio source with Bluetooth. Paradise also packs motion sensors that are capable of detecting your movements, and they automatically direct the microphones of your device to the person you are speaking with or something you are listening to. These hearing aids work smartly as you can tap any of your ears twice, and any of the voice assistants such as Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri will be there to help you. You can also edit the gestures, such as the same gesture can also be used to control the playback of music by tapping on the right or left ear and use another ear for activating voice assistants. However, you also get to disable the gesture feature completely if you want. The other features of Paradise include quick charging, automatic start, and an airplane mode to use them in flight.
Just like Paradise, Widex’s Moment also packs some smart features, and support for streaming is one of those features. It is easy to use these hearing aids with iOS to take calls and to play music but, it gets a bit difficult when it comes to the Android devices, as instead of using standard Bluetooth, unlike Paradise, Widex uses Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids. This streaming is not compatible with a few Android smartphones yet. There are some more connectivity options also offered by Widex, and you can connect your hearing aids to TVs, phones, and other compatible devices also. Paradise seems to be winning the battle when it comes to the charging options available for these models. The charging case of Paradise also works as a protective case and carrying case, but it is different from Moment, as you have a charging case that is open from the top and does not allow you to carry your hearing aids like that. There is a separate case for portability purposes. You can charge your Moment hearing aids with a micro-USB, which is slower for the purpose than USB-C that Paradise uses.
Paradise seems to be winning the battle when it comes to the technological aspects against Moment, but the apps associated with both hearing aids is also something important to look at. The companion app of Paradise feels a bit difficult to use at times, and you have to spend your time searching for a specific setting. This app is very well functional and practical, but it cannot be termed as “user-friendly” when you look at the user interface. However, the app lets you control everything about your pair of hearing aids including, the volume of both hearing aids, switching to different modes, and other audio settings. On the other hand, the companion app of Moment feels easy to use like any other app on your smartphone. It has got different options to control your hearing aids including, modes, sound levels, and other necessary features. The Moment seems to be winning in the app usability battle between both models.
Widex and Phonak are the best brands when it comes to hearing aids. Moment and Paradise are undoubtedly two of the best among all hearing aids in the market. In this article, we have elaborated on the differences and similarities between these two popular devices and you can buy any of these according to your budget and need.
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