Description
Background
ReSound is the 4th largest manufacturer of hearing aids globally, but somehow, the Danish audio company has a way of setting the pace for innovation. Their newest product, ReSound NEXIA, comes with first-ever design features that excite us. The new product is smaller, has a longer battery life, and boasts a first-to-market connection to Bluetooth’s next big thing – Auracast.
Keep reading for our full thoughts and review.
What Makes ReSound NEXIA Stand Out
ReSound NEXIA builds on innovations from the past two generations of products (ReSound ONE and ReSound OMNIA).
What Stays The Same
If you’ve read our reviews on those products, you might know that ReSound ONE was the first hearing aid to add a microphone to the receiver (the piece that goes in your ear). That innovation reduces handling and wind noise and improves background noise management. In 2022, ReSound released ReSound OMNIA with improved beam-forming tech that boasted a 150% improvement in background noise.
Those popular features will remain with ReSound NEXIA with some exciting additions.
What’s New With NEXIA
The first is a visible reduction in size. Impressively, NEXIA maintains a 30-hour battery life while cutting 25% off the overall size—big thumbs up from us.
The second big announcement is that NEXIA has an updated Bluetooth capability that allows Auracast streaming in public places. If you aren’t familiar with Auracast, check out our guide to the topic here.
ReSound is putting hearing aid wearers in the front of the line to experience the new capabilities as they roll out. If you can’t wait for public adoption, NEXIA also comes with a new Auracast-equipped TV streamer so you can start experiencing Auracast at home.
One more thing thing…
ReSound has finally added a CROS system (previously not available). NEXIA CROS is for those with single-sided deafness. The devices send sound from the non-hearing ear to the hearing ear to recreate 360% of the sound.
Our Take
ReSound already makes most of our shortlists for the best hearing aids in the market in 2023; NEXIA’s improvements build on that.
Our suggestion, if you are in the market for behind-the-ear style ReSound hearing aids, make sure you ask for NEXIA. If you prefer in-the-ear styles or have profound hearing loss, you may need to wait a few months until the new system rolls out across the rest of the family.
We’ll add our full, hands-on review to this page as soon as we’ve put our new NEXIA hearing aids through the paces.
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