Wave Lite hearing aids provide only moderate improvement to hearing across modes and settings. Loud output can be achieved while keeping hiss low, but audio quality is lacking. Voices often sound tinny and thin, while sharp sounds such as keyboard clacks and footsteps can become overpowering. Instead of filtering out low-level background noise, the devices boost it more than expected. A feature reduces the volume of the wearer’s own voice, but the highest setting still required additional tempering. Battery life is rated at 6.5 hours per charge, with testing around 5 hours 45 minutes using ambient listening and streaming. The charging case adds about 15.5 hours. The case includes a 3.5mm AUX port that can connect directly to an audio source and transmit sound to the hearing aids.
"Across all of its modes and various settings, I was only able to achieve a moderate improvement to my hearing. While the units can get very loud - while keeping hiss to a minimum even at higher volume levels - it's the quality of the audio that's a miss here. Voices regularly sounded tinny and thin during my testing, while sharper staccato sounds like keyboard clacks and footsteps could be overpowering. And instead of filtering out low-level background as I would have preferred, the Wave Lites instead boosted the audio on that considerably."
"The app has a system to let you dial down the volume of your own voice, and while this works to a degree, I needed my own voice tempered even more than what was offered on the highest setting. Ultimately, my hearing experience was often better with the Wave Lite hearing aids in than with them out, but I found conversations and movie-watching were not measurably improved no matter how I tweaked settings in the app."
"Cearvol claims a battery life of 6.5 hours per charge; I achieved close to that in my testing - 5 hours and 45 minutes, with a combination of ambient listening and streaming. The case adds another 15.5 hours of running time on a full charge. (Cearvol says that it is extending those times, and that upcoming production batches will have an 8-hour battery life, with 20 extra hours of life in the case.)"
"Speaking of the case, spin it around and you'll find a curious feature I don't think I've ever seen on a hearing aid product: A 3.5mm AUX port that lets you connect the case directly to an audio source. These pipes sound to the case, which then transmits it directly to the hearing aids. It's a strange addition to the product that I doubt will see much use, but it's not something to complain about."
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