Phonak Audéo Lumity Slim Review

Name: Phonak Audéo Lumity Slim
Brand: Phonak

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Review updated Oct 23, 2024

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Behind the Ear

Bluetooth

Rechargeable

PROFESSIONAL FITTING

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4.7

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Newer Product Available

Phonak Lumity is not the latest model from the brand. We recommend that you research the newer 2024 release, Phonak Infinio.

Phonak Slim launched in early 2023 with a distinctly new form factor. On the inside, Slim is exactly like the rest of the Lumity Family, with strong background noise management and an industry-leading Bluetooth connection. Lumity is currently the top-selling hearing aid in the U.S.
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Lumity Slim is all about design. Slim has a rebuilt portable recharging case, a single push button on each device, and several tech-forward colors.
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Like the rest of the Phonak Lumity family, Slim devices allow hands-free phone calls using both Android and iPhone. The device has impressive listening tech onboard, including a motion sensor that focuses sound when seated and gives 360° listening when you walk around.
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Unlike most hearing aids, Lumity Slim designates a right and left hearing aid with a 7-degree contour on each side to ensure a comfortable fit. The design leaves more room for glasses, masks, or oxygen tubes.

Pros 👍

Innovative modern design
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‍Top of the line customization, Bluetooth connection and rechargeable batteries‍

‍Enhanced background noise reduction

Highly water-resistant option available for active lifestyles

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Cons 👎

‍Lumity Slim is a premium product with a premium price
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Phonak's app can be more finicky then other models

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Soundly Scorecard

Hearing Loss Level 🔊

Mild - Severe

Phonak Lumity Slim is a fully customizable, prescription hearing aid appropriate for mild-severe hearing loss
If you have severe hearing loss, your care provider may fit you with a custom earmold to reduce feedback
If you have profound hearing loss, you may be a better fit for Phonak's high-powered Naída Paradise

Care Type 🏥

Prescription

Phonak Lumity Slim is a prescription device fit and programmed by a professional
After an initial fitting, you can connect with your care provider remotely through the myPhonak app

Sound Quality 🔊

Strong in Background Noise

Lumity Slim is one of our top reviewed products for background noise management
Slim uses the same underlying technology as the standard Phonak Lumity form factor
SpeechSensor searches your environment and highlights the main speech signal, while StereoZoom focuses on the person you want to hear while reducing background noise interference

Comfort 🦻

Very Comfortable For All-Day Wear

Phonak Lumity comes in in a comfortable receiver-in-canal style that is easy to wear all day
Lumity Slim includes a 7 degree contour that offers more space for people who wear glasses or oxygen

Style 💫

Behind The Ear

Sits behind the ear with a receiver (speaker) that reaches into the ear canal
Phonak Lumity Slim offers a rounded, modern form factor and a comparable size to other leading devices
Choose from a few two-tone Phonak Slim color options: silver, graphite, copper, sandalwood

Battery 🔋

Rechargeable Only

Phonak Lumity Slim comes with rechargeable batteries only
16 hours of battery on a single charge, including 8 hours of everyday listening, 4 hours of Bluetooth streaming and 4 hours of TV streaming
Lumity Slim comes with a unique on-the-go recharge case

Connection 📡

Bluetooth Available

Phonak Lumity Slim is among our top choices for Bluetooth capabilities
Allows simultaneous connection to up to four devices
Allows hands-free calling for both iPhone and Android devices
Users can tap their hearing aid to answer calls
Lumity uses universal connectivity for all Bluetooth devices (other leaders use MFI and ASHA)

Dexterity Level 🤏

Average

Phonak Lumity Slim is reasonably easy to handle but does require the wearer to place the hearing aid behind their ear and insert the receiver into the ear (consistent across all behind-the-ear styles)
Lumity Slim devices come with an onboard pushbutton for volume and program changes

Waterproof Level 💦

IP68

Lumity Slim has an IP rating of 68
This hearing aid can withstand dust and water submersion in one meter of water for up to 30 minutes or more

App features 📱

Has An App, Telehealth Capable, Fitness Tracking

Remote care: Available through the Phonak app in coordination with your provider
Customization: Volume, treble/bass, adjustable custom programs in the app
Tinnitus masking: Available through your healthcare provider
Find my hearing aid: N/A
Health tracking: Tracks length of wear time and step count

Pricing and Process

For Phonak Lumity Slim hearing aids, we recommend that you work with one of two networks. Both have excellent customer service and pre-negotiated pricing (shown on this page). The most significant difference between the two options is where you receive care.

Local clinic: ZipHearing represents a network of 600+ hearing clinics around the country. Their scale helps them secure lower prices at the same clinics you might find in the phonebook. All of your care takes place in a local audiology office. Click here to find a clinic.

In your home: Yes Hearing brings a mobile clinic and a doctor to your home. Yes Hearing has 500+ licensed professionals in its network. Like ZipHearing, Yes has excellent customer reviews and offers lower-than-average prices due to its scale. With Yes, all of your care takes place in your home. Click here to find care.

Our vetting process: We've reviewed dozens of care alternatives and recommend Yes Hearing and ZipHearing for their transparent pricing, 25%-30% savings, and easy return process.

How to Choose a Technology Level

Phonak Lumity Slim comes in several technology levels. Each device looks identical from the outside, but on the inside, each technology jump offers more sophisticated sound processing and special features. In general, wearers opt for the top technology they can reasonably afford.

The key differences between tech levels mostly come down to background noise management.

Phonak Lumity 90

20 fine-tuning channels
9 automatic programs
Includes Speech Enhancer

Phonak Lumity 70

20 fine-tuning channels
8 automatic programs
Does not include Speech Enhancer

Phonak Lumity 50

16 fine-tuning channels
6 automatic programs
Does not include Speech Enhancer

Review Phonak's full feature matrix here.

"Bluetooth is FAR superior, I've never lost connection with my Galaxy S10, listening to podcasts on my morning walks and still hearing surrounding environmental sounds is awesome. Overall sound quality is amazing."

— Mel

"I can switch from listening to music to answering my phone and vice versa; all with a tap to the ear."

— Ken

"The software in them does all the work of adapting to changing sound environments."

— Doug

"Excellent sound quality, The blue tooth is very good never loses connection. The phone and text features are a big plus! The size is great very small most can not see them."

— Bryan

"When I am watching TV and I make an adjustment via my app to the sound settings, I will get a text message or any other notification on my phone and immediately the hearing aid moves away from the TV program so I have to go into the app again."

— Jason

"I hear individual words clearer and that means the world to me!"

— Mitch

"It's not a simple amplifier but a sophisticated machine. I'm still learning all the features."

— Charlie

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ZipHearing

Overview
Design Notes
Underlying Technology
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There’s a new hearing aid in town, and it will make you rethink what you know about hearing health design.

Today Phonak announced a new hearing aid design called Phonak Slim. The name quickly reveals what the leading hearing brand has in store.

Phonak Slim runs on the same technology as the flagship product Phonak Lumity but with a new streamlined design meant to challenge hearing aid design convention and leave more room behind your ears (big for anyone with glasses or oxygen).

Let’s Start with a Close Up on The Product Design

While most hearing aids look virtually the same on the right and left, Phonak Slim contours to the head with a 7-degree bend that hugs your head and ears on each side.

The unique design also gets a special charging case with a slightly contoured right and left charger.

Phonak Slim comes in four two-tone colors, including: Graphite/Black, Coppy/Black, Sandalwood/Black, and Silver/Black.

Phonak Slim also includes a low-profile pushbutton for easy volume and program updates. This sets Phonak Slim apart from Signia Styletto (the only comparable design), which does not have a button.

What’s underneath this sleek new exterior?

Phonak made a point to launch Phonak Slim under the same tech platform as their flagship product, Phonak Audéo Lumity.

Lumity was released in late 2022 with a focus on background noise management. Lumity helps cut through background noise in a few ways. The first is a new operating system (the brain of the hearing aid) called AutoSense OS 5.0.

This new automatic operating system uses machine learning and scans the environment 700 times per second for real-time adjustment. Those rapid adjustments mean the hearing aid can shift modes quickly when your environment gets louder.

Lumity also adds new special features focused on background noise, StereoZoom 2.0, and SpeechSensor. StereoZoom 2.0 enhances the sound of the person in front of you over the background noise; this leads to a better understanding of speech.

Phonak Slim inherits some of Lumity’s favorite connection features, such as tap-control, hands-free calling on Android and iPhone devices, and a more stable Bluetooth classic connection.

Phonak Slim hearing aids will access the same myPhonak app as other devices.

You can read more about Phonak Lumity here.

Where to Get Phonak Slim

Most audiologists in the U.S. now offer Lumity Slim. We do extensive research on available care options and recommend our top choices above.

Written by

Blake Cadwell

Reviewed by

Soundly Staff

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