Phonak Slim L90 Hearing Aids Review

Introducing the Phonak Slim L90 hearing aids

Launching in May 2023, Phonak Slim hearing aids incorporate a new modern sleek look and include the advanced Lumity technology platform. The Slim L90 hearing aids are at the premium technology level, which means you will benefit from the full feature set of this hearing aid range.

The Phonak Slim L90 hearing aids have an ergonomic casing that is designed to fit naturally and sit comfortably behind your ear. This is why these hearing aids are a good choice if you wear glasses or a mask and for a comfortable fit all day long.

The Slim design follows the fashion hearing aid market trend first seen with Signia’s 2018 Styletto hearing aid launch. Phonak Slim L90 hearing aids are a great example of a device that is designed to be seen, breaking the mould of how hearing aids should look.

What are the main features of the Phonak Slim L90 hearing aids and how will they make a difference?

SmartSpeech Technology
This comprises a selection of features that Phonak’s AutoSense OS 5.0 automatically adapts depending on your environment and hearing needs. Each feature is created to support better speech understanding or reduce listening effort in various listening environments – even the most challenging ones.

With Phonak Slim L90 hearing aids, you can also enhance your speech understanding with Roger On – a microphone that provides stereo sound and understands and recognises where sounds are coming from.

How can this help you? This makes your conversations clear, especially in environments where the background noise changes often, such as bars and busy restaurants.

SpeechSensor
This is an algorithm that pinpoints the direction of the main speech signal giving you an increase of 15% in speech understanding and an 11% reduction in listening effort.

StereoZoom 2.0
This feature adapts the strength of focus as the level of the surrounding background noise increases. This ultimately gives you a 2.5 dB better signal-to-noise ratio. For the full feature set of the Lumity platform, read our Phonak Audeo Lumity L90 product page here or read our Phonak Slim hearing aid review

Phonak Slim L90 hearing aid’s other features at a glance:

• Unique left and right design
• Improved speech understanding
• Universal connectivity
• Rechargeable model
• 20 Fine tunning channels
• Comfort in echo
• Speech in car
• Speech in loud noise
• Music
• Speech in 360°
• Speech enhancer
• Dynamic noise cancellation
• EchoBlock
• Tap Control
• SoundRelax

Phonak Slim L90 hearing aid’s colours, Bluetooth connectivity, charging capabilities and technology levels
The Phonak Slim L90 hearing aids come in four different colour options, including the same audiology technology as the Phonak Lumity and use lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. These batteries are said to last all day with only three hours of charge in Phonak’s portable charging case. Please remember this will all depend on your streaming usage.

Phonak Slim hearing aids come in only the top two technology levels offered by Phonak, which are this one (the premium L90), and the advanced L70 performance. There is also no telecoil feature in this hearing aid range.

Like the Lumity hearing aid platform, Phonak Slim L90 hearing aids offer advanced Bluetooth which can be paired with up to eight devices within your home and two can be active at the same time. Making the switch between your favourite Bluetooth devices easier and more convenient.

Health data tracking features with Phonak Slim L90 hearing aids
When using the myPhonak app you can access health data tracking features, first seen in Phonak Audeo Fit, with Phonak Slim L90 hearing aids which support your overall well-being and hearing health. This includes steps, activity levels, goals set by yourself and wearing time in your most common listening environments.

Our thoughts on Phonak Slim L90 hearing aids
The Phonak Slim hearing aids combine modern design, appealing to those who are looking for an aesthetically pleasing hearing solution, with innovative proven technology and connectivity that loyal Phonak customers love.

Therefore, Slim offers a personable and enhanced sound experience as well as boosting the wearer’s confidence and catering to a wide range of candidates’ specifications, lifestyles and hearing needs.

Overall, we like how this hearing aid has the potential to change perceptions and attitudes towards both hearing aids and hearing loss. However, even though Slim is a great hearing solution to consider, we would always recommend putting your unique hearing needs and which device would be the best fit at the forefront of your hearing aid search.

Talk to an audiologist about the pros, cons and features versus benefits of the Phonak Slim hearing aids and how they can help you and your hearing loss.