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The Eargo SE offers a discreet invisible-in-ear design with excellent feedback handling, but struggles significantly with speech in noise and lacks music streaming capability.
- Excellent feedback handling4.6/5
- Invisible-in-ear design for discreet wear
- Tuned performance improves over initial fit
- Very low speech in noise performance0.2/5
- No music streaming capability0.0/5
- Premium price despite below-average sound scores
In initial fit testing with trumpet coupling and the manufacturer's proprietary default settings, the Eargo SE earned a normalized score of 2.4/5. Speech in quiet measured 1.3/5, while speech in noise scored below zero at -0.3/5, indicating minimal benefit in noisy environments out of the box. Feedback handling performed well at 4.6/5, and own voice comfort registered at 2.4/5. Music streaming scored 0.0/5. The initial fit results suggest users may experience limited speech benefit without further adjustment.
What is HearAdvisor's Initial Fit?
The Initial Fit approximates the most likely settings and eartips for a typical moderate hearing loss. Results are measured across the same 72 acoustic scenes in our custom-built lab, then scored on a 5-star scale using an auditory model.
Initial Fitting | Tuned Fitting | |
|---|---|---|
| Ear Coupling | Trumpet | Trumpet |
| Receiver | Integrated in device | Integrated in device |
| Fitting Formula | Proprietary manufacturer default | Proprietary manufacturer default |
| Listening Program | Restaurant | Restaurant |
| Volume Setting | Default following Sound Match. | 2 clicks above default. |
| Software Version | v4.8.0 | v6.6.0 |
| Tuning Adjustments | Sound Match performed resulting in Program 2 as default, Other settings and manufacturer defaults. | Other settings at manufacturer defaults. |
