If you're comparing the photos of the Audeo Infinio Ultra Sphere- Phonak's most powerful hearing aid to date-to the product's name, you're not crazy: It's not the slightest bit round. Rather, it's a traditional, teardrop-shaped, behind-the-ear hearing aid that takes its name from Phonak's new Spheric Speech Clarity 2.0 system, designed to enhance the understandability of conversations in noisy conditions, no matter what direction the voices are coming from.
The four environmental modes can be of some help here, but the best in my experience was the default Comfort mode, which "reduces the sharpness of high-frequency sounds and overall intensity, creating a more comfortable, balanced listening experience." The Atom X's Conversation mode was too sharp for much use, while the Crowd and TV modes didn't make a big impact in comparison to the Comfort mode.
The AirPods Pro (2nd Gen) tops ZDNET's best AirPods list because they offer impressive sound quality, immersive noise cancellation, all-day comfort, and a wireless charging case.