Yeasound RIC800 助听器评测：音质出色，但 App 体验欠佳

While the bulk of innovation in the over-the-counter hearing aid market revolves around more modern in-ear models, a new brand called Yeasound is proving there’s still some life left in the traditional behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aid space. The company is relatively new, but it’s actually a subsidiary of Yealink, a Chinese telecom producer that’s been making headsets and phone hardware for 25 years.

尽管目前非处方（OTC）助听器市场的创新大多集中在更现代的入耳式模型上，但一个名为 Yeasound 的新品牌证明了传统的耳背式（BTE）助听器领域依然充满活力。该公司虽然相对较新，但实际上是亿联网络（Yealink）的子公司，后者是一家生产耳机和电话硬件已有 25 年历史的中国电信设备制造商。

Yeasound’s BTE hearing aids currently come in two versions. I tested the higher-end RIC800 model, which includes AI-powered noise reduction, an automatic speech-focusing system, and support for Android in addition to iOS. (The RIC700 is Apple-compatible only.)

Yeasound 的耳背式助听器目前有两个版本。我测试了更高端的 RIC800 型号，它具备人工智能降噪、自动语音聚焦系统，并支持 Android 和 iOS 系统。（RIC700 仅支持苹果设备。）

The units otherwise look identical and even weigh the same; I measured a single unit at 2.76 grams, which is only slightly heavier than some of my favorite BTE hearing aids, like the Jabra Enhance Select 700. Physical controls are limited to two buttons on the back side of each unit. These are mainly used to control volume (independently for each ear) but can also be used to interact with phone calls via a streaming connection.

这两款设备外观完全相同，重量也一样；我测量单只重量为 2.76 克，仅比我最喜欢的一些耳背式助听器（如 Jabra Enhance Select 700）稍重一点。物理控制仅限于每只设备背面的两个按钮。它们主要用于调节音量（左右耳独立调节），也可用于通过流媒体连接接听电话。

The first stop for most users will be the iYeasound mobile app, which offers a simplified home screen that puts all the essentials front and center. The in-app hearing test sets a baseline for how frequencies are adjusted. I rather enjoyed Yeasound’s hearing test, which is quite expedited in comparison to others on the market. While the test works the same way, delivering pings of various frequencies and volume to each ear, it eschews lengthy and unnecessary pauses between each test, so you can finish the entire test in about five minutes instead of 10 or more.

对于大多数用户来说，第一步是使用 iYeasound 移动应用程序，它提供了一个简化的主屏幕，将所有核心功能放在了显眼位置。应用内的听力测试为频率调节设定了基准。我非常喜欢 Yeasound 的听力测试，与市场上其他产品相比，它非常快捷。虽然测试原理相同，即向每只耳朵发送不同频率和音量的声音，但它省去了测试之间冗长且不必要的停顿，因此你可以在大约五分钟内完成整个测试，而不是通常所需的 10 分钟或更久。

The results are plotted on a traditional audiogram for posterity; my results were slightly more aggressive than my canonical audiogram suggests, but they were close enough for an OTC product and an informal, in-home test. Unfortunately, if you already have an audiogram in hand, it can’t be imported, and Yeasound’s testing results can’t be manually edited aside from taking another test.

测试结果会绘制在传统的听力图上以供保存；我的测试结果比我标准的听力图略显激进，但对于一款 OTC 产品和非正式的居家测试来说，已经足够接近了。遗憾的是，如果你手头已经有听力图，它无法导入，且 Yeasound 的测试结果除了重新测试外，无法手动编辑。

The main screen of the app offers five environmental modes: Adaptive, General, Noisy, Music, and Outdoors, all largely self-explanatory. Volume controls for each ear appear below the mode selector. You won’t find any noise cancellation options here, though. For those you need to drill into the Sound Setting system, which is unique for each of the five modes except Adaptive. Here you can roughly adjust low, mid, and high frequencies (though nothing more refined than that), opt for one of three noise reduction levels, and choose between using an all-around microphone, a forward-facing mode, and an even tighter focus mode.

应用程序的主屏幕提供了五种环境模式：自适应、通用、嘈杂、音乐和户外，功能一目了然。每只耳朵的音量控制位于模式选择器下方。不过，你在这里找不到任何降噪选项。若要调节降噪，需要进入“声音设置”系统，除了“自适应”模式外，其他四种模式的设置都是独立的。在这里，你可以粗略地调节低、中、高频（没有更精细的调节），选择三个降噪等级之一，并选择使用全向麦克风、前向模式或更窄的聚焦模式。

The Adaptive mode is where the RIC800’s AI features come into play, and if you enable it you forgo all of the additional controls mentioned above, with volume the only modification offered. This sounds liberating, but I preferred using the General mode much of the time, with my own fine-tuning proving more effective than the algorithm’s, especially after pushing noise cancellation to its maximum level. This mode had a little less hiss—a noticeable problem in the Adaptive mode when the volume level creeps up—and it felt less boomy, especially when testing with closed ear tips.

“自适应”模式是 RIC800 AI 功能发挥作用的地方，如果你启用它，将放弃上述所有额外控制选项，仅能调节音量。这听起来很自由，但我大部分时间更喜欢使用“通用”模式，因为我自己的微调比算法更有效，尤其是在将降噪调至最高级别后。这种模式下的底噪较小（在自适应模式下，当音量调高时，底噪是一个明显的问题），而且听感不那么沉闷，特别是在使用封闭式耳塞测试时。

On the whole, I found the units’ audio assistance to be effective if imperfect. Mid-level frequencies often felt a little muddy and muffled, a problem that extended to a lesser degree to lower-frequency tones. Noise cancellation was surprisingly good, however, and the units can be pushed to very loud levels without introducing significant distortion.

总的来说，我认为该设备的音频辅助功能虽然不完美，但很有效。中频听起来往往有些浑浊和发闷，这种问题在低频音调中也有所体现，但程度较轻。不过，降噪效果出奇地好，而且即使将音量调得很大，也不会产生明显的失真。

Yeasound’s hearing aids can of course be used for Bluetooth streaming and phone calls, and they performed admirably on this front. Music over typical BTE hearing aids is often tinny to the point of being unlistenable, but Yeasound has equipped the RIC800 with a surprisingly solid bass response that overcomes these issues. Note that Auracast is also supported should you come across a compatible Bluetooth broadcasting source.

Yeasound 助听器当然可以用于蓝牙流媒体播放和通话，在这方面的表现令人赞叹。通过典型的耳背式助听器听音乐通常会有刺耳的金属音，甚至无法入耳，但 Yeasound 为 RIC800 配备了出色的低音响应，克服了这些问题。值得注意的是，如果你遇到兼容的蓝牙广播源，它还支持 Auracast 技术。

I was surprised by how generally comfortable the Yeasound RIC800 hearing aids were, even over lengthy wearing sessions. That said, the units are not without some challenges that can be frustrating, even infuriating, at times. My major complaint involves the iYeasound app experience. While easy to use, it is prone to disconnecting from the hearing aids when removing them from your ears—and sometimes simply at random. In many of these cases, the hearing aids would still work, but the app wouldn’t interact with them until I turned Bluetooth off and on again and force-quit the iYeasound app.

令我惊讶的是，Yeasound RIC800 助听器在长时间佩戴时非常舒适。话虽如此，该设备并非没有挑战，有时甚至会让人感到沮丧，甚至愤怒。我最大的不满在于 iYeasound 的应用体验。虽然易于使用，但它在从耳朵上取下助听器时很容易断开连接，有时甚至会随机断连。在许多情况下，助听器本身仍能工作，但 App 无法与其交互，直到我关闭并重新开启蓝牙，并强制退出 iYeasound 应用。

Yeasound also overstated its battery life by a large margin, claiming 31 hours of running time on a charge. My testing however maxed out at 18 hours (with a mix of hearing enhancement and Bluetooth streaming), which, while still plenty for all-day use, is a considerable downgrade from the spec.

Yeasound 还大幅夸大了其电池续航能力，声称单次充电可运行 31 小时。然而，我的测试结果最高仅为 18 小时（混合使用听力增强和蓝牙流媒体），虽然这对于全天使用来说仍然足够，但与规格说明相比有相当大的缩水。