Some cochlear implants have direct bluetooth support so an adapter isn’t necessary. You’d pair right with the electronics package.
I’m reading a good technical article about how these work. It would be trivial to build a lightning interface in to the existing electronics package that actually drives the implant. From what I’m reading magnets are used to send the signals and power the actual implanted part of the device. Since the encoding is well defined it would be easy also to build a custom interface to talk right to the implanted component. Any of these methods would be able to circumvent the need for an 8th inch or quarter inch jack and would let you connect directly. With all that said I don’t see what adding another very small adapter on the end of a jack makes one bit of difference. I use many different types of adapters all day. Whether it’s USB, thunderbolt, 8th inch, HDMI, thunderbolt to cdmi, ethernet, ATA, probably 20 kinds. 21 does not make a difference. Nor will it make an appreciable difference in cost. There’s no harm and everything to gain from thinner form factor, lower power, more flexibility of interfaces and you’ll still have your 3.5 inch jack so your phone would be backward compatible with 1950s technology. And if you want bluetooth added I’d do it for free for you. I started out life in the audio signal processing game as well as music recording and I still build gadgets all the time. Adding a digital interface or bluetooth to your existing hardware would be relatively easy. And David is a troll, Trollie mctrollerson. his responses were totally off base, unreasonable and so reactionary they were clearly for effect / hearing him self whine. There are sum, especially in the blind community who are so set in their ways that progress and everyone else be damned. They want their own little way or they want to stamp their feet, take their toys and go home. These are the same people who want their own way or nobody gets anything. Nope, I won’t apologize for calling him what he is and how he was acting. If you want to see a great well worded response that was constructive read anything that Sabahattin writes especially where he and are are on different sides. His points are well worded, well argued and many times he converts me to his opinions as a result. Just stamping your feet David style is trollish. BTW, your posts are also well presented and well received hence me being very civil with you. I respect well argued points and I can be convinced by well argued points. Whining not so much. > On Jun 30, 2016, at 4:40 PM, Vaughn Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > David, I think there are a few on this group who are deaf to your > needs. I, too, am deaf, and use bilateral cochlear implants. What > saddens me about the iPhone is that there is no built in function for > cochlear users -- instead we have to buy a clip to connect to the > iPhone. I personally use studio headphones with a 3.5 MM. That is why > I am not going to upgrade to the iPhone seven. Requiring users of > hearing aids to buy adapters is unfair as a whole. > And I think Scott should apologize to you for calling you a troll > simply because you voiced concerns. > Perhaps consider writing to Apple about this, and perhaps consider not > to upgrade until the product has been out for awhile to see how other > hearing impaired users handle it. > Vaughn > > > > On 6/30/16, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: >> Scott, exactly. A common lingua franca for networked speakers and a >> commitment for USB, HDMI and SPDIF would suit me, and I imagine a lot of >> people, down to the ground. >> >> We can start by looking at the UPnP forum, which show us by glowing example >> how not to do it. :) >> >> But they had the right idea. They were just carried away by their own >> hubris, and created a monster. Another industry-wide body could take up the >> challenge. It’s going to take some serious industry commitment, and I can’t >> see speaker manufacturers volunteering to open themselves up to direct >> competition without a good, solid reason to do it. I can only hope that the >> idea spreads, so people can start putting faith in good speakers again. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > Vaughn Brown > Berklee College of Music Graduate, Bachelor in Music, Drummer, educator > 504-202-8492 > http://www.vaughnbrown.net > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. 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