Can I suggest an alternative view. I have hearing which is worse than moderate but just in the severe hearing impairment range. This means I have to use 2 hearing aids. I tried the Bluetooth connection route but I would never use this again. This is for a number of reasons. I should explain that I receive my hearing aids from the NHS free in the UK and bought the Bluetooth adaptors privately. In totoal I invested about £450 for the Com Pilot Bluetooth kit which was supposed to connect to my iPhone and TV and also offer a remote mic facility. Firstly in my case at least the sound quality was pretty dreadful and nothing like what you could expect would get from a good earphones / headphones. Secondlly there was a real time lag between the Bluetooth equipment and equipment and what was emerging in the real world. This was less of an issue for the phone but made for example using the equipment with the TV part of the adaptation completely impractical as there was a weird echoing affect. In reality it was only possible to listen to the TV with the main sound turned off, that is by yourself. It was impossible to listen with someone else. The microphone part never even worked as it should but I did not pursue this as I was getting fed up with the system generally. Back to the phone and I found the Bluetooth use of taking sound through my hearing aids pretty isolating as it inhibited my hearing of ambient sound. If I was sitting in an armchair this was OK but if I was trying to listen to an audio book whilst for example doing the washing up I did not want all other sounds knocked out. Woerst of all though is the way that you are tied in to these systems by hearing aid manaufacturers. Fairly soon after I purchased this kit my hearing aids needed repair. The result was that I now have new hearing aids which are actually better but overnight all the Com Pilot kit became obsolete as it only works with a single set of hearing aids and will not interface with my new aids. So the investment was a complete waste of money. The better news is that the iPhone SE has, unlike many Android phones, a good volume level by default. This means that in practice I can do the following. Firstly set up hearing aid compatibility in Accessibility Settings. I believe this makes the problem of interference with digital aids less likely. Then essentially I use noermal headphones / earphones / speakders as the situation requires. Inside I normally decide to remove one hearing aid, play the phone at maximum volume with one ear using only the earphone / headphone in one ear and positioning the other earphone / headphone over the aid I continue to wear. This gives a combination of volume /sound quality which whilst not perfect is in my experience at least, vastly superior to any Bluetooth / loop conductid signal transmitted directly through my hearing aids. It is not ideal but I do at least get some ambient sound feedback through my remaining aid in my ear. Depending on situation I may wear both aids with over the earphones atop both aids. Incidentally if I am disappointed with Bluetooth conveyed sounds this palls into insignificance when compared to the dreadful quality of loop conducted sounds. You need to experiment with a the earphones / headphones which work best. Personally I find the over ear folding headphones provide a good solution for providing volume and positional capability to prevent getting problems of feedback with the headphone against the hearing aid. With the earphone route I find I can simply lodge the earphone not in my ear alongside the hering aid I am wearing, trapped between my aid and head. With the other earphone in my ear I get enough volume to cope. A bargain solution which I personally find works well is the JVC Gumy earphones and also JVC folding over ear headphones which provide excellent volume. Whilst these are cheap and cheerful options I have found over the years they massively outperform much more expensive options. However avoid the JVC ear buds with remote microphones as for some reason they will only provide about 50% of needed volume and are impractical from a hearing aid person to use. Bone conducting earphones will, according to my Audiology Centre, be useless for me as I have virtually no hearing through this route so outside if I need to use GPS I simply connect a clip on speaker. I cannot recommend highly enough the Amazon Basics Waterproof Shockproof Bluetooth Mini Speaker. It could have been designed for a deaf blind person. Despite its name I actually use it, clipped onto my rucksack. Simply with a 3.5mm jack which i can simply plug into my SE phone headphone jack as desired if I am out and about and I need to use Blind Square. Anyway just my experience. David Griffith My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ My Blind hammer Blog https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts
From: Michael Busboom Sent: 04 May 2018 09:59 To: 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Using Hearing aids with Iphone, anyone has experience? Dear Ramy, As promised, here is the reply I received from my friend. Unfortunately, since I myself do not use hearing aids, I cannot speculate on how helpful this information may be to you. At any rate, good luck! Mike My friend writes: "I feel the best way to use a hearing aid with an iPhone is to have Bluetooth capability in the hearing aids as I do. Unfortunately a hearing aid with Bluetooth built into it or included in a device hung around the neck is the most effective way to use an iPhone (I have an iPhone 6) and a hearing device (mine is made by Phonak. It's a small device that is attached to a lanyard and communicates with both the right and left Phonak hearing aids as well as the iPhone. Be advised I paid $6,000 for the two hearing aids and the Bluetooth device around my neck two years ago. The newest Phonak hearing aid has eliminated the device around the neck. Now there is a small device that plugs into the hearing aid itself. Maybe your friend can find a close-out sale on the hearing aids and Bluetooth device. Sorry I can't be more helpful.“ O > On 02.05.2018, at 14:41, Ramy Moustafa <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks so much Mike. > waiting your reply > > >> On May 2, 2018, at 12:14 PM, Michael Busboom <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello Ramy Moustafa >> , >> >> Although I myself do not have a hearing impairment, I have a blind friend >> who is severely hearing impaired and uses hearing aids with his iPhone all >> the time. Since I am not qualified to answer your question, I will forward >> your query to him and will ask him for his input and forward his response to >> you. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Mike >> >> >> >>> On 02.05.2018, at 10:03, Ramy Moustafa <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello all my Friends: >>> I have some hearing loss since 2012, and i was using the Widex Menu3, but >>> as am working as a musician, i must have a better aid that can help me >>> listen to music in an profissional way. >>> so, i went to an audio clinic, and they recommend the widex Beyond 110. >>> first of all, does anyone have any experience in using any hearing aid with >>> Iphone? >>> I know that apple made a special place for hearing aids. but am asking >>> specially here about the beyond model. >>> i tried it from 2 days, and i noticed that with VOice over it some times >>> cuts the voice, is it regular? >>> sorry for my subject but hope that i can find help here or at least know >>> what can i do. >>> here, we dont’ have any medical insurance plan, so, i will buy the Aids >>> from my bocket, and i don’t want to through my money on air. >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any help >>> >>> -- >>> 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. 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