Re: Hearing Aids and iPhone 6+

2015-02-08 Thread Jonathan Mosen
@googlegroups.com[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2015 9:15 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Hearing Aids and iPhone 6+ Hi Barry, I used a similar Phonak streamer

Re: Hearing Aids and iPhone 6+

2015-02-08 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Barry, I used a similar Phonak streamer product and rejected it for iPhone listening for the reasons you mention. Most hearing aids will also take a direct audio input cable which gets rid of these issues. As well as better latency and the audio from the iPhone being always on, a direct

RE: Hearing Aids and iPhone 6+

2015-02-08 Thread Tony
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2015 9:15 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Hearing Aids and iPhone 6+ Hi Barry, I used a similar Phonak streamer product and rejected it for iPhone listening for the reasons you mention. Most hearing aids

RE: Hearing Aids and iPhone 6+

2015-02-08 Thread Tony
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2015 10:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Hearing Aids and iPhone 6+ Hi Tony, that's a definite improvement. How are you finding latency, for example when you

Hearing Aids and iPhone 6+

2015-02-07 Thread Mauricio Molina
Hi All, I am attempting to assist an individual who has a profound hearing impairment as well as a visual impairment. Even with hearing aids, I must speak rather loudly to be heard by this individual. This individual is in their mid-eighties, on a limited income, and does not read Braille. I

Re: Hearing Aids and iPhone 6+

2015-02-07 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. Do the hearing aids have a telecoil an FM receiver, or direct audio input built in? If you or the person using them is not sure, ask the vendor, they are sure to know. If the aids do have a telecoil, which is the most common feature, or the rarer FM receiver, it may well be quite simple to

Re: Hearing Aids and iPhone 6+

2015-02-07 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi maricio, I'm presently working on a book that discusses challenges like this. It's complex because there are so many types of hearing aids and technologies one might choose. To give you an example of what is working for me after some upgrades to my hearing aid technology a couple of years

Re: Hearing Aids and iPhone 6+

2015-02-07 Thread Barry Abbott
Hi. I use the Oticon Ultra Pro Hearing Aids. And the Oticon Streamer remote control device that came as part of the package. It allows me to stream music, a book or Blind Square through my hearing Aids. It does sound somewhat like you are in a room with an echo. But if you are listening to a