Thanks so much! Helps in the decision-making about the other microphone to
know this is not an option now. And, I will email Apple...Ann
Ann Walter
UserWorks, Inc.
Project User Experience Specialist
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On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Wayne Merritt <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello. I did get a response, but it may as well have been no response.
> I realize that any response from Apple Accessibility is worth noting,
> but they didn't really tell me anything I didn't already know. Since
> then though, I did hear of a news item on Twitter where Apple was
> working on automatic hearing aid detection for the iPhone. Perhaps
> this will be tied into Live Listen later this year when the new iPhone
> comes out. For now, below is what I got from Apple on Live Listen. As
> always, the more people that email Apple regarding Live Listen and its
> potential impact for those with hearing loss the better. Send those
> cards and letters to:
> [email protected]
>
> Regards,
> Wayne Merritt
>
> Hello,
>  Thank you for your email. We will pass this along to the appropriate
> people for their consideration.
> Please also be aware of this article.
> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4526
> In particular this passage…
> "Made for iPhone hearing aids
> Apple is working with top manufacturers to introduce Made for iPhone
> hearing aids that will deliver a power-efficient, high-quality digital
> audio experience (Requires iPhone 4S or later and iOS 6 or later).
> Made for iPhone hearing aids should be available from top hearing aid
> manufacturers starting in 2013."
> …
>
> Apple Accessibility
>
>
>
> On 3/13/13, AnnW <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Did you ever get a response from Apple? I was about to plop down $250 for
> > separate microphone, and then see Live Listen, but the triple click will
> > not work for me. I have turned live listen under "hearing aid" under
> > accessibility as well as triple click for "assistive touch" on (it was
> not
> > the other 3 options) on but it keeps saying "searching" under devices.
> I'd
> > appreciate any help. Thanks.
> >
> > On Friday, February 1, 2013 9:38:50 AM UTC-5, Wayne Merritt wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks for the replies. Even when turning on hearing aids, Live Listen
> >> did not show up in the list of triple click options. I've tried a
> >> couple of times. I will email the Accessibility Apple address and
> >> request that this be added.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Wayne
> >>
> >> On 1/31/13, David Chittenden <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
> >> > Live listen is announced when activating hearing aid button.
> >> Unfortunately,
> >> > I could not find a live listen option in triple-click even when I
> turned
> >> >
> >> > hearing aids on. Then again, I do not use hearing aids, so I could not
> >> > connect one. You might want to send a message to
> >> > [email protected]<javascript:>.
> >>
> >> >
> >> > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
> >> > Email: [email protected] <javascript:>
> >> > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
> >> > Sent from my iPhone
> >> >
> >> > On 01/02/2013, at 6:52, Woody Anna Dresner
> >> > <[email protected]<javascript:>>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi Wayne,
> >> >>
> >> >> I haven't heard of the feature, but I would suggest connecting the
> >> hearing
> >> >> aids, going to Settings/General/Accessibility, and choosing
> >> Triple-Click
> >> >> Home. Everything that can be turned on with Triple-click Home is
> listed
> >> >>
> >> >> there, so if LIsten Live is an option, I would think it would be
> there.
> >> >>
> >> >> You can select as many options from that list as you want. If you've
> >> >> selected more than one, you're asked, when you triple-click Home,
> which
> >> >>
> >> >> option to use.
> >> >>
> >> >> HTH,
> >> >> Anna
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Jan 31, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Wayne Merritt
> >> >> <[email protected]<javascript:>>
> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Greetings. I recently got new hearing aids with an external
> Bluetooth
> >> >>>
> >> >>> piece that I can use with my iPhone 5. I was looking in the
> >> >>> Accessibility settings and in the hearing section, there was a blurb
> >> >>> about Live Listen. When the home button is triple clicked, if your
> >> >>> aids are paired with the phone and the external Bluetooth piece, the
> >> >>> iPhone goes into a mode called Live Listen. Live Listen helps the
> >> >>> iPhone to act as another microphone to catch sound and send it to
> your
> >> >>>
> >> >>> hearing aids. My audiologist said that if it worked as advertised,
> >> >>> that it could save someone about $250 in expense for a similar piece
> >> >>> of equipment. I have tried triple clicking the home button to bring
> >> >>> this option up, but no matter if I turn the hearing aid button on or
> >> >>> off on the hearing aid options screen, my VoiceOver toggles on/off.
> I
> >> >>>
> >> >>> have VO set to triple click home, but I was thinking that a list of
> >> >>> options would come up to allow you to choose the Live Listen. has
> >> >>> anyone heard of this Live Listen feature? Does it work with
> VoiceOver,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> and/or is there another way I can turn it on? Not knowing much about
> >> >>> the feature, I thought it was always on the iPhone, but my
> audiologist
> >> >>>
> >> >>> said that it is not on her iPhone 4. Perhaps it was introduced in
> the
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 4S or the 5.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Kind regards,
> >> >>> Wayne Merritt
> >> >>>
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