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cell phones,
personal computers,
HDTVs that are blue-tooth enabled.
Hearing aid
paired directly
to Cell Phone
Other Features of Hearing
Aid Connectivity
Can purchase a small remote mic that talker can wear,
which can send signal to a hearing aid streamer or
directly to the hearing aid
Especially helpful when one cant see talkers face (such
as when driving, in or are sitting in back of car)
Hear in Group
Hear TV
What Can One Expect From Hearing Aids
The consumer should expect the following:
Obtain benefit from hearing aids (the amount
depending on the degree of hearing loss)
If fit with hearing aids for first time, adjustment will take
time to become used to new hearing aids
an average of seven years before individuals
purchase hearing aids, thus, time to retrain the brain
Hearing aids will not restore hearing to normal but will
certainly help
Focus on how the hearing aids help and not on what
they cant do
Why are Two Hearing Aids Better
than One?
TV Listener with
neckloop
TV Listener with
speaker
Assistive Device Technology- contd