Anyone with profound loss use a mobile??

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I am struggling to find a solution without spending lots of money to be able to use the phone.

Anyone else with a profound loss use a mobile and if so how???

T Coil is rubbish for me.

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My phone I use text and it has a TTY setting that I use for relay. I am thinking most new phones are TTY in the settings and it may be set for both TTY and voice (if you speak).
 
I use my ComPilot and the phone's bluetooth. Though my "better" ear probably does all the "hearing". I think it's more in the severe range rather than the profound range. I'm going for my yearly hearing test in a couple of weeks as I can't tell if my "bad" ear has gotten worse or if the HA is not working properly.
 
Have you tried getting your audiologist to make a phone specific program if your HA supports it? sometimes that can help a lot
 
LoveBlue - Hope your hearing hasn't got worse. Good Luck!

My Audi has tried a phone program but no joys there.

I have tried a ComPilot but again no joys.

I've got an iPhone with TTY setting but I want to be able to face time my family as they all have iPhones. I would mostly lipread but having some sound would be good.

RoseRodent mentioned a Bluetooth thing that I could put my dai input leads in to it but again the volume is rubbish.

USA have this hear buddy dai handsfree kit. Although fragile, I think this would work for me as I can hear music with dai leads and maximum volume.

Just have to work out how to get one as I'm in the UK.
Have a lot of family in USA due to parents originally being from USA so could get it sent there and then they send it to me. Finger crossed.
 
yeah, i recently upgraded to a driod phone. the phone works so well with my t-coil. But i was always able to use cell phones since i had one.
 
bbaseballboy123 said:
yeah, i recently upgraded to a driod phone. the phone works so well with my t-coil. But i was always able to use cell phones since i had one.
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You also aren't profoundly deaf with your implant on. ;) Profoundly deaf hearing aid users are a long ways from where you are when you put your processor on.

It's a good thing (for you.)
 
NaidaUP said:
RoseRodent mentioned a Bluetooth thing that I could put my dai input leads in to it but again the volume is rubbish.
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Remember that usually each time you make a new Bluetooth connection it resets the volume to the middle. Does that every time I get in my car, no idea why. Is that program maxed out on your hearing aids?
 
NaidaUP said:
I am struggling to find a solution without spending lots of money to be able to use the phone.

Anyone else with a profound loss use a mobile and if so how???

T Coil is rubbish for me.

:)
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I barely talk on the phone at all, but my sidekick 4G has AIM for relay and Hamilton CapTel installed. Also, my phonak aid has an FM transmitter so I can hear the IPOD which would also work with the phone instead of using T-Coil, although, it is very expensive.
 
RoseRodent said:
Remember that usually each time you make a new Bluetooth connection it resets the volume to the middle. Does that every time I get in my car, no idea why. Is that program maxed out on your hearing aids?
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Do you mean the fm programme? That's the one that works with my direct input leads. I did not find it resets the volume but I don't touch the volume. I leave it in the middle as when I find I turn it up, it's distorts a lot. My left aid is maxed out on all programmes and my right aid has a little room left.
 
Been so dumb!

Can't believe that I didn't realise.

The fm system that work are paying for and have ordered, has Bluetooth in it and I can use it with my phone.

I can also listen to music with it as well.

Do you think it's as good as direct input leads??
 
NaidaUP said:
Can't believe that I didn't realise.

The fm system that work are paying for and have ordered, has Bluetooth in it and I can use it with my phone.

I can also listen to music with it as well.

Do you think it's as good as direct input leads??
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Technically? No, it is not. Realistically? You can't tell the difference and neither can the average person with normal hearing. So the answer for you is: Yes, it's as good as direct input.

I should add that for a while I had a negative perception of Bluetooth audio. The hands-free bluetooth in my car sounds like crap (to everyone regardless of hearing) and a stereo bluetooth solution I had also sounded like crap. You could easily tell the audio was degraded. It turned out to be a bad pairing. I deleted the pairing information and re-paired. The audio turned out to be flawless, much to my surprise. So keep that in mind if it isn't sounding good for you. A properly working stereo bluetooth connection should be indiscernible to you from a DAI.
 
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