TV Bluetooth sender - hearing aids

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lxsw20

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#299418 5-Sep-2022 23:13

My Dad is having problems hearing the TV. He has his hearing aids hooked up to his iPhone and can listen to music/make calls through them so I assume they have some sort of Bluetooth link.

Has anyone tried something like this before: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/mobile-phones/accessories/cables/listing/3756866955 or do you have to buy the special hearing aid TV adaptors the likes of Oticon make?

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#2963758 6-Sep-2022 00:11

I would suggest checking out the specs of your fathers hearing aid and see if it’s supports the aptx audio codec and if it does find a transmitter that also supports it. Low latency audio so there’s no delay between the mouth moving and what he hears. I got caught out by this with the first Bluetooth transmitter I bought and it fully ruined the experience.

They can still be picked up cheapish, I paid 40-50~ a few years back. I am using it with headphones though.

Can get you the model of the one I’m using in the morning

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#2963773 6-Sep-2022 07:08

You need a specific and expensive hearing aid tv streamer device that is compatible with the hearing aids, unfortunately.

The hearing aids use a special BTLE Bluetooth low energy protocol. Almost all iPhones and many recent android phones support it but generic BT devices do not. Built in for iPhones but requires an app for android. I could never get android to work and iPhone works beautifully which led me to switch to iPhone.

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#2963802 6-Sep-2022 09:24

Thanks Johno, I've told him to enquire when he next goes in to buy batteries. It doesn't surprise me its a special standard - as you say they are not a cheap device!