Bose - Hearphones Conversation-Enhancing Headphones - Black

I have little to no high frequency hearing ability. I have trouble hearing dialogue at movie theaters, television at home and sorting out conversations at noisy restaurants. I have tried behind the ear and in the ear hearing aids in the past and either found they were uncomfortable or just didn’t work well. I choose the Bose Hearphones as a last resort. In short, the best decision I’ve made to restore my hearing in the aforementioned situations. In the movie theater, I not only hear every word but it sounds as if I’m listening to my own private high fidelity movie track. At home, I would normally have the tv volume up to 30+ and the rest of my family would complain. They wanted the volume set around 14. With the Bose Hearphones I now can hear perfectly even at a volume below 14. The app is incredible and allows you to personalize every environment. The background noise in crowded restaurants actually disappears to a level which allows me to hear table discussions. Not only would I recommend this product but I actually did that earlier to to an old friend of mine. One more feature that I love is that when I leave the situation where I need hearing support I can easily take the buds out my ear and they just drop over my shoulders until I need them again. Quick charging and long lasting charge is fantastic. Please try these. You can thank me later. AND no I don’t work nor am paid by Bose :) but I do love their products!

It is hard to imagine any better noise cancellation or isolation for the wearer. And the directional microphone feature is magical, quite frankly. I tested these while at the airport where there was a family with a large number of small children behind me and a guy flirting with a couple of women in front of me. When I activated maximum noise cancellation everything was pretty quiet and muffled. When I started mixing in all the sounds around me I was astonished at the additional clarity these headphones added - and it was very noisy where I was sitting. Even more impressive was when I activated the setting to ignore voices behind me. In this mode the conversation of those in front of me we clear, and I couldn’t hear the family behind me anymore. And when I activated the very focused mode, I could hear the responses of the women, but could barely hear the guy’s questions. Magical (with eye rolls). When my wife called, she could literally hear everything and there was not a thing I could do about it. Bose says if you want to isolate your voice for callers you need a boom mic. I do agree that a boom mic is best; however, this product kinda makes that answer sound flippant. Why couldn’t Bose figure out where your mouth is with the multitude of knowledge it has and isolate the sound from it, while subduing the sound from elsewhere? I’m sure there’s a reason, but I’ll just say that it is for this reason that I am still considering whether to return these. I spend quite a bit of time on the phone and having a set of cans pick up so much of the background noise in my environment that I cannot hear, and that is amplified to my callers, is NOT acceptable. While on the plane and in the air, I thought I’d experiment with my QC35 (1st gen). I put them on in noise cancelling mode over the HearPhones and it made not a bit of difference. I was expecting it to be a little bit quieter but I couldn’t tell if it was. So I removed the HearPhones and put on the QC35 set and found that the HearPhones were much quieter, so away with the QC35 - they are now my backup to HearPhones. It was also nice I could bleed in a little of the plane noise when I needed to hear announcements, without having to unplug the HearPhones.

I have used the hear phones for about two weeks. I think I will have a better idea after more time. Pros: I can hear conversation in noisy environments somewhat better. The ability to focus my hearing to the people in front of me seems to be an important feature. rBattery life is good enough and charging is fairly quick. I really enjoy listening to music from my phone now, very good stereo separation. They are much cheaper than the hearing aids have tried, although I don’t know that sounds are as natural. Cons: None of the earbuds are a very good fit. If I hold the earbuds in my ear the sound is clearer. By themselves the air buds don’t seem to connect with the ear canal well. It seems to only grossly adjust treble and bass frequencies. I will continue to look for a set with more frequency flexibility. Sound is not “natural“ seeming, although after a while I stop noticing that. Adjusting sounds with the buttons is difficult so far, the buttons are small. The power connection in the headset seems flimsy: I expect the cover to pull off and worry about bending the USB connection when I plug in the cable. We will see about this part. Overall I’m happy with that purchase

I have been avoiding people right and left since I broke my hearing aids and cannot afford new ones at $6000 per pair. So, I bought a set of Bose Hearphones and have been so happy. I can now hear people when they are speaking to me without having to ask everybody to repeat things a thousand times. The only thing I can say negative about them is the right ear bud doesn't fit perfectly like the left. But, it really doesn't bother me all that much. I am just happy to be finally hearing people and can once again join in conversations. Thank you Bose for this great product!!

I tried another similar product but had poor results with it. The hearphones work well asn give methe ability to hear people where there's noise in the background and I normally have trouble hearing conversations. I was able to get for a bit less than normal due to a sale and some BB credits I had. $500 for these is a bit much however. But still cheaper than hearing aids.

My 87-year-old mother in law lives with us. Her hearing has been failing for years. She refuses to spend $5000 on hearing aids. In an effort to give her a better quality of life, I Purchased these Bose. What a gift! After tweaking the earbuds on myself, I put them in her ears. Wonderful! She was able to hear normal conversation between my wife and me. The following day I took her out for a walk and she was able to hear birds and vehicles! My wife and I took mom to the movies and she was able to enjoy the sound! The set up was very easy. Bose even has videos to help changing the earpieces and adjusting the surroundsound settings. When dealing with the elderly it does take a little time to fine-tune this. For us it was highly worth it! And it was 1/10 of the price of hearing aids. I would highly recommend this.

These are a really nice set of Bluetooth headphones, everything you’d expect from Bose. They are also as good of a hearing aid as I’ve ever tried, though my experience there is limited. The only knocks I have are that the app seems to disconnect from the phone often, not a big deal, and the battery doesn’t last 20 hours. It lasts throughout the workday though, and that makes it so I don’t have to say “what?” 100 times/day any more.

Purchased these after I lost one of my $3,600 hearing aids. These are better!! And way cheaper!! I love that I can control my settings for various environments myself. They are very comfortable. I love that I can recharge hem and not have to buy batteries. They are clearer and I can understand everything anyone is saying. I love that when I answer a phone call I can talk through them. It is Bluetooth so I can use it with various devices. I have nothing negative to say after wearing them for almost a month. Love them and will never buy another ridiculously priced set of hearing aids again!! They stay charged all day while I'm at work. Had no problems going dead. I can't thank Bose enough for making these!! I LOVE them!!!