“I am deaf in one ear and wear a BAHA HEARING DEVICE CAN YOU USE THESE WITH THE HEAD SET?”
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Background Explanation: People who use a bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA) have sound transmitted from the hearing aid anchored to the bone behind their ear directly to the bones of the skull, stimulating the inner ear on both the left and right sides simultaneously. They bypass the air conduction of the outer ear, and the mechanical conduction of the middle ear. Bone anchored hearing aids are never in the ear canals. If the person who uses the BAHA has normal ear canals, then the headset should fit comfortably in their ears allowing them to wear the device. It seems like you are interested in the product because you have been experiencing some difficulty hearing conversation in noisy environments. I've never used the product before, but I know it was not designed with a BAHA wearer in mind. Because the headset rests IN the canals, the volume would have to be turned up very high on the side of your BAHA for it to be able to pick up anything, and I'm not sure if the volume can go that high or not. You would have to try it out. If you are asking if the device can connect to your BAHA via Bluetooth, then I think you would have to test that out, too, but in my experience with Bluetooth technology I doubt it would work for you, and here is why: 1) Assuming your BAHA can connect to devices wirelessly via Bluetooth, when your BAHA pairs with another device like your phone, it probably switches its normal microphone INPUT off and takes INPUT only from the other device. This is great for noise cancellation when you are on the phone, but it sounds like what you are looking for is noise suppression when the speaker is in front of you in a noisy room. 2) Although I have never used the device before, the description makes it seems like it does the same thing as your BAHA: turns off its microphone when it connects to another device and uses INPUT from that device only. It continues to send OUTPUT only to the earphones. 3) Therefore, unfortunately, I suspect that if you got the devices to connect in their standard modes, microphones on both devices would switch off and you would hear nothing. Now, if the headphones have another mode, in which the microphone stays on, and the headphones send OUTPUT wirelessly to a Bluetooth speaker such as you have in your BAHA...well then that might work really well for you, giving you a filtered signal making it easier to hear conversation in noise (which I can imagine can be rather hard to do when your brain is receiving all auditory inputs from a single ear, complicated by having inputs from both sides of your head funneled into the same ear). You may need to consult with your audiologist to see if they have a solution for this. They may be able to program your BAHA with a setting that can enhance the signal to noise ratio you get from your BAHA, or prescribe a BAHA that has this feature. I hope you can find a product that will do what you want it to! Maybe this product could be modified, either by providing a different sort of speaker output that would communicate with your BAHA, or a better Bluetooth connection, or a different program on your BAHA, or a BAHA with better noise suppression built in. If those options fail, there is auditory rehabilitation therapy that you can get to train your brain to improve its ability to pick out the conversation signal from the noise.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.These are in place of , not added to any other hearing aid. I use these while my hearing aids are charging.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If a person is totally deaf in one ear and has normal hearing in the other, this would not help. Hearphones come with a smartphone app that allows you to customize the amplitude between the ears. You can adjust the balance between the two ears or just turn one off. if a person is partially deaf in one ear and slightly deaf in the other the balance can be adjusted to suit the situation. The sound can be adjusted for focused, front or surround. This is a big help for situations like watching TV, noisy restaurants or conversation. The sound is very good, even for music. My recommendation would be to buy one. Make sure you can return it if you're not satisfied and give it a try. The ability to hear is precious.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hello, there. Thank you for your question. The Hearphones Conversation-Enhancing Headphones are designed as in-ear headphones, and would not fit inside your ear if you are currently using a hearing aid. As another customer mentioned, you can adjust the balance of the earphones to work specifically in your other ear (if you are using the hearing aid in one ear). We would recommend trying out the Hearphones in a Bose Store if possible. Stores can be found using our locator tool here: https://bose.life/2tqTgjg. Thank you again, and have a great day! Jesse - Bose Support
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