[nfb-db] Are you listening to music?

[Delcenia Brown]

Hi Gerardo,

I also do not like the earbud.  I personally do two different things. First, sometimes I use headphones. Yes, it can be a headache or a little bothersome to place headphones over hearing aids. However, that what I prefer sometimes and I do not care what it looks like. I would wear headphones when I am using my pocket talker which is another type of fm system. secondly, I have an Icon which I believe it is made by Phonics. This is my bluetooth. I wear it around my neck and it is paired with my IPhone and when I have a incoming call I push the button on the front of the ICon to answer the call. It all depends on your preference and  your hearing aid. Also, on the bottom of my Icon there is a opening for a two way cord to insert into anywhere headphones go so I can listen to my music or read a book. 


Delcenia
From: Janice Toothman via nfb-db 
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2014 7:17 PM
To: Sterling Shadowwolf ; NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List 
Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Are you listening to music?

Hi Gerardo,
I agree with Sterling.  I use an FM system that connects with my cell phone via Bluetooth and it is great.  There are several different major companies that produce FM systems.  I did not know that they also made one to interface with a CI, if I understood Sterling.    I use Phonak.  They call my "necklace" the Compilot.  I have never been able to use earbuds since I had my hearing loss.
Janicebud.

On 8/2/2014 5:45 PM, Sterling Shadowwolf via nfb-db wrote:

  Gerardo, 
  Personally speaking, I hate the earbuds. Because they draw unwanted attention to your ears and they look kinda odd. I wear both a CI and a digital hearing aid. And I use what's called a RogerLink Pen FM System. This looks like any other FM system and you wear it around your neck like a necklace. The system first needs to be parred to your iPhone via Bluetooth. In my case, the digital hearing aid's T-coil mode comes on automatically. Which means if I get an incoming call and I answer the phone call, the T-coil mode comes on automatically. For my CI, I have to use my remote to switch the mode into T-coil settings. The RogerLink Pen works on both my CI and hearing aid at the same time, which gives me optimum listening performance because I'm listening to the conversation with both ears, plus the background noises/commotion blocked out (isn't today's technology wonderful?). Depending on your hearing aid type or model, I would highly recommend the RogerLink Pen FM System. Talk to your audiologist about this device to determine if this works on your hearing aids. It does work well with the iPhone devices. 

  -Sterling



  On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Gerardo Corripio via nfb-db <nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:

    HI listers
    The subject line says it all; it's the question I've gotten when in the store or wherever I'm with my family, they ask. The reason is because as most of you on here, I wear hearing aids due to a 70% hearing loss; I've got an IPhone, and always have atop my hearing aids the earbuds for the hands free piece, in case I get a call, I only have to press the button on the hands free and away I anser! I have each earbud atop each hearing aid if you understand what I mean because my hearing aids are those that go behind the ear. So my question is, do I really look Martian by always having these earbuds atop my hearing aids? My Mom says I do, but my Dad says that nowadays everyone has earbuds on all the time, thus appreciate any ideas. If indeed it isn't well-seen to always have earbuds on, then what other ideas do you guys who wear hearing aids have to offer? What I'm wanting is when I get a call, not waste time getting the phone out of my pocket, have to put the phone up to my hearing aids to hear what the caller id info says etc, thus I thought that maybe with the earbuds on the aids, would be the solution? Thanks for ideas.

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