[Athen] MFI hearing aids

[Doug Hayman]

Thanks Deborah,

I'm going to suggest those to my dad.  His hearing aids are about $6k a
pair.  These are about $1600/pair at Costco and could be used with his
iPad, if I understand correctly.

Doug Hayman

On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 11:48 AM Deborah Armstrong <
armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu> wrote:


> In case your hearing aid students don’t know this, the MFI (made for

> iPHONE) hearing aids are truly awesome.

>

>

>

> Over Xmas I purchased the KS8 hearing aids from Costco and not only do

> they pair with my phone, but I can control them with my phone. I have

> garden-variety age-related hearing loss and these are my first aids.

>

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>

> Under settings-general-accessibility-hearing-MFI hearing devices, I tap on

> my aids and there is a whole screen full of settings. I can adjust the

> volume, the program and the mic pattern for the right and left

> independently. I can check the battery status. And I can turn on “live

> listen” which lets the iPHONE mic act as a remote mic.

>

>

>

> Apparently this is true for all the MFI hearing aids. Plus any calls, or

> items I stream with the phone can be heard through the aids.

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>

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> Voiceover, of course can be heard through the aids, and you can set it so

> that audio from the phone comes only through one ear so you can continue to

> hear other stuff with the other ear.

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> Depending on what is set up by the audiologist, multiple programs can be

> turned on using the phone. Though hearing aid manufacturers have their own

> apps, with current iOS versions, the apps are mostly unnecessary. I have

> found it particularly useful to have iOS act as a poor man’s assistive

> listening device, since my hearing loss is still mild.

>

>

>

> MFI is a low-energy  bluetooth protocol that is specific to Apple; it’s

> different and far more efficient than the headset or the A2DP protocol that

> other audio devices use. In my house, it seems to work up to about forty

> feet, unlike the other audio protocols which die at around 33 feet. It’s

> nice to be able to wander around doing housework and not have to turn the

> TV up loud.

>

>

>

> --Debee

>

>

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