Hello all:
I am using Phonak Hearing aids, and I wish to purchase airbods to listen to music in my free time, but i do not want to lose hearing to somethings that can happen while listening to music etc,
so, I heared that i can use my airbods as hearing aids, not all the time, but while using them, something to install on an Iphone or something, sorry can not explain will, but hope you can get my question,
Am asking before purchasing the Airbods 2nd generation,
Thanks in advance
By Ramy, 25 January, 2022
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I don't know if this is right
Would you mean Airpods pro? To my knowledge there's noise canceling capabilities you might be talking about. I have the airpods second generation using them now and I am not sure you can use them. don't quote me though because i don't have hearing aids.
Better off streaming directly through your hearing aids
Coming from a person who uses hearing aids on a daily basis myself my opinion is that you should do as the subject Lying suggests and stream through the hearing aids directly. Beside your hearing aids are specifically tailored to your hearing loss itself. The airPods would not be. I hope this makes some kind of sense to you, hoping you also have success in this.
not noise cancelation
Thanks so much for your reply, and no am not talking about noise cancelation at all.
It will not replace my hearing aids at all
@Irxan :
I know for sure that they will not replace my Hearing aids, but i Streeme to my Hearing aid through A Streemer, from Phonak, And I tern it to mono to here the GPS navigation and so on when am in a street, so, need something that makes me listen to music great and also, if someone tries speaking to me at the same time, i can tern off music and listen to him without Ware my Hearing aids in this time
Conversation boost on airpods pro
Conversation boost, using transparency mode is only available on airpods pro and none of the standard airpods. It boosts the frequency of dialogue and uses directional microphones to help understand who is directly in front of you. I don't have hearing loss, or no more than my age would allow for, and conversation boost is useful. I very much doubt it could act as a hearing aid though. There are settings to boost the volume, change the prominance of frequencies and add an audiogram, but they are not hearing aids. Maybe in the future airpods will gain that fine control, but unless your hearing loss is only moderate, I'd suggest sticking with purpose built products which, as far as I understand, can also function as ear buds through bluetooth.
Hope this helps.