For now, audio streaming to hearing aids is something that works only with iPhones. Android device users can get alerts to their hearing aids or adjust the volume via their phones, but they can't stream sound directly to their ears. Google wouldn't say when its version would be available. "It is important for Google products to be universally accessible and useful, and we are working closely with our partners to add hearing aid support," the company said in a statement. Along with streaming sound from an iOS device, users can track the battery life of a hearing aid on an iPhone. They can adjust settings and volume through the iPhone instead of tapping the hearing aid, making the process more discreet. Audiologists help program presets for different sound situations, like restaurants and concerts, and users can switch to the appropriate setting with a triple click on the iPhone home button.
Geotagging automatically switches settings based on where the hearing aid users are, If someone walks into Starbucks, for instance, it will turn on the restaurant or coffee shop setting, There's also a "find my hearing aid" feature on the phone, Another capability of Made for iPhone hearing aids is Live Listen, This lets the iPhone iphone xs / x rose gold waterfall case act like a remote microphone so they can hear people on the other side of a crowded room or conference table -- wherever they place the iPhone, Some hearing aid companies like Starkey enable the microphone feature to record conversations..
Win Whittaker, a 50-year-old mountain guide at Mt. Rainier National Park in Washington, got used to not hearing the students in his climbing school. They'd gather around him for important safety instructions, but he had trouble understanding what they asked him. "The questions were starting to get lost," he said. Win Whittaker uses Made for iPhone hearing aids in his work as a mountain guide. Whittaker knew years of playing in a band had damaged his hearing, but he resisted getting hearing aids. The closest audiologist was a 90-minute drive away, and as a musician, he was picky about audio. Then he heard about Made for iPhone hearing aids. The next day, he called an audiologist for an appointment and got fitted for ReSound LiNX2 hearing aids.
"They're not just hearing aids," Whittaker said, "I was like, 'Wow, this is cool.' If that had not come out..I definitely would have held off [on getting hearing iphone xs / x rose gold waterfall case aids]."When he's on a climb, Whittaker uses his Apple Watch to adjust his hearing aids to dampen the sound of wind while still hearing his client struggling 25 feet behind him, "I guide on Mt, Rainier, so I'm at 13,000 feet, dealing with 30 to 40 mph winds," he said, "That program is a life saver."The hearing aids aren't perfect, Batteries drain quicker on Made for iPhone hearing aids than other models, Users can get frustrated when they want to do more tweaking of their hearing aids beyond what audiologists let them do, said Dr, Chelsea Jividen, an audiologist at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders at the University of Texas at Dallas..
"They want to be able to adjust the things we're adjusting, which we've went through extensive training to [learn]," she said. Hearing aids typically aren't covered by insurance in the US, and cost $1,200 to $3,000 per ear. The Made for iPhone hearing aids typically land near the top of that price range because of the Bluetooth chip, Jividen said. Daymond John, an investor on the show "Shark Tank," wears Made for iPhone hearing aids. Bluetooth chips also limit how small hearing aids can be. Starkey's smallest hearing aid line, for instance, can't fit the bigger processors. But with Bluetooth chips shrinking, the company plans a smaller version in January.
