Originally Posted by
Ken Fitzgerald
My situation is slightly different from Mike's. I have "Bluetooth" in both my CI and HA but it's a "proprietary" Bluetooth that requires a neck coil device to be worn. Normal Bluetooth communicates to the neck coil device (ComPilot) and it converts to the proprietary Bluetooth which talks with my HA and CI. With that neck coil device in mind, I have a "base station device" that can plug into my television or stereo and communicates with the neck coil device so my hearing of television audio is greatly improved. I can plug that same base station device into my stereo with greatly resulting in greatly improved stereo music hearing!
My cell phone using regular Bluetooth connects to the neck coil device (ComPilot) so my ability to hear on the telephone or recorded music on the telephone is greatly improved.
The hearing my right ear is so bad, profound deafness, that I have to wear a behind the ear HA with a ear mold.
I agree with Mike, get a HA with Bluetooth capabilities as it can result in dramatic improvements for several devices!
Ken, Advanced Bionics Naida CI with Phonak Naida UP Link up aid?
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