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A dear friend of mine recently purchased Hearing aids from Specsavers (Advanced 72 R Premium). All of the advanced range are bluetooth compatible.
What surprised me is when hearing aid Bluetooth connects to Android phones using Bluetooth Low Energy audio and normally they only stream from phone to aids, but cannot stream from aids to phone i.e. if making a call, you still need phone nearby to pick up aid wearers voice.
The one exception to this are Phonak aids which use classic bluetooth and can work totally handsfree and can connect to pcs etc as well.
Well here is the thing - Specsavers own brand aids also do the same!
Specsavers do not actually manufacture aids but get them from from leading brand manufacturers.
The audiologist said they are actually supplied by Phonak (at much lower price) and I can confirm this indirectly, as the audiologist put an app on mobile phone made by Sonova - company that owns Phonak.
I am a wee bit jealous now as my aids only stream one eay from mobile and not from pcs but hey mine are "free" NHS aids.
I have a streamer that enables two way streaming though so not worth paying private just to be slightly more convenient.
What surprised me is when hearing aid Bluetooth connects to Android phones using Bluetooth Low Energy audio and normally they only stream from phone to aids, but cannot stream from aids to phone i.e. if making a call, you still need phone nearby to pick up aid wearers voice.
The one exception to this are Phonak aids which use classic bluetooth and can work totally handsfree and can connect to pcs etc as well.
Well here is the thing - Specsavers own brand aids also do the same!
Specsavers do not actually manufacture aids but get them from from leading brand manufacturers.
The audiologist said they are actually supplied by Phonak (at much lower price) and I can confirm this indirectly, as the audiologist put an app on mobile phone made by Sonova - company that owns Phonak.
I am a wee bit jealous now as my aids only stream one eay from mobile and not from pcs but hey mine are "free" NHS aids.
I have a streamer that enables two way streaming though so not worth paying private just to be slightly more convenient.
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