How to Spy with your iPhone using AirPods or Hearing Aids

[@lauramaeda7214]

Love the live listen feature and my airpods pro. I’m being fitted soon but until then,i have used this feature when receiving directions or in person training. It helps a lot and since i have my audiogram in the health section of my iphone, the airpods are sufficiently loud enough to fill in the spots where otherwise i would be clueless. Sound quality is good also.

[@rachaelcookaud2695]

Wow, you are on top of it! Perfect use of Live Listen.

[@blakegriffin3372]

I love this feature. Great for when you are in situations where you are too far from the speaker at an event. You can use live listen and put your phone closer to the speaker and then sit further away.

[@rachaelcookaud2695]

Exactly! Perfect use of this feature.

[@1734245]

Hi. Since you presented this do you know if there's now available an android app that will accomplish this on an android phone (plus hearing aid)

[@Psalms144_1_2]

Hello, came across this video, do I need to have Iphone phone service to use this feature?

[@ElisabethOosthuizen]

The best ❤

[@arnecarlsson9740]

👏👏👏! Dr. Cliff will give you a raise and more paid time off, great job Rachel!

[@rachaelcookaud2695]

Thank you, Arne!

[@mmarjisr]

any chance you can use an app for the phonak

[@simongross3122]

Interesting, thank you. I found the settings for my ReSound hearing aids and Live Listen does work. The only problem is that if I am close enough to hear the sound anyway, I hear it twice, like an echo. Is there any way around this problem?

[@vikatextil]

Interesting! I will absolutly try this when I pick up my new Signia hearingaids next week.

[@rachaelcookaud2695]

Definitely do it! So helpful.

[@JoeDixon740]

Is there a shortcut to turn streaming on? I go to "Accessibility", then "Hearing Devices", Then "Connected", then turn streaming to left and right to the "on" position. I don't like to leave streaming on all the time, because I don't want to answer iPhone through hearing aids every time it rings. And it seems that Live Listen only works if streaming is turned on. Thanks.

[@deanball5065]

Can you use this with JBL earbuds?

[@williambanzhof9739]

EXCELLENT! Thanks for presenting. I'll try this the next time I go to a restruant and need to hear people at the table that are away from me. I'll put my iPhone at the opposite end of the table where I am sitting.

[@TheKurtLyon]

It’s great in our minivan on trips with our 5 kiddo’s. It can be a challenge hearing the kids in the 3rd row. With live listening I’m good to go 👍

[@rachaelcookaud2695]

I tell this to all my parents! I even saw that some cars are adding "intercom" systems now to help with this!

[@streamingsisters7652]

Next time begin with the brands of hearing aids it works with. Very disappointed it doesn't work with my Phonaks.

[@lancelotkamaka2563]

Several years ago, I got my madee for iPhone hearing aids, and really liked the live listen feature. The only problem is the latency can get really bad where people would sound like they're coming from a room with a lot of echo. It's annoying to say the least. I really wish this can be fixed.

[@peterspitz2385]

Thank you, Dr. Cook. People in the front set of a car almost never turn around when speaking to someone in the back. Of course, the driver cannot do this. They can hear me, since I'm speaking toward them, but I can't really hear them properly.. This is about to become my new favourite iPhone feature when I'm sitting in the back seat of the car. 🙂

[@christopherradford1320]

This is a feature I've been recommending since it came out, but only to those with a moderate loss in the low frequencies or greater where the client can also mute the microphones on their hearing aids. For lesser degrees of loss there are often latency issues due to the difference between the direct and indirect (streaming) sound path which result in poor audio quality and reduced intelligibility.

[@chrystalgail]

What EMF reading do they give out?

[@Fender5621]

I have an IPhone 8 and cannot find ANY setting you imply I need to use my IPods with my Iphone.

[@Youtubeuser10873]

Mine only had background noise and there’s no live listening feature?? Why is that

[@rachaelcookaud2695]

That is strange? Are you hearing aids Made for iPhone and paired up appropriately?

[@es0torok]

Android has a similar feature, but no Mfi required. It is the “Amplify Ambient sound” , under the hearing enhancements menu.

[@donwilson9086]

My sister has a iPhone 14. A week ago she was fitted with Phonak paradise I think it was. Number 90. She has a Apple Watch 8 and was trying to pair the watch to the hearing aids. I had her try to then try to pair through accessibility..that’s when I learned Phonak are not made to work with apple like many of the other brands that blue advantage insurance covers like onicon,starky. I think maybe even true hearing brand. I have the list. Her right hearing aid just sends the sound to her left ear as she can’t hear out of her right ear. The audiologist recommended Phonak. I need hearing aid but I would want a brand that Bluetooths through accessibility in settings on phone and use phone as a Roger device. I have no idea if the iPhone works anywhere near as good as the Roger accessories. Thanks enjoyed the video

[@jeremysellors1292]

Why don’t Apple’s AirPods amplify ambient sound and play the sound back through the very good speakers. Loud sounds are already blocked. Then I would not need hearing aids that cost the price of 4 IPhone’s?

[@nadiarose1847]

Hi guys, can someone tell me how to find out if someone installed hearing device at my house? Please !!!🙏

[@Sashazur]

The challenge is that you need to put your phone closer to the sound you want to hear, which means you can’t use it for anything else during that time.

[@rachaelcookaud2695]

Yes - this does require handing off your phone. :(

[@bonniekaczmarek1440]

So disappointed this won't work with my Phonak's. I tried this in the past with my AirPod pros and found the results disappointing.

[@SimonYoung-b1g]

Omg you took so long to get to the point

[@jackmoerman7245]

I just leave my partner mic in the room i want to listen to, like the banys crib. It workd great

[@jasonchavez8706]

Can anything shady happen if some wierdo gives u airpods as a gift????

[@vmobile890]

So called spy gear live listen easily done with hearing enhancer hunting hearing device or small cheap parabolic enhancer also hearing aids . Also many new home small wireless security cams .

[@valonholmes3133]

My neighbor used this feature to eavesdrop on me 😢

[@cubinn149]

Lol or could use dashcam app in background mode too as spy

[@kerrykrishna]

Ya know what? This is creepy as all get out. You talking about this like everyone does it, is beyond creepy. There is sure a word for what you are doing here.

[@liyonsmith8284]

You're not wrong, but done with consent it's a great feature. Also the non-consensual version of this is not that much creepier than someone setting the phone to record and then listening later

[@rachaelcookaud2695]

The intent of this video is to show how this can be used to help assist individuals with hearing loss.

[@squizitzithatsitalianforyu4782]

@@rachaelcookaud2695then what’s up with the title?

[@AuntieB-f2y]

This has been available for a few years ! My beautiful daughter was stalked , and murdered by a narcissist ,👿😈😈👺👹not all fun and games !💔💔💔shattered❤