Is This the Best Kept Secret to Hearing GREAT in Difficult Settings?

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@tedd8055 7 ай бұрын

My sweet Lord! This describes my hearing perfectly. I was fitted with the Oticon OPN S hearing aids 4 years ago. While this opened up a whole new world for me, because everything was muffled before the fitting, I still struggle with clarity. I still find myself watching peoples' mouths when they are talking to me. At first, I thought it might be out of habit. But as time went on I realized that clarity was the issue.

@TK-zc5wu 7 ай бұрын

same heree and still use subtitles on tv even with bluetooth app

@ruthdallas6125 7 ай бұрын

What is hard for me to understand is even after several adjustments I can't hear women's voices well. Sometimes in perfectly quiet rooms a person will speak looking away from me or at least not directly as me and I miss enough words that I have to guess what was said. This is even worse in a group. I have standard moderate hearing loss - nothing unusual yet my Rexton hearing aids just make motors, fans, running water, footsteps loud but I don't notice any improvement in hearing women's voices. I hear everything else just fine. asking people to speak up or speak clearly only results in people shouting at me for a few minutes and then going back to the quiet speech I can't hear, and these are very kind thoughtfull women. I thought hearing aides were made to improve this most common problem not just make everything louder. The direction button, the noise party button etc make little or no difference. I'm discouraged.

@vxinos 7 ай бұрын

I wayched this TED talk a few months ago and shared it on social media and loved this talk. Its so challenging to try to explain the struggles but she did an amazing job explaining ths difficulties

@debmussallem3892 7 ай бұрын

This was a good topic! My MIL was fitted for a hearing aid from Costco. She liked it a lot but she still had issues hearing the TV and large group settings. So we decided to get her a Roger neck loop. during the process we learned that her hearing aid did not have a tcoil. We called Costco about this and they were very nice about it and allowed her to upgrade her hearing aid to a tcoil free if charge. It was maybe a year old.

@lotsamoxie 7 ай бұрын

This helped me SO much in understanding the limits of my hearing aids… as well as sending me off to explore assistive technology. Thanks!

@lauramaeda7214 7 ай бұрын

Great topic. Oregon has a Loop Oregon Committee. Although it’s a bit of a drive to go to the meeting in person (around a three hour drive each way), i do receive their meeting minutes every month. Juliëtte Sterkens and Wynne Wyman, through the Great Lakes ADA Center, will be hosting the above webinar about ADA interpretation and what’s happening with publicly accessible sites on July 18 online. I made sure i had a telecoil option was available in every hearing aids i trialed before i made my purchase. The meeting minutes keep me updated as to the locations that have hearing loops and updates on news of hearing loops. The Hearing Loss Association has a webpage to join in the efforts to loop America. This is a great TED talk and worth watching.

@brianerock 7 ай бұрын

Great elaboration of what the TEDxTALK is about. Never realized about telecoils.

@Zombie-sl1dl 7 ай бұрын

You can also use your telecoil with FM systems. But you'll need to borrow a receiver and neckloop. No direct connection like a hearing loop.

@randallgoff3689 7 ай бұрын

Also I looked up the TED talk and listened to the whole thing,, I liked your editing and commentary. Much better !

@DavidandMonicaCraig1960 7 ай бұрын

If everyone elocuted (spoke properly with full lip and tongue action, not like a lazy half sozzled teenager) we would barely need hearing aids, at least for one on one conversations! That is true consideration. Well SAID, Juliette AND Rachael! David

@MarkJohnson-ht8wd 7 ай бұрын

True however many people are ESL and the accents can make clarity difficult. Also those darned masks made lip reading impossible.

@DavidandMonicaCraig1960 7 ай бұрын

@@MarkJohnson-ht8wd Thanks, Mark, for your comment. However, both speakers, were indeed ESL (English second language), one American (far from the King's English,old chap?), the other excellent lady sounded German or Dutch by her surname. I purposely shut my eyes, so as not to lip read, but their speech was still excellently clear, perhaps due to working with their hearing impaired clients? I expect that their clarity would still be audible even wearing a mask? My point stands strong, Mark, they are simply not lazy mutterers? Modern schools do not teach kids to say "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plane". ESL? No many other ESL speakers shame native Engish speakers (with many unintelligible accents). I can speak broad Manchester, if you like? But with clarity, like Juliette and Rachel, God bless"em. and you Mark!

@MarkJohnson-ht8wd 7 ай бұрын

@@DavidandMonicaCraig1960 Elocution. A wonderful skill that is no longer taught here in the states. I so enjoy the voice of Lucy Worsley, despite her troubles with R's. Also, my longtime companion is practically deaf and she is my in house authority on hearing aids. I often wonder what my voice sounds like to her. She is a terrific lip reader. When we were all masked up she was struggling and would ask people to lower their masks for her. Not all were willing to do that. Thanks for the blessings and from me to you, blessings too!

@ruthrodriguez5765 7 ай бұрын

As a kinder teacher, I always face my students when speaking, articulate words as clearly as possible , and project my voice using my diaphragm. Now, I find this strategy useful with my husband (in hearing loss denial) and my 88-year-old mom.

@redhatpat9387 7 ай бұрын

@@DavidandMonicaCraig1960 "Plain," sir, not "plane." 😉😇

@fblua 7 ай бұрын

I am planning to add two asimetric cloclear implants. The asimetry is based on the axial between left and right timpanist centres of each. The asimetry is trans over horizontal plane. We believe this will improve 30% less hearing capacity 4.3 to 5.1 kHz. Wish me luck.

@randallgoff3689 7 ай бұрын

I find using air pod pros with my Iphone as a listening device when driving a car, sitting in a restaurant, etc. Very helpfull, while I save money for a trip to your clinic 😂

@windsurfertx1 7 ай бұрын

Thx for the info. I and others have a problem I don’t think has been addressed. Musicians that play fretted stringed instruments hear a buzzing at certain frequencies or notes. At first I thought I needed a fret job on my banjo but asked others in my group. Nope you do not have any string buzzing on the frets. I have heard recently on the mandolin cafe website that they have same thing with their instruments. I have hearing aids with an additional microphone in the ear canal. Costco Jabro. I will ask them next time I go in. It’s so bad I have to remove my hearing aids.

@randallgoff3689 7 ай бұрын

Amazing! I live in Wisconsin but did not catch that Dr name. And I like concerts and church services in cathedrals, where I hear non of the words. Thank you!!!

@jeffthompson2433 6 ай бұрын

I specifically added a t-coil to my hearing and have yet find a venue with the system. My church has a FM system and my phone has a FM Tuner App that works well. There is a slight difference in live and broadcast so i have to mute the hearing aids mike to prevent echo. My TV has Bluetooth that works ok but mutes the speakers. Plug in Bluetooth transmitters lack volume control and can be too loud. The tv has a Bluetooth speaker plus internal speaker setting but doesn't have sperate volume control. I have not found a true fm tuner app for an iPhone.

@MrTennc 7 ай бұрын

If one has an iPhone, the Live Listen function is also very effective in a noisy restaurant. Simply turn on LL and place the phone close to the person you want to hear. The phone's microphone is directional so point that toward the person of interest. The phone will Bluetooth the sound to your HAs. Try not to spill iced tea on your phone.

@frankkocher8159 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for this information.

@Shri_V 7 ай бұрын

Question - is it possible for an audiologist to disable telecoil inside a hearing aid through software if the wearer feels they don't need it or if it interferes too much?

@juliettesterkens721 7 ай бұрын

Yes! It’s also the reason advocates recommend ordering as many options on hearing aids (including a telecoil) at the time of the consult. Telecoils in behind-the-ear instruments do NOT add to the cost and that way it can be activated by the provider at any time.

@Shri_V 7 ай бұрын

@@juliettesterkens721 Interesting. The hearing aid providers my cousin has seen over the years have all said they couldn't disable telecoil (on the older phonak virto Q50 (ITE)) and same for the phonak audeo P50 RICs. The could only reduce the sensitivity.

@rndem2674 7 ай бұрын

Are there any TV’s that broadcast to intelecoil?

@DrCliffAuD 7 ай бұрын

Technically you can install a hearing loop and use your telecoil to listen to TV. Our waiting room tv plays through a hearing loop.

@jrstf 7 ай бұрын

That would be technically very difficult to get a small TV coil to be magnetically coupled to someone many feet away. That's why telecoil equipped rooms have the coil running around the outside of the room, a very large coil. However bluetooth is easily accomplished from a TV to a suitably equipped hearing aid.

@rndem2674 7 ай бұрын

The problem with most TV’s if one person uses Bluetooth the TV sound is muted for anyone that wants to listen through the speakers

@jrstf 7 ай бұрын

@@rndem2674 - So with all those menu options they couldn't manage to give the user full control of where to send the sound. Some TVs might have audio outputs, to a headphone or to a receiver, that don't mute the TV but then they'd probably be at full volume regardless of TV volume setting. Audio output can be fed to an external bluetooth transmitter.

@effisols 7 ай бұрын

@@rndem2674 If you use a soundbar, you can put the soundbar on the optical output of the TV, and put the bluetooth transmitter on the headphone outlet (so nobody is hearing the TV speakers). This is what I do on the two main TV's in our house. You need a bluetooth transmitter with very low delay, otherwise the person using bluetooth will hear the two signals out of sync. But if it is working right, the bluetooth person can get the high frequencies via bluetooth and the low frequencies via the soundbar, the best of both worlds.

@clear4156 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the information. Your viewers need to be aware that all the hearing aid providers on the Hearing Up Providers list do not follow best practices. I drove 1 1/2 hours to one provider and 2 1/2 hours to another and neither one followed best practices. Both are listed on the Hearing Up Providers list. I'm still trying to decide what provider to go to.

@samgates2059 7 ай бұрын

I'm still looking for something like Phonak's Roger mic that can be connected to an audio source and send decent sounding bluetooth to my hearing aids.

@kaal_tech_ 7 ай бұрын

Doctor I am 14 years old boy , and facing hearing loss since 2 two years in my right ear . I used to take ear drop but I am afraid that I am going to lose my hearing ability that I don't want . So please tell what can be my hearing loss causes and can it be treated fine when I go to doctor. I know I am too late to go to doctor, it just because when I was 12 my father thought that it is not that much issue and that time I was just a kid please 🥺 reply doctor.

@mohanraavi-hj6lm 7 ай бұрын

Bro, all ENT doctors issued time pass videos.human birth to till to date the scientists are not interested and focus seriously research on Sensorial hearing loss. it's sadly .iam also suffering from Sensorial hearing loss.I hate hearing aids.

@torinsall 7 ай бұрын

Have always had telecoils in HAs, activated by audiologist, BUT never able to use it bcs the VENUES didn't have the technology. At this point, would rather venues just install bluetooth, so I can just pair to it with my BT hearing aids. Have used hockeypucks for home tv hookups but hated the cumbersome hockeypuck. Now have Roger One and while tinny soundimg it has helped in group meatimgs and at restaurants. Also now have BT hookup with tv, which is great EXCEPT wish it could be set to pair on demand instead of automatically.

@anniesmith2 7 ай бұрын

I just checked and there are only 179 venues in Canada with this technology. It is fairly expensive …..there is 1 church listed in our area that has it. 150,000 prople maybe more now. Not popular yet..

@johnphamlore8073 7 ай бұрын

Oticon has headquarters in Denmark, is one of the top-of-the line hearing aid makers. It's Oticon Own with In-the-Ear Full Shell costs maybe $8000 USD for a pair, and you can get Bluetooth streaming with that. And you can get a telecoil. But it says right on its web page that it's an either choice. And do you really think any audiologist in the US isn't going to try to upsell customers to this top-of-the-line hearing aid if they can? Why not try and get another brand of hearing aid, well, it's the Oticon that has its neuronet programmed filtering and is well known for being a good choice for high frequency hearing loss.

@DrCliffAuD 7 ай бұрын

Not all Oticon Own hearing aids cost $8,000. You can get low-cost hearing aids with both Bluetooth and Telecoil. Where are you getting your info from?

@AmyCraig-to4li 5 ай бұрын

Loop systems are limited, as it’s only as good as how far you’re sitting away from the telecoil strip -the strip is always around the perimeter of the room. So…be sure to sit close to the wall!!

@jrstf 7 ай бұрын

I've thus far resisted getting a hearing aid because in my very limited experience the typical audiologist has zero understanding of what their product does and I don't want to use something that I don't understand. I thought I'd learn something here, like the best kept secret, but all I heard was rehash of technology that has been unchanged for 60 years (telecoil).

@Cutest1TheGame 7 ай бұрын

I just paid for my first set of hearing aids AND my audiologist did not tell me that Telecoils even exist. Hearing about it now for the first time. They were expensive, too, these hearing aids and I can’t take them back.

@juliettesterkens721 7 ай бұрын

Contact me and I will try to help you.

@JenniferBatten1 7 ай бұрын

Hearing loops are great for speech, but from a musicians perspective while on stage, it causes horrendous interference with our audio.

@lancelotkamaka2563 7 ай бұрын

I totally agree with this. As a musician, even assistive listening devvices are not great for music. So have you found a way to resolve this issue? I would really love to know.

@JenniferBatten1 7 ай бұрын

@@lancelotkamaka2563 I meant interference with our audio equipment, not our hearing. We have to turn the loop off in order to eliminate the noise in our amplified systems. That's how I even know what a loop is. Enjoyed your video.

@lancelotkamaka2563 7 ай бұрын

Ah, I get it. I can't wait till the new bluetoothLE audio becomes more widely available. This will make hearing loops a thing of the past with the promise of better sound quality.

@roydonkin9452 7 ай бұрын

There was a loop in a church where I played in the band. My bass with single coil pickups acted as a receiver for the system, sending the sound through my amp and causing a feedback loop. I switched to a bass with humbucking pickups and the problem disappeared.

@4Lights.5Liights 7 ай бұрын

Telecoil is dead technology. Not one in Oklahoma is installed.

@jorgequiroz881 7 ай бұрын

As always-- there is a danger in generalizations. Example conductive hearing losses. Maybe she ought to say, sensoneural for example

@dianeroome972 7 ай бұрын

Your constant interruptions are rude to the Ted speaker and your audience. Yes, you may have credit. I enjoy learning about my hearing deficits and tools for improving my hearing from Dr Cliff.

@DrCliffAuD 7 ай бұрын

The point of these reaction videos is to interrupt the initial video to provide insight. In fact, Dr. Sterkens thought it was great, & even reached out personally to thank Dr. Rachael for making this video. She didn't find it rude at all. 🤔