No part of the ear is covered when using the AfterShokz phones. The circular speaker part of the phone makes contact with the side of your cheeck bones just in front of your ears. The speakers are at either end of a solid but thin flexible headband which travles up and over the ear and then down to the neck and back up again.
I am able to use conventional ear-bud phones at the same time without any problem. I do have an off-the-shelf hearing aid which sits entirely within the ear and this is also unaffected. I have a couple of single bluetooth earpieces with ear hooks which sit in place well when using the AfterShokz but I would have thought that 'behind the ear' units might clash with the AfterShomz headband. If you buy them online, you might be able to return them if they are no use to you when using the hearing aids.
Paul On 28/04/2013 17:20, ANDY COLLINS wrote:
Hi Paul -Do you use hearing aids? I'm a bit concerned now, as I have been told that although the speakers rest against the bone, in front of the ear, part of the headset goes over the ear. I use behind the ear aids, and am not sure how compatible the 2 will be together -Andy ----- Original Message ----- *From:* Paul Warner <mailto:paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> *To:* access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Sunday, April 28, 2013 4:02 PM *Subject:* [access-uk] Re: Aftershokz bone conduction headphones Hi Andy, I have found that the deficiencies in my own hearing at certain frequencies are not so evident whe/n I use the AfterShokz headphones. I think that one's perception of the frequency spectrum must be different when sound is perceived through bone conduction and, therefore, if you have any hearing loss due to factors concerning the outer ear and the first point of contact with the aural nerves, you might find that you can hear the relevant frequencies better with bone conduction. This is the case with me anyway. Paul / On 28/04/2013 14:54, ANDY COLLINS wrote:Hi all - Anybody on here using this kind of technology? ? As a hearing aids users, this sounds like a good option that will allow me to keep my hearing aids in, and use my iPhone for book reading, and route navigation. Any feedback/experiences and opinions would be welcomed. Thanks - Andy-- Paul Warner VICT Consultancy Software development and assistivetechnology training www.vict-consultancy.co.uk Sales of vTurbo and vMouse for NVDA trigger donations by our sponsor to NV Access
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