[access-uk] Re: Aftershokz bone conduction headphones

  • From: "ANDY COLLINS" <Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:18:48 +0100

Hi Paul -

Just for further clarification, does the headband for the Aftershocks actually 
touch the front part of the ear, that bit nearest to the eye, as it goes up 
vertically, before going round the back of the head? -

Andy
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Warner 
  To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 6:03 PM
  Subject: [access-uk] Re: Aftershokz bone conduction headphones


  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 
      To: 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 when 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



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