I have borderline severe hearing loss. Personally I have found that your best
option to use small over the ear normal earphones, then you can position them
by or on your aids to get reasonable sound whilst avoiding getting feedback.
Personally the JVC folding on ear earphones work for me and are available from
Sainsburys if you ever shop there.
Sometimes I just take one hearing aid out, and if using in ear earphones I
place one in my ear and lodge the other earphone between my remaining aid and
my head by my ear. This method only works if the device is loud enough for me
to hear like this.
Talking from my own experience using induction and Bluetooth connectivity
whilst it is clearly possible works gives absolutely tinny and rubbish sound in
terms of both volume and the quality of the sound. This may b a function of my
NHS Digital hearing aids but I have used hearing aids for over 50 years and I
have never ever found a good quality induction sound device that would persuade
me it would be pleasurable to use with music for example. This is why I
utterly oppose the Action on Hearing loss campaign to make devices so quiet
through earphones that they become unusable for deaf people.
David Griffith
My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog
http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/
My Blind hammer Blog
https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts
From: Michael Cassidy
Sent: 16 November 2017 11:37
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Flash Drive Players
Hi all,
As a new hearing-aid user, how does one manage with hearing-aids and
headphones, or do you have to buy special induction devices?
Thanks for any help,
Mike
On 15 Nov 2017, at 10:13, David Griffith <daj.griffith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think we all hav different solutions to this.
The two main portable devices I use are my iPhone and the Victor Reader Stream.
If using my phone For RNIB and Calibre Books I always use voicedream Reader. I
also use Voicedream on Android but to a lesser extent.
Basically if you have iCloud Manager on Windows getting the books into
Voicedream is a breeze. Simply copy your Flash drive contents onto your PC.
Make a zip file of this and call it the name of your book.
Now copy this file to your iCloud Drive where there is a folder called reader,
and in there is a folder called Loader. Anything you copy here will show up
magically in your Voicedream Reader Library on your phone. I have a shortcut to
this folder on my desktop so getting a book onto my phone is literally a click
and a control V away.
I should say that you need to enable iCloud Sync in Voicedream Settings for
this to work.
Using the Victor Reader Stream you simply copy the book into the VROtherBooks
folder on your SD Card.
In terms of hearing if I am to use the Stream I personally run the mp3 files
through the free Mp3Gain utility where I increase the DB up to 100 from the
normall default which will be about 89 or 90 in my experience.
This makes the books much louder and easier for me to hear on the Stream.
On the iPhone under Accessibility there are settings to make the phone play
more nicely with digital hearing aids.
David Griffith
My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog
http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/
My Blind hammer Blog
https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts
From: roger south
Sent: 15 November 2017 08:52
To: BCAB Discussion List; access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Flash Drive Players
Please forgive the cross post. I get most of my books from RNIB and Calibre on
flash drives which I play on my PTX1. But when I go on holiday I use something
smaller and more portable. Unfortunately its on the verge of dying and a
replacement is not in sight. The King’s Audio Sonic is a brilliant piece of kit
but it is not hearing aid compatible so of no use to me. I’ve trawled the web
and phoned likely supplier and got no-where. Can anyone help me please
Many thanks Roger
