In the past wearing hearing aids has made it difficult to use various audio devices such as cell phones and Mp3 players to name a few.  However with today’s latest digital hearing aids combined with Bluetooth technology has changed the way hearing aid users stay connected. Sound is no longer only delivered as sound waves moving through air. No, today, hearing aid users can receive sound delivered directly to their hearing aids wirelessly from a variety of audio devices.

No more tangled mesh of wires. No more missing out. No more disconnected calls. With Bluetooth wireless technology and the right hearing aids, you stay plugged in even when you’re out of the office and on the road. The signal comes through loud and clear thanks to the latest advancements in digital hearing aid technology.

Hearing Aids and a Bluetooth Streamer

Bluetooth eliminates the need for wires, cables and other “hard connections” that were standard issue on hearing aids just a few years ago. Today, using wireless connectivity and the right ear gear, you’re plugged in all day – on the grid and in touch with business associates, family, friends, and listening to your favorite tunes – wirelessly thanks to the adaptation of Bluetooth wireless technology to hearing aids.

One example comes from leading hearing aid designer, Oticon – a company known by hearing professionals as a leader in innovative hearing solutions. Oticon didn’t just add wireless connectivity to its hearing aid lines, it created an entire line called Oticon ConnectLine – a system that allows Oticon hearing aids to connect with virtually any audio device – cell phones, IPods, PDAs and even TV broadcasts, enabling those of us with hearing loss to enjoy our favorite shows at sound levels that don’t hurt the ears of other viewers in the room.

Oticon‘s Bluetooth Streamer, the most important part of the ConnectLine, picks up wireless signals from an array of sources and delivers them directly to your hearing aids wirelessly. In effect, there’s seamless connectivity between the wireless world and your hearing aids. You stay plugged in anywhere. EVERYWHERE!

Hearing Aids that Hook You Up: Connectline from Oticon

Oticon ConnectLine Allows Wireless Connectivity

Full bore connectivity isn’t as easy as it sounds (pun intended). In fact, to create a device capable of translating various wireless signals from a variety of devices is a complex undertaking. Your cell phone, for example, employs one bandwidth while you’re TV or other wireless devices use different bandwidths so you don’t hear the TV through your cell phone and vice-versa.

To solve the connectivity problem so that their lines of hearing aids with Bluetooth provide wireless connectivity across a variety of wireless “platforms,” Oticon has developed a cutting edge technology called ConnectLine to enable hearing aid wearers to access wireless signals regardless of source and type.

The ConnectLine TV adapter, for example, hooks into the back of that brand-new HDTV you just bought and delivers crystal clear sound at levels that all members of the family can enjoy. The hearing aid wearer receives the TV’s audio signal direct into their hearing aids wirelessly and with a manual adjustment, can increase sound volume to a comfortable listening level that best suits his or her hearing loss – the extent of the hearing loss and the specific frequencies in which hearing is impaired. Others in the room? They listen to the TV at normal levels and are unaffected.

Benefit? Everyone is happy with the level of the TV and everyone can hear crystal clear sound.

The ConnectLine Telephone Adapter works with your landline telephone so you hear the person over the phone directly through your hearing aids resulting in clear sound without the worry of feedback. As soon as you are done with your call you can simply go back to normal listening with a simple push of a button.

Cell phones? Not a problem. Your Bluetooth enabled cell phone connects to the ConnectLine Streamer to deliver your calls directly to both of your hearing aids. Essentially your hearing aids turn into a hands free headset allowing you to hear excellent sound quality while maintain your driving ability.

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