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The whole point of hearing aids is to be easily forgotten and to last a day without the need to charge. I'm quite sure that with a good computer, profesionnal m

by boudin 7y ago

The whole point of hearing aids is to be easily forgotten and to last a day without the need to charge. I'm quite sure that with a good computer, profesionnal microphones and some good headphones with a jack you'll have a better solution with lower latency than an iphone and airpods, but that misses the point of hearing aids

hombre_fatal 7y ago
My father doesn't even use his $1000+ hearing aids because he says they just amplify everything and don't help. If Airpods + an iPhone on the table can help him out, like making table conversation more accessible, that would be a big deal. I'll have to look into it. The point of Airpods + iPhone here is that they are still highly portable, people today already carry both around just for fun. Your desktop PC + mic setup is not.
- jjeaff 7y ago
  That's not the way high end hearing aids are supposed to work, at all. You can buy $20 off the shelf hearing aids that just amplify everything. Although $1,000 is not quite what high end hearing aids usually go for. I usually see prices closer to $3000+.
vegardx 7y ago
The whole point of hearing aids is to hear better. That they last a few days on a single battery or charge is a nice addition. And probably, a a whole sleuth of gear and cables can probably provide better quality, but it's not something you can easily bring with you to a cafe. Or use, because it would be a mess to set up when you need it. When I say low latency I mean truly low latency. It's at the level where your brain easily tunes it out. Comparable to using cables. Remember, transmitting data over RF can be very low latency, it's typically the pre-processing that adds latency and whatever protocol overhead you have. It seems like Apple has done some great work to get pre-processing and protocol overhead down to a minimum. And you also have hearing aids that can be connected to iPhones and use the Live Listen. I just wish someone would provide an audio loop bridge for those that are stuck with older variants, as hearing aids are tuned to the frequency range of the person that needs them. AirPods, not so much.
baby 7y ago
> The whole point of hearing aids is to be easily forgotten and to last a day without the need to charge I thought the whole point of a watch was that you didn't need to charge it for months and it would tell you the time in exchange. Now people seem to be OK with charging their watches once a day.

by boudin 7y ago

hombre_fatal 7y ago

My father doesn't even use his $1000+ hearing aids because he says they just amplify everything and don't help. If Airpods + an iPhone on the table can help him out, like making table conversation more accessible, that would be a big deal. I'll have to look into it. The point of Airpods + iPhone here is that they are still highly portable, people today already carry both around just for fun. Your desktop PC + mic setup is not.

jjeaff 7y ago
That's not the way high end hearing aids are supposed to work, at all. You can buy $20 off the shelf hearing aids that just amplify everything. Although $1,000 is not quite what high end hearing aids usually go for. I usually see prices closer to $3000+.

vegardx 7y ago

The whole point of hearing aids is to hear better. That they last a few days on a single battery or charge is a nice addition. And probably, a a whole sleuth of gear and cables can probably provide better quality, but it's not something you can easily bring with you to a cafe. Or use, because it would be a mess to set up when you need it. When I say low latency I mean truly low latency. It's at the level where your brain easily tunes it out. Comparable to using cables. Remember, transmitting data over RF can be very low latency, it's typically the pre-processing that adds latency and whatever protocol overhead you have. It seems like Apple has done some great work to get pre-processing and protocol overhead down to a minimum. And you also have hearing aids that can be connected to iPhones and use the Live Listen. I just wish someone would provide an audio loop bridge for those that are stuck with older variants, as hearing aids are tuned to the frequency range of the person that needs them. AirPods, not so much.

baby 7y ago

> The whole point of hearing aids is to be easily forgotten and to last a day without the need to charge I thought the whole point of a watch was that you didn't need to charge it for months and it would tell you the time in exchange. Now people seem to be OK with charging their watches once a day.