Hearing Aids And Handsfree Comminication

I wear over the ear heariing aids and every headset I've tried causes feedback. Anyone who wears hearing aids knows how frustrating feedback can be. The speaker phone mode on my phone isn't loud enough for me. I'm not the kinda person that needs to chat but sometimes I have to leave a message with my DM or someone else within the company and can't take the return call when I'm driving. I then have to pull off to a safe location and try again to reach them. That can waste time. Well I found a device and wanted to share with others in case anyone else maybe has a similar issue. It's called the Jabra Tour. It's a bluetooth speaker phone that clips to your sun visor. Works fantastic and plenty loud enough and clear enough for both parties. I found it at the 49er in Sacramento. The only place I've seen it. $99.00. All the typical voice command functions.

Thank you for the info. I am supposed to wear hearing aids. The feedback as well as the unnatural sound has made me shy away from them. Fortunately turning all the volumes up to max still works for me. That coupled with learning to use someone's lip movements, facial expressions, as well as the context of the conversation helps me figure out which words were used.

Takes quite awhile to get used to them. I go nuts now when they break down. Hate having to go without them. Been reading lips as well my whole life. The worlds a really loud place. No wonder it's nuts.

Most digital aids now have volume suppression programmed for sounds that are too loud. I had to have it shut off because being around deisal motors would make them turn all the way down making them virtually useless.

I started off with ICs. I had ICs for years. I liked them, but the wax build up they caused was insane. I tried a half conch, but no better than the ICs and less comfortable. The last pair I got where the best. It had everything behind the ear except a thin wire that led to a speaker with a vented tip attached. They were comfortable and allowed natural sound to pass thru. They only enhanced sounds in certain frequency ranges and those below a certain decibel. Too bad my wife washed them. I need to go back to the VA and get another pair, but this job doesn't afford much in the way of time.

One thing I remember vividly is when I got my first pair in 2000. There were sounds I had forgotten about. I bet I looked like an idiot, but hearing some of those sounds again amazed me. It was the simple things. Like the sound of a zipper. I bet I played with the zipper on my coat for half a day. I couldn't get over how wonderful that sound was. Zippers stopped making noise years before that day.

Btw, my hearing loss was caused by weapons firing, explosions, turbine engine noise, etc... I only have moderate to severe hearing loss. Most of it is in the higher ranges. I do have loss within the "normal" ranges as well. But it is only of a moderate level. But as a bonus most of the most annoying sounds are/were high pitched noises. They no longer bother me, if I hear them at all.