by Neil Bauman, Ph.D.
June 18, 2009
What will they think up next? Did you ever want to change the settings on your hearing aids, but felt embarrassed, and didn’t want to be obvious about it? That is where a remote control comes in handy. I loved to be able to do this with the remote that came with my old Widex Quattros. I could change programs, adjust the volume, or turn on or off the T- coils or microphones, even if the remote was in my pocket. No one had a clue that I was doing that.
Now Starkey Labs, the makers of Starkey hearing aids has come up with these features, but with a new twist. Their new “S” Series hearing aids have a cool feature built in called T² technology.
With T² technology, your cell phone can double as a remote control. T² technology allows you to use your cell phone (or any touch-tone phone for that matter) to conveniently switch memory settings, adjust the volume, or mute your “S” Series hearing aids.
If controlling your hearing aids via remote control is something you always wanted, and you are “married” to your cell phone, maybe the new Starkey “S” series is something you might want to investigate.
[Note: the S-series are now obsolete, superseded by newer lines of Starkey aids with even better features.]
Controlling your hearing aids with your cell phone is awesome. I wonder If they will come up with a iphone app for that! I sure hope so…However I bought hearing aids from http://www.hearsource.com They don’t have the cell phone app yet, but they have developed proprietary technology that allows you to program your hearing aids with your own PC. I have been programming my hearing aids for a few months now and I have am loving it!! The T2 technology is a awesome as well this probably will alleviate a lot of trips to the specialist. This is one of the reasons why I went with the personal programmable route.
Hi Giften:
Interesting about HearSource.com. They make it sound like they are unique in allowing you to program your own hearing aids, but this is not true. AmericaHears.com has been doing this for a good number of years. It looks like HearSource is just copying what America Hears has used successfully.
Hey Giften,
I’m a hearing aid dispenser from the beautiful Peach State of Georgia. To let you know, I have also been highly impressed with HearSource. Everyone knows there is more to a company than their technology. Although the HearSource T2 technology is important, what I find equally important is their people, their support and their customer service. I had one of their clients bring their hearing aid in to my office for an issue. I called HearSource and their tech support freely and willingly walked me thru taking care of the hearing aid. I did charge the client for an office call, so I didn’t mind taking care of him, but again, what impressed me the most about HearSource was their friendly customer service. Kudos to them.
I have a Rumor2 LG cellphone with T2 function, but it has stopped working after less than a month. Is there some on-phone setting I can use to restore it?
Robert