I'm about to choose the Starkey Omega AI 24.
Tell us more; what's driving this model as your choice? Or is it more of a "prefer getting similar to what I currently have, and this is the model that makes sense"?
Ask HN: Hearing aid wearers, what's hot?
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#212I'm not going to give a direct recommendation on the hearing aids themselves as my personal options have been pretty limited due to profound hearing loss. I can say, however, that hearing aids are not the only thing that helps - especially with meetings/noisy environments. I [recently wrote an article][0] going over my journey, but the recent technology that significantly improved my life has been live captions in gl…
A low cost option is to use the live transcribe that is embedded in apple phones. I have a family member who uses this in conjunction with hearing aids. It isn't discrete but it helps her out - especially in larger conversations with many people. FWIW it is far from perfect but it is helpful - and better than any paid apps that we've encountered.
The android default "live transcription" app works pretty well for that use case too, but its main flaw is that it uses the phone's microphone.
Re: Ask HN: Hearing aid wearers, what's hot?
#213I'm not going to give a direct recommendation on the hearing aids themselves as my personal options have been pretty limited due to profound hearing loss. I can say, however, that hearing aids are not the only thing that helps - especially with meetings/noisy environments. I [recently wrote an article][0] going over my journey, but the recent technology that significantly improved my life has been live captions in gl…
I see they have a subscription and it requires an app. Does the app require an account and all that jazz or can I just use it without giving away anything?
Yes, it requires an account and all that jazz.
Re: Ask HN: Hearing aid wearers, what's hot?
#214I'm not going to give a direct recommendation on the hearing aids themselves as my personal options have been pretty limited due to profound hearing loss. I can say, however, that hearing aids are not the only thing that helps - especially with meetings/noisy environments. I [recently wrote an article][0] going over my journey, but the recent technology that significantly improved my life has been live captions in gl…
Does Captify perform any diarization?
Not currently as far as I know, but my understanding is that it is in their roadmap? I'm not affiliated with them in any way, so not really sure... I only know what I've seen on their website.
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#215Earlier quoted context omitted.
A low cost option is to use the live transcribe that is embedded in apple phones. I have a family member who uses this in conjunction with hearing aids. It isn't discrete but it helps her out - especially in larger conversations with many people. FWIW it is far from perfect but it is helpful - and better than any paid apps that we've encountered.
The android default "live transcription" app works pretty well for that use case too, but its main flaw is that it uses the phone's microphone.
This may be a stupid question, but what's the flaw? Surely transcribing audio requires a microphone?
Re: Ask HN: Hearing aid wearers, what's hot?
#216Earlier quoted context omitted.
My son is 14 and has a moderate to severe loss. During his younger years we had a big clunky behind the ear type of aid and it was fine for a while. But tech progressed and we started noticing that he was having trouble hearing "s" sounds. I researched and got him the Oticon Real and it's been amazing and his speech dramatically improved with the new tech. There have been a lot fewer problems with wind noise and he c…
Any links?
Well, tech has progressed in the couple of years since I looked at things. The best thing to do is to get a good audiologist who can recommend devices that work best for the kind of loss.
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#218I’ll chime in with a sidebar: Anyone got any experience using hearing aids for the "hearing in noise" issue (aka. King-Kopetzky syndrome or lack of cocktail party effect [0], part of a whole bunch of things also called adhd for ears). Essentially I have filtering issues, as soon as multiple people talk, I can’t really understand anyone anymore, unless they very directly speak into my ears so they are significantly lo…
I know nothing about this, but if you have slightly above average hearing, maybe that's part of the problem? Have you tried weak earplugs (like loops or etymotic or flare or whatever)? They sure seem to be marketing in your direction. No idea how well they work though.
It's mainly about frequencies, essentially I can hear as if I were still 10 years younger. Sadly not the solution ;)
But thanks, and I'll say loops are amazing for the price for concerts.
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