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Binaural Streaming with T-Coil in Oticon

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According to ChatGPT and Google the Oticon Mores and Reals with t-coils can stream to both ears from a telephone. They indicate that this is done by transmitting the sound from the listening ear to the other ear and that this is done automatically.

Does anyone know if this is true because it doesn’t work for me. I just get the sound in the ear which is next to the telephone. Is this a symptom of AI not living in the real world.

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I used connect clip (which is mono sound) on my old razer phone 2. I had sound in both ears. which was copied and still mono. I used OPN for that.

check your phone direct connection with a youtube stream? unpair and repair again?

you should be able to stream with both ears, as well as have phone call with both ears. check settings and try to repair them.

Yes, I do but I cannot find anything in Genie to give from t-coil. ChatGPT and Google both say it is automatically binaural (not stereo) but I only get it in one ear.

In reply to @Gerhard_R

Connectclip does not use .

I think you are experiencing the limitations of Tcoils.

If you use a more conventional neckloop streamer, the old style radio signal emanates equally from the neckloop wire on both sides of your head enabling aids on both sides to pick up the sound.

You could go one better and install a more powerful Tcoil system in a room (giant version of neckloop but much more powerful).

However most landlines do not use a neckloop but beam the signal locally to the aid that is being used, and ultimately there is not enough signal strength for the opposite aid.

A possible solution is if the landline phone has a headphone socket, you can plug a neckloop with a 2.5/3.5mm jack to that (no streamer needed). I used to do this at work as I just could not use the landlines. Even then, I sometimes used to have to tuck the neckloop wire behind my ears if the speaker was very quiet.

As an aside, my local bus company has bought some new electric buses and these have all been fitted with Tcoil systems, and with my old aids, I can get the stop announcements very clearly which is really useful on journeys I am less familiar with. So the bus uses most upto date engine technology but includes old hearing aid technology. This is a bit of a bummer with my new aids, as the trend is to get rid of T coils, in anticipation of . This means my old aids still have some life left in them yet LOL.

Since I don’t use the landline phone very much I think I will just accept the call in one ear only. It’s quite acceptable.

Edited

Yes, quite true, voice phone calls are always monaural. The quality depends on the type of service, but it’s always within the limits of speech.

What I had infered was mistakenly thinking you thought the CClip was a mono device.

If the incoming source is stereo, the CClip output will be, as well.

In @Gilbert ‘s case, I can’t be sure if holding a phone up to 1 ear is going to send the signal to the other, as I’ve never used t-coils. But be sure that in the program, Genie is set for sound in the Automatics screen.

The magnetic signal from the landline telephone is only strong enough to activate the one ear. I got the idea that the system in Oticon hearing aids would then send it to the other ear. (Not stereo of course). But that does not seem to be the case. The telephone activates the one ear only.

To get the sound in both ears I need to use Bluetooth via the Connectclip.

I use Intent mode when picking up call on landline. Can only hear caller’s voice on single side. On topics related to hearing aids Google and Chatgpt is not always correct.

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