Digital piano with hearing aids

I believe you can adjust the steaming in target software for tv connecter, under Autosense (streaming) your Audiologist can do it for you, or you could try your hand at DIY.

Thank you. That would work but I have much more loss in my right ear than my left so the only way would be if I could adjust the volume in each headphone side. Also, its barely loud enough with HAs with the piano turned up to max so It would be very low without.

Hey thanks. I’ve always had pianos around and just sort of noodled, but now I want to put some substance into my learning.

I agree, headphones would give better tonal quality but I’m not sure how I can get the volume up. With my Bose QC35s and the piano at max, without my HAs it’s not enough. The TV adapter is louder but above a gentle key press, it is very distorted. I’m wondering whether I should have bought the AP-300 piano, which has an opening lid. We moved a year ago so I haven’t found an audiologist yet. They’re a bit few and far between here.

I will post my audiogram, if you could give me some help doing it. Do I just attach a jpg? It’s quite old and I think my hearing has deteriorated in the last couple of years, since I’ve been wearing my HAs all the time.

If the audio output of the piano is too weak for regular headphones you might consider a simple amplifier, like one of these:

They usually do not come with balance control, so you need to add something like this:

You may need to do some DIY and spend a bit more on cables, a 12V power supply and Trumptax (if in the US), but setups like these work very well for me.

If your hearing loss is far more asymmetrical than mine (requiring separate treble/bass settings) then things are more complicated and you may still need to work with Target.

Thank you. I just bought a headphone amp for £24 and the result is fine. I don’t think I’ll be needing a mixer. The result, without my HAs is good but I will have to be careful now not to damage my hearing further by having too much volume.

Your hearing aids are biased on speech, not music. I have the same problem with playing saxophone with hearing aids. In your case, use a good headset (and certainly not Bluetooth because of latency and quality loss). Casio doesn’t make the best piano’s but if you need maximum quality, you’ll need a good wired headset and my advise would be to go through a small audio mixer so that you can tune the sound with the EQ on this mixer (example: MG06 from Yamaha). That is what i would do.

Thank you. I’ll see what i can get. they may be too expensive here though.

Thanks for that. I’ve got a good pair of Bose headphones with a cable. they sound good through a small amp. also, I changed the piano, sent back the Casio and bought a much more expensive Roland, which sounds much better. i think i’m getting there.

Probably yes, but don’t use your hearing aid to Play piano wirelessly, Makes no sense at all!

@e4andy said:

Do you know if I can program the Infineo Ultra 90 with my Noahlink wireless programmer and Target?

Yes you absolutely can, do read the user guides before starting tho, as it’s much easier to set up the first time, target also has a demo simulation mode, you can then see how the software works.

Thanks. I’ve used it for setting up my Paradise 90s but I wasn’t sure if it was compatible with the latest Infineos.

Okay in that case you’ll have no problem, just update target to the latest version if you haven’t already.