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I was at a conference last week and ate with the team in noisy restaurants in the evenings. Of the conversations around me I could often hear virtually nothing. I suffer from high frequency loss starting at around 2kHz and with virtually nothing left at 5kHz. I wear NHS-issue Oticon aids with domes.

I’ve always been intrigued by the Roger Pen, which looks like it’d help me but it’s expensive. However, they seem to appear from time to time on eBay at a more reasonable price. The MyLink that optionally goes with it seems to be a conventional neckloop, so I presume it’d work with my Oticon ’s. Is that correct, or is here some hidden gotcha? And is the microphone in the pen sufficiently directional to cut out much of the ambient noise? And finally, is the rechargeable battery replaceable by someone with a good level of electronic fixing skills?

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The MyLink should work presuming your hearing aids have .

@philip.leriche said:

I wear NHS-issue Oticon BTE aids with domes.

Which Oticon Aids?

Oticon Engage?

If you have open domes, that might cause an issue with using the Roger Pen in noise as well?

Open domes, you loose things that are coming through the Aids, out of the open domes and background noise comes through your ears naturally so can easily over power things.

@philip.leriche said:

Oticon Spirit Synergy with vented domes.

How long have you had them?

These are quite old now. You may be allowed an upgrade, which might help you a lot in terms of hearing.

Hearing in a crowd scene is tough even with Roger equipment, However if the situation is such that you can - say with your companion at dinner - place the pen or Select or Roger ON on the supplied lanyard and hang the device around the neck of your companion so that the microphone on the device is about 8" away from their mouth. If you do this you will be able to hear what is being said fairly well in spite of all the noise in the room. Just pointing the pen or Roger ON at a person 5 feet or more away doesn’t work nearly as well because the mic will pick up some other sounds as well as the speech you want to hear. If you can afford it, get a Roger device introduced later than the Pen. With each new device their technology improves.

The new stuff may be better but the old stuff is still pretty good and can be picked up cheap. I still use the pens and find them very useful.

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