Are there any hearing aids that provide direct Bluetooth connectivity with modern TVs?

If you are the only person listing to the TV, you can buy a $24 Roku device. It plugs into your TV HDMI port. Then download the app on your phone.

I can say definitively that my Phonak P90 CROSS connects via Bluetooth to my TCL 55” 2024 and there is a setting to have speakers and hearing aids connected at the same time, plus you can use the TV remote to change the volume separately for each audio output. No Sync issues with sound.
Sound quality is so good I can often turn off subtitles!
Same HAs connected to my old HiSense 40” but without the dual audio out feature.

Yes- connecting your HAs is a major exercise. As others here say, most TVs now have Bluetooth, but for negligible lag, better range and less HA power consumption you really want that Phonak streamer. To overcome some of the other problems you mentioned, mine is fed by a Bluetooth receiver that gets its sound after passage through a volume knob that sits next to my chair (far more convenient than those buttons on said streamer). I just turn the volume down after use, in case others at home watch TV without me. When we all watch TV, others get sound from an amplifier, fed by the same Bluetooth transmission system.

To complicate things further… my wife uses Bose (shoulder) speakers, picking up a second Bluetooth signal from that same (dual) transmitter. That transmitter is fed, via a DA converter, by the optical output of our TV. That TV output cannot be muted, but the DA converter comes with a remote that does allow muting. The commands of this remote can be integrated in the Harmony universal remote.

I know, I know, complicated… thankfully the chinese audio toys that perform all this magic are very, very cheap.

The Roku device also allows you to adjust for delays so that you can sync the sound with the lips

My Signia hearing aids use an optically connected box to the TV. Then the stream is controlled on my iphone through the app or the IPhone Accessabilty settings. I can turn the streaming on or off and adjust volume. The rest of the family listens to the TV normally. The boxes run $2-300, which is pretty steep. For a couple years they were unavailable as the factory in Mexico burned down, as I was told. I’m changing to new Oticon hearing aids so going to have to get a new Oticon box, also, but insurance will pay 80% thankfully.

If you have the lastest bluetooth (LE) in your hearing aids you can purchase a LE dongle if you tv has a usb slot for sound then you can connect directly until tvs start to come out with LE installed. Otherwise most all hearing aids will need a connector, dongle or a communication unit from the manufacturer that connects to your TV. It seems the HA manufacturers are ahead of the rest of technology for adding the LE ability

@Steph said:

Phonak P90 CROSS

Dr Palmer,

Thank you! Very helpful although not what I wanted to read. My “case” is complicated by my insistence on battery HAs. I loath rechargeable anything. My experience has not been good and the idea that I would need to charge my HAs daily (also meaning I need to take a charger with me if I travel) is for me a huge negative factor.

Nice solution @Steph for those with the right tv. I tried it with buds but obviously it would work for anyone with Phonak aids. They’ve managed the latency difference between the outputs well enough so it’s not noticeable.

Phonak Marvels, Lumity and Spheres all connect to my Alexa Fire TV cube with no issue as a Bluetooth headphone. The only issue is when the fire tv detects my Bluetooth in the morning when I take them out of the charger and they turn on or when I get home and it detects my HA Bluetooth it automatically turns on the TV and transmits the audio to the HA and that is very annoying.

Thank you for commenting.
Are you referring to Apple MFi hearing aids when you use the term “LE”?
Thanks again.
Best, Bob.
PS: TV audio output has historically been somewhat challenging, but you might appreciate the video post above by Brian, regarding ROKU’s approach to it. BH.

I have Phonak P90 with batteries size 13.
They are connected by bluetooth to one android phone, one iphone, two computers and my inexpensive TCL 55P615 TV. The TV has a setting to adjust the sync and sound is not cut from the loudspeakers when I’m connected.
Batteries last for 10 days.

In the future, we might see TVs with built-in Bluetooth Auracast broadcasting, eliminating the need for external streamers or specialized hearing aid accessories.
Bluetooth Auracast is a new broadcast audio feature introduced with Bluetooth LE Audio. It allows a single device, like a TV, to broadcast audio to multiple receivers, such as hearing aids, earbuds, or headphones, all at the same time—without the need for pairing, like the good old radio broadcast.

All Phonak hearing aids will connect direct to your modern LG TV. I have an LG65C2 and can confirm Paradise, Lumity and Infinio connects. There are settings so you can have TV audio and BT at same time. All of mine are rechargeable tho as I hate having to deal with batteries.

I’m not into the technical aspects. I have Phonak HAs (now with Spherical). I’d be totally lost without my Roger connection for the TV. Without it, TV would be impossible (although I still use subtitles). I cannot recommend Roger too highly. However, you do need an optical connection for the Roger adaptor- but most modern TVs have these. You can get a ‘splitter’ if the optical connection is also needed for a soundbar etc that anyone else listens too.