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I have Miracle Ear and it seems they are “crippled” to force you to use a box to hear the TV stream directly to my HAs.
Anyone have a suggestion for the least expensive HAs that have streaming capabilities?

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Unfortunately I think you will find the majority of ’s require an audio streaming device for TV’s. I have Phonak Lumity Ha’s and use a audio streaming device. Mine also require a android device intermediary, i.e. cell phone, android tablet (kindle doesn’t work).

Things to consider. What phone do you use? Apple and Android phones have different streaming requirements. For low cost, either go to Costco or with a more basic model hearing aid (Oticon Real 3 instead of 1, Phonak Lumity 30 instead of 90, etc.) TV is tricky. Some people with your loss with a well adjusted hearing aid wouldn’t need to stream to hear the TV adequately, although streaming is almost always better. Some newer TVs allow streaming without a box with some hearing aids, but latency has been an issue. The “box” can often be purchased used at a considerable discount.
Whatever you purchase, make sure you understand return policies–preferably try it out to see if it meets your needs before irrevocably committing.

There’s also a need to stream from the TV so you don’t miss something when there are other noises around me :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Signia streamline tv looks just like the Miracle Ear and the model number on both is TV03, I wounder if my ME will work with that streamer?

If you use a Roku for your TV, you can stream to any Bluetooth device using the Roku phone app. Roku has been my preferred TV streamer for a while now, but I just figured out how to stream to headphones or hearing aids recently. Works great!

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@wrharringjr said:

Unfortunately I think you will find the majority of HA’s require an audio streaming device for TV’s. I have Phonak Lumity Ha’s and use a audio streaming device. Mine also require a android device intermediary, i.e. cell phone, android tablet (kindle doesn’t work).

Uh, Lumity does not require a cell phone to stream from a TV. Phonak has a tv transmitter but many tvs have Bluetooth. Lumity directly connects to almost any bluetooth transmitter.

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