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Apps for Hearing Aids and Smartphones
"App" is the abbreviated term for "application." An "app" is simply a software program for a mobile device like a smart phone (iPhone®), tablet (iPad®), or handheld music player (iPod®). Apps perform a variety of functions and allow you to customize a device to your particular hobbies, lifestyle choices, wants, and needs. Hearing aid manufacturers and other companies release applications for a variety of hearing related purposes. Here's a list of several apps:
Apps for Signia, Phonak, and Oticon Hearing Aids
- Apps for Signia Hearing Aids: Most Signia hearing aids are compatible with useful apps for Android and iOS smartphones. Signia offers four apps that provide a variety of features depending on the circuit. They are available for download by clicking here.
- The myControl app: acts as a remote control for quick and easy adjustments and personalization of Signia hearing aids
- The myHearing app: provides guided assistance and personal monitoring for the individual who is learning how to maximize the features of their particular hearing instruments
- The easyTek app: allows users to change the hearing programs, volume, and tinnitus settings of the hearing instruments. Also allows the individual to check the status of their hearing aid batteries
- The touchControl app: allows users to control their hearing aids from their Android™ or iOS® smartphone without the need for any additional hardware
- Apps for Phonak Hearing Aids: Most Phonak hearing aids are compatible with useful apps for android and iOS smartphones. Here is a summary of four of the apps. All current Phonak technology hearing aids can utilize one to three of the following apps:
- Remote Control: Download the Phonak Remote Control app. This works with hearing aids that require a body worn streamer to remotely change volume, program, etc.
- Tinnitus: Download the Phonak Tinnitus Balance app. The treatment sounds can be played with ear buds or speaker, or streamed to hearing aids for effective tinnitus treatment.
- Children's interactive app: Download the Phonak Leo Storybook app.
- Apps for Oticon Hearing Aids:
- Install the Oticon ON app. Available on all iOS and android devices. The Oticon ON app is the connection between your hearing aids and IFTTT service. This works with Oticon OPN hearing aids. A nifty feature is the "find your hearing aid" function.
Apps that Enable Smartphones to Perform Like Generic Hearing Aids
These apps promote the audibility of sound by amplifying it and directing it to the headphones. Some apps contain programming features that allow the user to alter the sound and filter out unwanted noises.
BioAid by Nicholas Clark
The BioAid app was developed by a team of researchers at the University of Essex. It features 6 fixed programming profiles that are based upon the most common types of hearing loss. The user selects the profile that best reflects their hearing loss and then chooses one of 4 programming options to fine tune the settings. BioAid is currently available for Apple products. It is free of charge and can be found here.
hearing help by IND
The hearing help app features a 16 band frequency equalizer, a noise filter, and dynamic compression. While the programming options may take a little bit of time to figure out, hearing help can be used to increase the volume level, reduce surrounding noise, and promote the audibility of higher frequencies. It costs $4.99 and can be found here.
EasyHearingAid by Link Advance&Innovation
The EasyHearingAid app can be used to amplify sound and enable others to experience a specific hearing loss. It features 13 channel sliders that can adjust the volume of select frequencies. The settings of the app can also be changed to help someone with normal hearing experience how hearing loss sounds. EasyHearingAid is $13.99 and can be found here.
Apps that Help with Tinnitus
Developers have created many apps to help with tinnitus (ringing in the ears). Here are a few examples:
Sensimetrics recently introduced a new app to provide relief from the sounds of tinnitus. The Whist app uses sound therapy to help the individual cope with the severity of the noises generated by tinnitus. Whist works by enabling the user to find and create sounds that match the pitch and loudness of the noises. Over time, the goal is to desensitize the individual to the annoyance of tinnitus.
The Whist app costs $1.99 and can be purchased through the App store by clicking here.
This App employs a unique strategy to change the perceived level of tinnitus by "mixing" the noises it generates with actual sounds of nature and music. With continued use, the goal of this treatment approach is to gradually diminish the individual's awareness of the noises generated by their particular type of tinnitus. Tinnitus Help costs $15.99 and can be found here.
Relax Melodies OP features 102 different sounds ranging from white noise to nature sounds. It is often used to facilitate relaxation, meditation, and sleep. This app costs $2.99 and can be found here.
An App to Provide Captioning on a Smartphone
The Hamilton CapTel® App is a new app that provides captioning for conversations on a smartphone. For more information on the Hamilton CapTel® App for iPhones, click here. For Android devices, click here.
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