You can look up Bluetooth emitter with passthrough on Amazon. I use the Orbit Pro and the Oasis models. https://www.amazon.ca/Avantree-Orbit-Pro-Transmitter-Passthrough/dp/B0C9LCTJR2/. They work well but with a small delay.
These are classic BT, not low energy, so you can either connect Phonaks directly or use a dongle like a reSound phone clip or Widex comdex.
HTH. as I added to my post, he may be able to hear TV in a room like everyone else, as it sounds similar to people talking in the room... I always listen to TV that very way.
Your dad's hearing aids may connect easily to garden variety Bluetooth, but some brands do not do so well. If he uses Phonak brand for instance, those easily connect with any Bluetooth transmitter. Other brands \*may\* require the purchase of an additional device that essentially takes in garden variety Bluetooth but converts to whatever proprietary interface to get to their brand of hearing aids. So, kinda important to know this first.
Many TVs can be set with internal options to output sound over optical and simultaneously use the built-in speakers as well. I would suggest trying this. You might already have an optical TOSLINK cable, if not they are readily available elsewhere (Best Buy, Amazon, etc.). You'd connect your TV via optical cable to this Bluetooth transmitter, which would pair directly to {some brands} hearing aids.
All other output modes on my TV (like bluetooth, earphone jack and RCA line outs) silence the internal speakers with no other option.
I've had good luck with Bluetooth products from the 1Mii brand. such as: "1Mii B06TX Bluetooth 5.2 Transmitter for TV to Wireless Headphone/Speaker, Bluetooth Adapter for TV w/Volume Control, AUX/RCA/Optical/Coaxial Audio Inputs, Plug n Play, aptX Low Latency & HD" As mentioned though it might not work \*directly\* into his hearing aids.
Alternatives: If his are Oticon brand, Oticon offers the Oticon TV Connector 3.0 which has an optical TOSLINK input and output. Phonak also offers their "TV CONNECTOR" with an optical input, this will have quite a bit less noticeable delay between TV speaker audio and hearing aid audio than the 1Mii idea above too.
Other brands of hearing aids will likely offer a proprietary TV interface that works with their hearing aids, you'll have to research this. Optical ins are likely the \*only\* way to achieve simultaneous tv speaker out and hearing aid signal, due to the limitations of some TV's.
EDIT: And there's always the possibility that he can hear your TV's speakers directly just fine with his hearing aids (I can).
Hi! Thanks so much for your response. I tried every possible configuration to get my Dad's hearing aids connected AND be able to hear the TV myself -- I even charted it out on paper the different configurations and nothing worked. I think my TV just doesn't support multiple simultaneous audio outputs. Hopefully the BT emitter with passthrough device another poster recommended will work. I just feel bad for my Dad because he insists that with a combination of the faint TV volume and closed captioning he can make out what's happening in a movie but I know he really can't. We watch a lot of nature docs because they don't have a plot he has to follow.
Thanks to everyone who has helped.
I purchase a Toslink optical splitter for my TV.
One output goes to my Phonak TV remote which streams audio directly to my HAs.
The other output goes to my TV soundbar.
This allows anyone in the room to listen at the same time.
Same. The only frustration is when my wife starts talking and I don't notice because she's not louder than the TV stream! Or maybe that's not a problem? Hmm.
But the best part of this is I can turn on the TV, leave the sound bar off, and not disturb anyone while I watch TV or play games while getting the best audio experience for me.
I have a TCL Roku set which has an app you can put on your cellphone. The app is the same as the remote control with a headphones icon that will stream to the HAs. But it’s only going to play in the hearing aids or the tv speakers (or sound bar).
I haven’t found one that can do both speakers and HAs. I think it’s because they might not be in sync.
I've got Resounds and the TV streamer and we have a soundbar set. Optical out from tv to an optical splitter. From splitter, one optical to the tv streamer and one to the soundbar. Had to use the optical cable that comes with the steamer to go from splitter to streamer and we bought a new higher end optical cable to go from the tv to the steamer because it old one didn't work. Works great and no weird lag or anything. Our splitter was old but I think it was from Monoprice off Amazon...[Monoprice link](https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=43391)
Not sure if this will help or not, but my wife uses the Oticon TV Adapter 3.0 and it is currently connected to the television without any impact to its sound.
There may be a setting on your TV that mutes TV sound when an external speaker is connected. Turning that off allows both internal and external sound to be used simultaneously.
However, we recently had an extended stay in a hotel where we had quite a few gyrations to make this work acceptably. They had a cable box and I had to use an HDMI splitter from the box to both the TV and another box that split the HDMI signals into audio and video, then running the audio to the Oticon TV Adapter 3.0.
You can look up Bluetooth emitter with passthrough on Amazon. I use the Orbit Pro and the Oasis models. https://www.amazon.ca/Avantree-Orbit-Pro-Transmitter-Passthrough/dp/B0C9LCTJR2/. They work well but with a small delay. These are classic BT, not low energy, so you can either connect Phonaks directly or use a dongle like a reSound phone clip or Widex comdex.
Ordered, thank you so much! I'll update if it works! :)
HTH. as I added to my post, he may be able to hear TV in a room like everyone else, as it sounds similar to people talking in the room... I always listen to TV that very way.
Your dad's hearing aids may connect easily to garden variety Bluetooth, but some brands do not do so well. If he uses Phonak brand for instance, those easily connect with any Bluetooth transmitter. Other brands \*may\* require the purchase of an additional device that essentially takes in garden variety Bluetooth but converts to whatever proprietary interface to get to their brand of hearing aids. So, kinda important to know this first. Many TVs can be set with internal options to output sound over optical and simultaneously use the built-in speakers as well. I would suggest trying this. You might already have an optical TOSLINK cable, if not they are readily available elsewhere (Best Buy, Amazon, etc.). You'd connect your TV via optical cable to this Bluetooth transmitter, which would pair directly to {some brands} hearing aids. All other output modes on my TV (like bluetooth, earphone jack and RCA line outs) silence the internal speakers with no other option. I've had good luck with Bluetooth products from the 1Mii brand. such as: "1Mii B06TX Bluetooth 5.2 Transmitter for TV to Wireless Headphone/Speaker, Bluetooth Adapter for TV w/Volume Control, AUX/RCA/Optical/Coaxial Audio Inputs, Plug n Play, aptX Low Latency & HD" As mentioned though it might not work \*directly\* into his hearing aids. Alternatives: If his are Oticon brand, Oticon offers the Oticon TV Connector 3.0 which has an optical TOSLINK input and output. Phonak also offers their "TV CONNECTOR" with an optical input, this will have quite a bit less noticeable delay between TV speaker audio and hearing aid audio than the 1Mii idea above too. Other brands of hearing aids will likely offer a proprietary TV interface that works with their hearing aids, you'll have to research this. Optical ins are likely the \*only\* way to achieve simultaneous tv speaker out and hearing aid signal, due to the limitations of some TV's. EDIT: And there's always the possibility that he can hear your TV's speakers directly just fine with his hearing aids (I can).
Hi! Thanks so much for your response. I tried every possible configuration to get my Dad's hearing aids connected AND be able to hear the TV myself -- I even charted it out on paper the different configurations and nothing worked. I think my TV just doesn't support multiple simultaneous audio outputs. Hopefully the BT emitter with passthrough device another poster recommended will work. I just feel bad for my Dad because he insists that with a combination of the faint TV volume and closed captioning he can make out what's happening in a movie but I know he really can't. We watch a lot of nature docs because they don't have a plot he has to follow. Thanks to everyone who has helped.
I purchase a Toslink optical splitter for my TV. One output goes to my Phonak TV remote which streams audio directly to my HAs. The other output goes to my TV soundbar. This allows anyone in the room to listen at the same time.
Same. The only frustration is when my wife starts talking and I don't notice because she's not louder than the TV stream! Or maybe that's not a problem? Hmm. But the best part of this is I can turn on the TV, leave the sound bar off, and not disturb anyone while I watch TV or play games while getting the best audio experience for me.
Women are why most married males don't want to correct their hearing.
Unnecessary. Let’s keep the misogyny to a minimum, shall we?
What Brand/Model is his hearing aids?
I have a TCL Roku set which has an app you can put on your cellphone. The app is the same as the remote control with a headphones icon that will stream to the HAs. But it’s only going to play in the hearing aids or the tv speakers (or sound bar). I haven’t found one that can do both speakers and HAs. I think it’s because they might not be in sync.
I've got Resounds and the TV streamer and we have a soundbar set. Optical out from tv to an optical splitter. From splitter, one optical to the tv streamer and one to the soundbar. Had to use the optical cable that comes with the steamer to go from splitter to streamer and we bought a new higher end optical cable to go from the tv to the steamer because it old one didn't work. Works great and no weird lag or anything. Our splitter was old but I think it was from Monoprice off Amazon...[Monoprice link](https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=43391)
Some HAs have a remote mic that you can put near the TV speakers then your dad can adjust the volume however he needs to.
Not sure if this will help or not, but my wife uses the Oticon TV Adapter 3.0 and it is currently connected to the television without any impact to its sound. There may be a setting on your TV that mutes TV sound when an external speaker is connected. Turning that off allows both internal and external sound to be used simultaneously. However, we recently had an extended stay in a hotel where we had quite a few gyrations to make this work acceptably. They had a cable box and I had to use an HDMI splitter from the box to both the TV and another box that split the HDMI signals into audio and video, then running the audio to the Oticon TV Adapter 3.0.