Artone Bluetooth LoopSet

Hearing Aids
#42

As long as you have a t-coil setting, it should work with it.

#43

I don’t think the Dot has a T-coil.

#44

I find that hard to believe. Most hearing aids come with a t-coil. If not, it can be added. Ask your audi about that.

#45

I forgot to ask yesterday and she left town until Friday when I have a return appointment. There are other audis at another clinic if I have problems, but I didn’t want to bother them with such a small issue. I was hoping someone here would know. Is the T-coil added via programming? At some point I will have to do something for the phone even if it’s the Artone hard-wired loop.

#46

jbobp - I copied this from another website:

A telecoil is a special circuit inside the hearing aid. It is simply a small coil of wire designed to pick up a magnetic signal. Telecoils can only fit in two styles of hearing aids: In-The-Ear and Behind-The-Ear aids. The smaller hearing aids are not large enough to fit the telecoil.

Here is the link if you would like to learn more about t-coils.

http://www.beyondhearingaids.com/Resource/ALDArticles/Telecoils.Htm

The part about smaller hearing aids not being large enough is no longer true. My Audeo IX’s have a t-coil and they are tiny.

Mike

#47

I just had a look at the dot’s spec sheet and it seems it doesn’t have a t-coil. The audeo does have one, which is why it is slightly larger than the Oticon Delta (no t-coil) and relatively much larger than the dot. The reasoning behind this is that you would seldom need t-coil with a HF loss for which these were designed as phones mainly carry low frequency info (up to around 3,2Khz) which most users of these devices have little trouble with.

#48

Thanks for the link.

#49

Thanks for the info. I guess to go hands free I’ll need the Artone wired loop.

#50

i just ordered and received my artone bluetooth from localbattery, and i would like to say not only is the artone an excellent, small, convenient, long-lasting, reasonably-priced device, but also that localbattery is a great vendor with excellent product knowledge and support.

if you’re comparing artone vs. eli for telecoil-only bluetooth operation, the artone easily wins. more details here;
http://www.etoengineering.com/artone_bluetooth_neckloop.htm

#51

I went back to my HIS last week and had him adjust the gain on the t-coil program. He raised to full volume and said we could adjust down from there at my next weeks visit.

The volume is great now for hearing through the Artone with my Plantronics at work and my cell phone. However, everything else around me is loud and booming. The people close around me can hear sound coming out of my ears.

Can’t the volume for the t-coil feature be adjusted independantly without the gain being global for everything else? I want the voices on the phone to be loud enough to understand without everything else around me booming.

Thank you,
Mike

#52

doesn’t your hearing aid have a feature to turn off the microphone when the t-coil is activated? if so, that might be the solution you’re looking for.

#53

Nize, thank you for your reply. I imagine that could be an option, I’m not sure and I don’t think my HIS works with t-coils very often. He specializes in Audibel and I don’t believe any of their models have t-coils.

Ideally what I would like is to have a program that is just like my Autopilot progam and the t-coil gain raised to a volume that I can comfortably hear the callers. Maybe add some extra noise reduction to the mix. Is this possible?

Thanks,
Mike

#54

Having been in touch the with Artone directly myself for a year or so now, I have to agree that the product they offer is superb, and their customer service isn’t bad either!

As an update to this post, I know there is also a new model out in the US (yet to be purchased in the UK) known as the Artone S. This is still Bluetooth and is reported to give far greater output in the overall volume (something I had issues with in the original neckloop they released)

Has anyone had experience of the Artone S in comparison with it’s original model?

#56

Hello.

Im from Sweden and this seems to be the only forum for ppl like us.
The “outsiders” where the manufacturs forgot the deaf ppl.

the http://www.localbattery.com/bluetooth-neckloop.html

well im used to Nokia LPS-4 and the soundquality is really good.
Is the artone better or equal?

Im waiting for Noka LPS-5 and the price would be the same, about 160 dollar.
(i guess)

#57

Hi Poker, don’t have any information on these at all … but I wanted to say WELCOME to the board. I’m glad that you found us :slight_smile:

#58

Hi Poker

I’m a gadget freak and like to try out new things when I can. As far as neckloops go I have yet to find something that comes close to matching the Nokia neckloops.

If you are looking for a Bluetooth enabled t-coil ‘thingy’ then I find the Beetle ear hook to be excellent.

Cheers,

Tony

#59

Thanks ppl.

Right know i want to be in the sunny Cali.

damn this winter in the north part of sweden can kill every good relationship!

Anyhow, this Nokia LPS-5 (it´s a bluetooth wireless headset for hearing aids with a t-coil)

It´s delayed by nokia to the third quarter 2009.
Talk about annoying and no such info why and when really.
Anyone know more?

But i guess Nokia doesnt want to be like SonyEricsson that use US as beta tester.

#60

Hello Poker,
If you want to get more info regarding our products (Artone Bluetooth loopset) in Sweden you can contact local Starky reps, they represent us in Sweden.
I personally have held the LPS 5 in hands (in an expo), the only advantage it may have, is a build in Vibrator (most phones have one…), otherwise in my subjective opinion, I believe our product is better. - and definitely better designed.

#61

Amazon has two different devices:

  • Artone Bluetooth Neckloop for Hearing Aids

  • Artone MS Bluetooth Neckloop for Hearing Aids

the latter is $10 more, links with 2 devices, and is much uglier (sorry).

any other differences?

thanks

#62

Hello,
The Artone MS has also A2DP stereo profile, if you listen to music from the mobile phone then it will be useful for you. other advantages is the 2 line connection, the MS can be conected to the TV (though TVB) and mobile phone in the same time, with priority to mobile phone.
regarding the design, we will do better on our next version. this one is more strict then the Artone bluetooth loopset, but many people in exhibitions did approve it.
thanks for your interest!