@rogerinshoreham Additionally, not sure if your workplace can get you some Phonak accessories:
Like Roger ON or Roger table mic ii, Roger ON has an app and it is easy to use on 1 to 1 or on table situation.
Sorry, I meant Phonak Roger not a person, I hope you roger that 
Thanks for that, I just watched and it was all totally new to me.
I noticed that the soft and medium speech above 4k was below the line. Iāll have to check the banana to see what sort of things are in that region.
At my age my reference to work is where I volunteer at a charity so I think youāll understand that they are always short of dosh. My TV Connector was free from the local authority but I donāt think they could justify that kind of money. Am I being cheeky asking what you paid?
Roger and over (not out yet)
@rogerinshoreham I paid Ā£1500 back in 2021 for a brand new Roger ON (it did cost me an arm and a leg), then I got me another one second hand on facebook market for Ā£100 as a backup.
They do come on ebay as well, there is one at the moment for Ā£280 brand new.
There are other roger accessories or even phonak partner mic if you shop around.
These are some accessories compatible with your Phonak Marvel M70 SP hearing aids, which will be compatible with the latest Phonak Naida Paradise hearing aids, not sure if you could get a Naida Paradise through the NHS, but worth asking:
Helpful!
Thanks! Bananas! (cramp this morning!)
DaveL
Toronto
I believe REM is being phased into most NHS Audiology departments, I first had it done approximately a year ago, tis probably the training that is the holdup? Most NHS departments will be flat out, due to staff shortages, and increased workloadās, staff sicknessā¦So training is usually always put on the back burner, this was the way, when I worked with the NHS, itās probably not changed much? Cheers Kev
Sounds degrades rapidly over distance. Your TV connector streams directly and skips this problem. If you want to replicate the effect for your wifeās voice, clip a partner mic to her or have her speak one inch from the hearing aid microphones. With BBC broadcaster speed and enucciation.
Thankyou Kev,
Last time I went they asked me to email them to say what concerns I had. Iām going to do the same this time so no doubt theyāll let me know ahead of next weekās appointment if they can do REM.
Roger
Neville has hit the nail on the head.
Sounds like youāll benefit from a Phonak Partner Mic or Phonak Roger System to get the same benefit as the TV Connector.
Iām getting a bit off the topic here but can I ask what is involved as googling leaves me confused. If I wanted to buy a clip-on Roger pen mike for my wife/boss to use will it send directly to my Bluetooth Phonak M70s. Iāve read that in some cases you need a receiver but my HAs donāt have any way to plug in a receiver.
If itās just a matter of buying the mike (and a charger etc) then that sounds promising.
@rogerinshoreham You could get the PartnerMic without needing anything else, but if you opt for a Roger system, then YES, you will need licenses to be able to use the Roger accessories.
Edit: Not sure about Roger Pen 1.1 if you will need any licenses.
You need a Roger Pen iN or Roger Select iN or Roger On iN to work with your Aids.
Or get a Phonak Partner Mic for 1-1 use which doesnāt need licenses.
None of these work on Bluetooth.
EDIT - if you buy a Roger iN off eBay, make sure it has the licenses otherwise itās useless. A lot are being sold without.
@Zebras: (I donāt think itās gonna be an issue. The seniorsā club he volunteers at doesnāt even have budget for snacks for its members, so I doubt theyāll be spending the funds they have on the Roger toys.)
Sounds like he should get a Phonak Partner Mic then. I got mine off eBay for Ā£70 which back then was roughly $95.
@Zebras, I think youāre correct. As you well know, I know little about the Phonak line of goods. That said, my Oticon ConnectClip has done yeomanās duty for me as a partner mic. Itās relatively cheap as ALD devices go, and nobody has ever objected to wearing it, if the circumstances require.
[Addendum: Although, like @cvkemp , I get a lot of good use out of my ConnectClip, Iām disappointed in Oticon for
-Not making the battery replaceable;
-Not doing more stringent QC at the factory, and
-Not making the case from a plastic that doesnāt require a silicone skin to protect it from impact or falling
Itās a super little device - if you get one that works properly - and if the Phonak Partner Mic is anything similar, is a āmust haveā accessory.]
Have you switched from phonak to NAL NL2?
Access to Work in the UK can fund hearing aid assistive listening devices for the workplace and I have been able to get a Roger On iN through this scheme.
Woth a try as they are transformative in difficult situations.
