I have a severe to profound loss and have worn BTE hearing aids almost all my life (I’m 65). I am good at speaking foreign languages (rhythm, tone, accent) but have trouble understanding non-English words.
I need new hearing aids and am looking for a complete solution that will stream a spoken foreign voice via bluetooth to my aids (as a Roger On / Phonak aids can do ) BUT ALSO show the foreign speech in written form (audio to text conversion) on an app running on my phone. I find if I can read just a few words of what’s being said that information – along with my audio understanding of the words – gives me enough information to respond.
I can do everything described above on Zoom calls (sound streamed to hearing aids, captions created on iPhone Zoom app transcribing audio to speech) and have good foreign language comprehension. Is there any way to recreate this solution in a non Zoom call, person-to-person environment. I’m willing to switch to an Android (at least for foreign travel) if necessary.
Any and all advice is much appreciated. Thanks!