I have oticon engage hearing aids, bluetooth capable.
I work as a Paramedic, and I will be getting a grant for a bluetooth stethoscope for use at work.
Has anybody used a bluetooth stethoscope that could point me towards what ones are good, and specifically, what ones are compatible with oticon engage/iphone/MFI?
I have looked at some but they are more aimed at GP surgeries/hospitals where there is access to wifi, but I cant seem to find anything that would work “in the field” if you will.
Any reviews or advice would be greatly appreciated,
You will almost certainly need to get an intermediary device (Oticon Connect Clip, I think) to go between your HAs and the stethoscope. It should work well after that.
Sorry, i dont think I made my question very clear.
I can connect my hearing aids to my iphone absolutely fine, as theyre MFI I don’t need a connect clip, I can stream spotify and take calls through my hearing aids (which is crazy, science still baffles me).
I was really hoping somebody might pick up on this who has used a digital/bluetooth steth in a similar environment to me, and could explain exactly how it works?
For example I know one of the steths will only work via wifi, which pre-hospitally isn’t appropriate for me as I’ll be “in the field”.
Sorry @Baltazard, these are my first pair of hearing aids so I am very much new to them - would them not being classic Bluetooth have any practical differences?
The way I imagine it is - stethoscope connects to iPhone via app > iPhone sends auscultation sounds to ears (which is exactly what I need)
@Jess1 I think maybe you are right, since Engage is MFi, but below is the manufacturer’s phone number, if you want give them a ring and see what say about hearing aids and iphone.
Interesting- half a century ago I was told I could never study medicine, as I could not use a stethoscope. Times change. (I studied biology instead, went into drug discovery, never had career regrets.)
I did not use a connect clip. I also trialed Unitron right after, so to make sure no intermediary was needed I tried my Core with my Genesis aids and had no trouble. You do have to go through the app though for it to work. The Core is a backup to my Littman 3200 that i am still using… I also use Android but should work the same with iphone due to needing the app.
Yes you pair the stethoscope to the app and then there is a button that looks like headphones that you push and brings you to a screen to "turn on " headphones.
What’s your hearing loss like? What are you going to be listening for? Hearing aids typically cannot reproduce sounds low enough to capture ausiculation frequencies, and in many cases if your hearing aids are reasonably open fit you may be better off going with an amplified stethoscope and a circumaural headset to pop on overtop of them. (Feedback I’ve gotten is that patients view a circumarual headset as “more high tech and new” than a regular stethoscope.)
