Should I take off my Jabra Enhance Pro 20 hearing aids when riding a motorcycle with full face helmet?
I am asking for multiple reasons:
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Could the process of putting on and taking off the full coverage helmet potentially physically dislodge or even damage a hearing aid or its BTE to ear canal wire connection?
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Will the wind noise, which is always present to a degree at highway speeds, even with a quality full coverage helmet, cause the hearing aids to consume power more quickly to attenuate it?
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2 new helmets my wife and I are planning to buy are made for Harley-Davidson by Sena, a helmet and supplier that specializes in helmets that include Bluetooth and built-in helmet speakers, and that support rider-to-passenger intercom, and hands-off phone call and GPS support. But highway wind noise degrades the “net versus gross” volume produced by the speakers. so, having the hearing aids on would be helpful in both improving speech comprehension of my phone, GPS, and passenger communications, and in attenuating the always present wind noise.
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Based on many years of motorcycling, with full face coverage helmets, I don’t THINK there is any danger of water entry into the helmet even in heavy rain, in case any of you raise that as a concern.
Any opinions, especially opinions based on actual experience?
Jim G