Tue 29 May 2007
Oticon Epoq Hearing Aids With Bluetooth
Posted by Bluetooth Source under Oticon , Medical , A2DP , Over the ear , In the ear , Headsets
The new Oticon Epoq hearing aids can communicate wirelessly via a handheld streamer with any Bluetooth device. This means that the Epoq hearing aids will “ring” in your ear and allow you to use your cell phone without any of the special devices usually needed for this purpose. Because sound information is being continuously exchanged between the two ears, Oticon says that this will keep the two in sync and, when it comes to outside sounds, help localize where a sound is coming from.
Beyond just a cell phone, the Epoq hearing aids can stream audio from any stereo Bluetooth device. Now using a cell phone, listening to music, or using a computer is no longer such a hard thing. The Oticon Epoq hearing aids will be available soon in many different colors and styles. Cost will be around the $6000 range.
Product Page [ via Sydney Morning Herald ]
December 23rd, 2007 at 10:15 am
Dec 07, I feel like I am a beta tester. I have had four ear pieces go bad in less than 90 days.
The blue tooth transmitter cannot resolve multiple inputs, I realize it has only one output, but it should be able to pickup from two different cell phones and a mp3 player. If I am listening on my cell phone (the one that the hearing aids seem to favor) then the mp3 is shut off for the duration of the call. But I cannot use my AT&T business phone for listening to NPR radio, and have calls from my personal Sprint phone come through. Should have better programming.