On this channel I cover hearing loss related topics from my own experiences.
Topics may include:
-challenging situations -education for family, friends as well as coworkers -strategies and tips to improve communication -assistive hearing devices to boost hearing -hearing loss community
I am not a hearing or ear specialist (Audiologist or ENT), however, I do consider myself an expert on my own hearing loss. I hold a Peer Mentoring Certification from Gallaudet University.
If you have hearing aids and want to watch this video for that purpose, skip the first 5 minutes of this video. There is some anatomy and physiology in this too that you may want to skip.
My teacher made me use a regular stethoscope even though I wear hearing aids in order to learn to take blood pressure manually. I tried it a few times. I could still hear the lub dub. But the problem was having to take those fragile hearing aids out and set them on my desk over and over and over again for every student in my class because we were all practicing on each other. And when she told me to buy a blood pressure cuff, I bought an electronic one so that I wouldn't have to use the stethoscope. She wouldn't let me use it use it. What do you think about that
Hello I have a question if you dont mind to answer , can it directly connect to phonak hearing aid and transmits the sound while placing the drum on patient?
Again it would be helpful to show a practical video regarding connecting this to the app and your hearing aids. This video was not helpful to me at all. I may need to retire early due to my hearing loss. :(
Well if this video is geared for people with hearing aids it’s a little disappointing. Wish you could demonstrate the Bluetooth functionality with the cellphone in this. I would have preferred that information over the deep breath information.
I really need your help...I just purchased this stethoscope and I'm hearing impaired with the Bluetooth accessibility hearing aides...but I am having a terrible terrible time using my EKO Core 500..I can't hearing the heart sounds...even with the play back...the sounds are extremely low still...Please give me tips if possible
ok....not sure I understood anything but your error, but how does it do with listening to the phone? I wear hearing aides and owrk in peds, I need to use a stethoscope and wanted to try this out. Can yo comment on playability through phone or does it bluetooth to the hearing aides?
Hi Dee Dee, First of all thanks for your very informative and fun video. I am collecting my new first hearing aids later this week, they are a pair of Phonak Audeo L90 and a TV Connector. This is after many years of nagging from my wife who had to come upstairs to ask me to turn my tv down. They are not cheap but they are on a 90 free trial. Can't wait to collect them and connect it all up and I'll be revisiting your videos to do that. Thanks again. Regards Andy
Really glad to have found your channel! As a medical student with hearing loss, your content has been incredibly helpful. Please keep uploading! :> I'm also planning to buy the EKO Core 500, and I hope it will work well for me too! 💗
Can I pair Eko DUO or Core to my iPhone 13 to listen to heart sounds (dogs & cats) and then stream those heart sounds to my Jabra Pro20 hearing aids via my iPhone 13 (I already listen to phone calls using my Jabra hearing aids)?
I believe the Jabra Pro 20 hearing aids have Bluetooth LE, so you should be able to pair the stethoscopes through the iPhone to your hearing aids to hear bodily sounds and view the tracing on the Eko App.
Hi All, i am from india and i need your valuable inputs. i am using "phonak audeo b50-direct" and its 5 years old. is there any way i can connect to windows 10/11 laptop ( even with any supporting device).
I wonder if your hearing aids have Bluetooth capability. I can only assume they do since they are 5 years old. If your laptop has Bluetooth, pairing should be possible. But if you don't have Bluetooth hearing aids, you could research the Phonak ComPilot II streamer and pair it that way. Here are some instructions from Phonak. www.phonak.com/content/dam/phonak/HQ/en/solution/accessories/phonak_com_pilot/documents/Quick_Guide_ComPilot_connecting_to_computer_029-0267.pdf Otherwise, I would call Phonak directly or an Audiologist.
@@healthyhearingloss9953 Thanks for your reply. Yes mine has Bluetooth and i am using for my android mobile since 6 years ( purchased on Feb, 2018). but for windows its not deducted. i am not using any other external /intermediate devices. as i see the guide you send, i need to buy both the Sennheiser USB adapter and ComPilot. same products are not available in india it seems and i think in my case its too expansive for this old hearing Aids. Please suggest the possibilities. Please suggest which Hearing Aid is suggested to buy for this to connect. my known one is suggesting "Philips Hearlink 3030 MNR T R Hearing Aid" But i think this also dont support.
Thank you for your video as this truly helpful as my stepthscope is 20 yrs old push button. So ty k good many yrs now does not I will decide which one I will buy
Incrível didática. Sou médico no brasil e tenho o Eko 500. Esse dispositivo é incrível e a visão que a senhora nos entrega sobre deficiência auditiva é muito necessária. Parabéns pelo conteudo.
WARNING: A GREAT DEVICE WITH A VERY POOR SERVICE. THey have a very poor service. I availed eko core attachment last May 2021. Today I am having a problem, my eko core attachment is not charging. I contact them through chat support to inquire. And they told me they don't have parts for a replacement of the battery and EVEN IF i asked them i am willing to pay for repair service, they told me that they cannot do anything. Again eko core can do its job BUT AFTER YOUR WARRANTY PERIOD they do not have any replacementa for battery and THEY DO NOT OFFER repair. It is just a waste of money.
WARNING: A GREAT DEVICE WITH A VERY POOR SERVICE. THey have a very poor service. I availed eko core attachment last May 2021. Today I am having a problem, my eko core attachment is not charging. I contact them through chat support to inquire. And they told me they don't have parts for a replacement of the battery and EVEN IF i asked them i am willing to pay for repair service, they told me that they cannot do anything. Again eko core can do its job BUT AFTER YOUR WARRANTY PERIOD they do not have any replacementa for battery and THEY DO NOT OFFER repair. It is just a waste of money.
I have a friend who is experiencing tinnitus for the first time and I have shared it to him in hopes that your experience with tinnitus will help him and help me be more understanding. Thank you. I'm sure he will find it comforting to know that he is not alone and that there are things he can do to make his tinnitus more manageable.
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Hi. I am helping a fellow teacher with a student who is hard of hearing. The student is getting ready to take her CNA exam. Do you know if the teacher could listen through the attached earpiece while the student is listening through her Bluetooth hearing aids?
Hello ma'am. Up for investing in a good stethoscope compatible with bluetooth hearing aids. Did you already review this one? I would even appreciate a written review if you have one. It is of great help to me. Thank you.
@@healthyhearingloss9953, fingers crossed for it! 35yo physician here (hearing loss from 4-5yo), with Phonak Audeo Paradise on one ear and CI on another :) I am especially interested about Bluetooth latency, durability for disinfectants wipes (I work in ICU) and battery life. Bluetooth latency was quite significant with Hagibis dongle attached to StethoMe stethoscope (e.g. patient breath - 1second - I hear it).
I am not familiar with the cochlear nucleus 8 but here is a video I found on RU-vid to help you start troubling shooting. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mLTeqbaAkL0.html . I recommend talking with your audiologist to help you connect to the Eko app on your phone which should allow you to stream through the processor or hearing aid. Good luck!
Thank you for this. It has helped me enormously. My hearing loss is caused by coeliac disease with autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss, added to that, an attack of labyrinthitis that lasted 3 months (the most hideous experience. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy), which left me with tinnitus. I didn’t realise how bad my hearing loss was until it became common practice to wear face masks. It showed me how much I was relying on lip reading. Time to accept it and get hearing aids. Preferably purple, with rhinestones!
Phonak and Oticon make purple in their pediatric line. But in the last few years, Phonak have added red pink, green and turquoise (caribbean pirate) to their adult line, which is great because the adult line has way more features and much bluetooth support. Oticon now has pink and army green in their adult line. If you can compromise on the colour a bit, I’d recommend that route. I have purple from the pediatric line (Phonak) because the only colour available in the adult line when I bought mine were beige, sparkly beige (champagne), brown, black, grey, sparkly grey (silver) and white.
Hi, DD. I really enjoyed this video! I do have a question, though. I'm scheduled for my CNA exam tomorrow (BP is one of the skills), and this device is new territory for me. The nurse evaluator would not be able to do what she usually does: listen on another stethoscope while I perform the skill. I must be within a few points of her reading or fail the skill. One failure means failure for the entire exam, and I only have two chances left without having to repeat the whole CNA program. I do not have the time or money to do that. We are NOT allowed to use the app for the BP results. Do you have any videos that show you determining the systole and diastole numbers while using the Littman Digital CORE Stethoscope? Thank you so much for any help, and I will continue to follow you on Healthy Hearing Loss. You are kind and witty, and you are everything I want to be as (hopefully) a future RN.
Hi @bridgidmccalister4476, I am sorry for my delayed response. I hope all went well with your exam. There are no visual data for systolic or diastole on the Littmann CORE Stethoscope and it doesn't show on the newest version, Eko CORE 500, either but with technology advancing as fast as it does, I have a feeling someone will create it in the future. Right now, BPs can only be heard with these stethoscopes. I recommend talking with the school's disability/accessibility department to discuss accommodations. Perhaps they would allow a automatic blood pressure machine. You are protected on the American Disability Act.
Thank you so much for posting this!! I’m a new nursing student who’s been struggling with moderate hearing loss for low frequency sounds. I felt so discouraged & like I couldn’t do my vitals because of my hearing loss. I’m happy to find there is another medical professional like me. It means a lot and thank you again for you help and recommendations ❤️
