[Elecraft] Hearing aids and K3

[Donald, K6RV]

I have Phonak BTE hearing aids and I also have a Phonak ComPilot  Pendant, which is a Blue Tooth Streamer and Remote Control.
It is a "Miracle" Pendant that hangs around my neck.  It operates Blue tooth with my iPhone and with my TV's (I also have the Phonak TVLink),
but it also has a cable input that I bring audio from the K3 in to.  I can hear the K3 audio in both ears just like I was "inside"
the radio!

I can walk around with the pendant around my neck, under my shirt, and when my phone rings, it only does so in my ears, and I just touch
the button on the pendant, and answer the phone.  Never have to remove the phone from the belt case - the pendant also has a mike - actually
2 mikes, and I appear like a crazy person, talking to myself, for those who are around me !

The ComPilot will work with any audio input via the cable, and any Blue Tooth such as a cell phone, or TV.  The beauty of the Phonak
TVLink is that I can mute the TV speakers, and hear TV audio in my hearing aids so I do not bother my wife.  If she wants to listen to
the TV she can unmute the TV speakers, and set the volume wherever she wants and it does not affect me.

While I use the Phonak aids and system referred to above, most other companies hearing aids have Blue Tooth pendants that are available,
and Blue Tooth transmitters are available to be ordered on the Internet.

I have Heil headsets that work fine over my hearing aids, and also have a CM500 that did feedback, but I fixed it by just lowering the gain
of the aids (Phonak and others have a gain control on the aids - and/or can be controlled by the Compilot acting as a remote.
Also most hearing aids have multiple programs - My Phonaks have 4 - you can take your favorite headphones in to your audiologist and
have her/him set up one of those programs to allow you to wear them with no feedback, but adequate gain.

It is no fun to be hearing impaired, but with the modern hearing aids there are ways to still enjoy CW, SSB, etc.  I operate 95% CW, so I
continue to enjoy it, thanks to Bluetooth and direct plug in to my ComPilot streamer.

73. Donald K6RV