Any Hearing Aids that provide music sound as good as Sony, or Bose Ear Buds?

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I have Starkey Hearing Aids that can stream music. It is a cool feature. However, listening to music doesn't sound as good as I can get with my Apple Airpods, Bose Earbuds, or others that I have used for listening to music.

It seems like you spend $3 - $4,000 dollars on Hearing Aids and the music would be excellent.

Am I doing something wrong with my hearing aids, or is the technology just different?
 
Which model Starkey hearing aids, and which device is your source for streaming?
 
Halo iQ 2400

Streaming from my iPhone 15.

I'll listen to music with earbuds, and the music sounds a lot better than through my $3000 hearing aids. Is it just a matter of finding the correct settings???
 
It's not all one technology for streaming. The technology is still evolving. Thus older models hearing aids may not have the latest technology, even though the manufacturer sales brochures make it seem great.

Here's some information from this Link to → Starkey Device compatibility Lists where the asterisk Legend means;
  • *ASHA streaming capable (enabling one-way audio)
  • **Bluetooth LE Audio streaming (enabling two-way audio) and Auracast broadcast capable
  • *** Streaming may be limited due to device's operating system (OS)
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Also, when your hearing aid models do have the latest streaming technology (your Halo iQ 2400 models don't) then you have to pay attention to the details for other (settings and firmware updates) such as these;
  • Link to → Software Updates for Connexx9.12.3 includes new firmware for Reach hearing aids enabling Bluetooth LE Audio
  • Streaming Adjustment Handles in the fitting software such as this link to one → example
Your hearing care professional may not pay attention to these details for each individual client. But you can ;)
 
Thanks PVC!

In summary, my Starkey's do not have High Fidelity Audio capabilities. I may be able to improve performance with software updates but it won't be high-quality music audio.

I'll touch base with my audiologist and see if she can assist. And if I want to hear good sound, I'll just switch to my Earbuds, which is a lot cheaper than spending another $3000.


Cheers and Happy Holidays!
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bbaroo said:
In summary, my Starkey's do not have High Fidelity Audio capabilities
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Well I'm not sure what to say about → High-Fidelity Sound capabilities, since the term Hi-Fi itself seem to be evolving after our Audio technology has switched to digital sound?

And, I have not paid close enough attention how each wireless streaming protocol (Bluetooth LE Audio for example) may improve the sound?

But I know what I like, and I have been happy with surround-sound streaming of movie sound, using recent Oticon hearing aid modes paired to Oticon Streamer 3.0 (there's an older Oticon Streamer which is not so good).
 
I tried streaming audio through my brand new Jabra Enhanced Pro 20 hearing aids and decided the sound quality was fair to poor at best. These hearing aids have the latest Bluetooth® LE Audio Streaming & Auracast technology. Hearing aids are designed to enhance human speech as their first priority. I can’t even get them to stream any audio from my work PC. Window 11 can’t even find them.
Before buying the hearing aids, I tried using Apple’s AirPod Pro 2 as hearing aids. They were not comfortable for all day use didn’t have the battery life, and they did’t work well as hearing aids even after taking Apple’s hearing test. You have to use the correct tool for the job at hand. The AirPods are fabulous headphones, but not very good hearing aids. Your hearing aids are great for listening to conversations in noisy restaurants, bot not very good as hearing aids in my opinion.
 
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