What do you do if you wear hearing aids. We used them on our last tour but I will have hearing aids on the next tour. Thx
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Bend, OR
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This has been discussed a number of times on here. Some hearing aids will pair with a blue tooth device like Airfly that pairs with the whisper systems, some, like mine (Oticon) will not. We had one tour member on one of our RS tours who was able to do this and I see Vox recommends Airfly. I take out one of my hearing aids, leave the other in and use the whisper's ear plug. Not the best but you do what you gotta do.
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Portland, OR
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There is an over-the-ear piece available, but only for the right ear. I am completely deaf in my right ear and hear with a hearing aid in my left ear, so they didn't work for me. I can hear well enough out of my left ear that I just took out the hearing aid and used one ear piece. If I go on another RS tour, I will look into getting my own set of earphones that will work over hearing aids. I am not aware of any Bluetooth-capable technology that you can hook up to the VOX Whisper, which are used on tour, but I'm sure you can contact the RS back office and ask that question.