Can You Use Headphones with a Hearing Aid?
A question that pops up in the mind of people with hearing disabilities is that whether they can listen to music wearing headphones. The answer to this question is yes, music lovers using hearing aids can enjoy music wearing headphones without any hassles.
Hearing aids and headphones carry out very different tasks and can be used together to perform those tasks at the same time, although it will depend on the type of headphones and hearing aids you are using.
Over Ear Headphones
Over Ear Headphones are very comfortable and easy to use with hearing aids. Over ear headphones cover the entire ear with the cups made of soft leather, velvet or foam and hence they make a better option to be used with hearing aids. It makes it easy and you can wear headphones with hearing aids.
All you have to do is to place the headphones over your ears and your hearing aids will amplify the sounds. They also block background noise, so that you can enjoy high quality music. H1707 Triple Driver Over Ear Headphones from 1MORE are an ideal choice for using along with hearing aids.
To Do List
When using headphones with hearing aids, there are certain things you must remember. Don’t place your headphones and hearing aids very near to each other as this may cause some disturbance, and you might end up hearing some whirling sound in between. In such case, you must reposition the headphones. If you continue to have this issue, you should change your headphones and buy a new one.
We’ll recommend buying 1MORE UK headphones. Also, the volume of your headphones should be turned down a little because it's going to be amplified by the hearing aids, so its better you turn it down.
Suitable Headphones
Which headphones are the best suited for the people using hearing aids? Headphones that cancel background noise should be preferred.
This way, they wouldn’t have to increase the volume of the headphones in order to get rid of the surrounding sounds like that of people talking or honking etc. As when you increase the volume of the headphones, it gets amplified by the hearing aids and you end up having more issues.
So it’s better to use a pair of headphones that cancel the background noise.
