Accessories & Technology
Enhance your hearing experience with wireless accessories and assistive listening devices designed for everyday life.
Enhance Your Hearing Aids
Common wireless accessories that enhance the performance of your hearing aids and make everyday listening easier.
| Accessory | What It Does | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| TV Streamer | Sends TV audio directly to hearing aids | Watching TV clearly |
| Remote Microphone | Streams a speaker's voice directly to your hearing aids | Restaurants, meetings |
| Charging Case | Recharges hearing aids overnight | Rechargeable devices |
| Remote Control | Adjusts volume and programs on your hearing aids | Easy device control |
Everyday Listening Support
Assistive listening devices help improve communication in everyday situations such as watching television, talking on the phone, or hearing important alerts in the home. These technologies can be used with or without hearing aids to make listening easier and safer.
TV listening devices send television sound directly to wireless headphones or hearing aids. This allows the listener to hear clearly without increasing the volume for everyone else in the room.
Personal amplifiers are portable devices that make conversations louder and clearer. They are commonly used in medical appointments, small meetings, or one-on-one conversations.
Amplified phones increase the volume of phone conversations and often include tone control or captioning features to make conversations easier to understand.
Alerting devices use flashing lights or vibrations to notify users of important sounds such as doorbells, alarm clocks, telephones, or smoke detectors.
Captioned Calls
Captioned telephone solutions display real-time captions of phone conversations — available at no cost to qualified individuals with hearing loss through federally funded programs. Learn more about CaptionCall and CapTel on our Hearing Aids page.
CaptionCall by Sorenson is a captioned telephone service that displays real-time captions of everything your caller says on a large, easy-to-read touchscreen. The service includes a home phone with Bluetooth connectivity, speakerphone, captioned voicemail, and a mobile app. Available at no cost to individuals with hearing loss through an FCC-funded program.
CapTel captioned telephones by Hamilton show word-for-word captions of everything your caller says. CapTel offers several phone models including touch-screen and large-display options with amplification up to 40dB, and a mobile app for captioned calls on your smartphone. Available at no cost to eligible individuals with hearing loss.
Schedule an appointment to learn more about accessories and assistive technology available at our clinic.
Yes. Most modern hearing aids stream phone calls and TV audio directly using Bluetooth. Hinderliter Hearing Services in Birmingham, MI fits Bluetooth-enabled hearing aids and the accessories that pair with them.
A TV connector is a small accessory that plugs into the television and streams audio directly into the hearing aids. It helps patients hear the TV clearly without turning the volume up for everyone else in the room.
Yes. Remote microphone accessories, like the Phonak Roger or Oticon EduMic, focus on one speaker and stream the voice directly into the hearing aids. They are especially helpful in noisy restaurants and meeting rooms.
Some insurance plans include accessories as part of a hearing aid benefit; others do not. Hinderliter Hearing Services verifies benefits before recommending accessories.