Personal Audio Cable for one CI and one HA

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Hello! I wear a Nucleus Freedom CI in one ear, and a digital ReSound HA on the other ear. :wave:

Are there any Personal Audio Cables from Cochlear that will allow me to listen to an iPod using my kind of "dual" setup (i.e., using both ears)? In other words, I would like to plug the cable into the jack of the CI for one ear, and at the same time, have a headset resting on the other ear that is compatible with the t-coil in my HA, and have both connected to the jack of the iPod. This will ideally let me use both my CI and HA to listen to the iPod music. :hmm:

I used to have this HATIS Epic HA compatible headset when I had two HAs:
SoundBytes: HATIS Epic Hearing Aid Compatible Headset with Dual Earpieces

I cannot seem to find any accessories on the Soundbytes or Cochlear web sites that would allow me to use a CI and HA at the same time to listen to an iPod. This is a "dual"-cable feature that I'm not sure exists. Given a choice, I guess I am limited to having the audio cable go from my CI to the iPod, while shutting off the HA in my other ear entirely, when listening to the iPod.
 
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OK, I don't know anything about CI's, so I'm going to have to begin this with apologizing in case I'm totally mis-interpreting this. From what I understand, you:
a) have an audio cord that goes into the jack on your CI
b) have a headphone of some sort that works with your ha
c) need a way that you can have both of these working with your ipod at the same time, since your Ipod only has one jack on it.
Right??
Maybe?
Well, as I'm thinking of it, you should be able to use this fine. It's very cheap and can be found a lot of place (I just pulled up radio shack because it would give you all the technical words/names you'd need to locate it other places).
It's basically just a converter jack, so you can plug in two different cords and be listening to your ipod- with both ears. Don't know if this helps, but hope it might.
Koss® Headphone Y88 Y-Cord Stereophone Splitter - RadioShack.com

Edit: Sorry, just realized that you said you're LOOKING for a cable. My apologies D:
Edit x 2: OK, maybe not? I give up :D
 
I just use the T-coil in my hearing aid and the T-coil in the CI with a inductor plates or a pair of music links to hear the sounds or music. I will then adjust the volume control on the hearing aid to match the T-colil pickup with the CI T-coil.
 
girlingrey said:
Well, as I'm thinking of it, you should be able to use this fine. It's very cheap and can be found a lot of place (I just pulled up radio shack because it would give you all the technical words/names you'd need to locate it other places).
It's basically just a converter jack, so you can plug in two different cords and be listening to your ipod- with both ears. Don't know if this helps, but hope it might.
Koss® Headphone Y88 Y-Cord Stereophone Splitter - RadioShack.com
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This Radio Shack converter jack is EXACTLY what I need! Thank you!! :dance2:

John, I see what you are saying. I have four programs on my Freedom CI, but I don't believe one of them is a T-coil setting. I'm a little bit OT but I'm not even sure my CI has a T-coil.
 
I use ear hooks and found them useful but they often slip away from transmitting signal so I put very small rubber bands round the HA and CI to hold them. Ideal if wearing Ipod for long periods of time. But I use PAC most of time due to clairty of sounds. I have heard that using Y jacks is useful so that PAC can be used on CI and ear hook on HA. I have yet found one in UK....
 
TheKnightRider said:
This Radio Shack converter jack is EXACTLY what I need! Thank you!! :dance2:

John, I see what you are saying. I have four programs on my Freedom CI, but I don't believe one of them is a T-coil setting. I'm a little bit OT but I'm not even sure my CI has a T-coil.
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The T-coil setting is available on any of the four program slots on the Freedom which is a small advange over other makes. You need to press both buttons on the bottom of the Freedom to turn on the T-coil. I use this method at work with a audio loop in the floor so that I can hear the phone using both ears and as long I am in the loop I do not have to wear additional cords on my ears. The same thing at my local HLAA meeting that they use a audio loop around the room. The speaker wears a micophone and the signal is transmitted to the audio loop. I can be far back in the room and can hear the speaker just perfectly as long I am within the loop. For me it was a easier setup.
 
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