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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 567732" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>But Sound Field may be not be more expensive. When I worked in a small room I actually used a high tech boom box made for speech therapists/classrooms which had a microphone attached and I upped the volume on that by 20 db. But for wireless formal fm systems, the microphone is the same. It just sends a signal to a speaker instead of ear level speakers. The speakers are going to come in a variety of forms, from very high tech and classroom wide types to types that sit on the desk or floor very close to the student in need. The question is, will he end up not wearing them if they are ear level types? Of course then, it will do you no good. Teachers wont complain about having a speaker sit in a spot in the class. They do have to get used to wearing a mic and making sure they turn it off when they get phone calls, go to the rest room etc. So, the microphone is what they will likely complain about the most. But it really is not a big deal once they actually use it and see it works fine.</p><p> </p><p> Which do you think he would use more consistently? Headphones, "hearing aid" types of devices or having a speaker next near by? </p><p></p><p>While I love the isense, we do have technical problems with the ear level ones that are not as common with others...the more sophisticated the technology the more issues. Wax can block the tubes and has to be cleaned out but you can get kits for that and the isense comes with a little tiny filter on the end and you purchase extra filters to swap out. They become blocked and all sound stops and he wont likely tell you so you have to make sure someone at school is responsible for checking that as well as daily checks of batteries (which are expensive by the way). We have an issue with one of them for some reason it does not connect to the signal on and off. There is a very good warranty so anything will be repaired. All of these things do have to go through a cooperative audiologist. They wont dispense to you privately. ( Q tends to like to wear one anyway and we put it on the ear that better processes when he needs the info and the one that is worse when we are working on boosting his use (because of his brain injury he has more issues on one side)). </p><p><a href="http://www.phonak.com/com/b2c/en/products/more_products/soundfield/product-details.html" target="_blank">http://www.phonak.com/com/b2c/en/products/more_products/soundfield/product-details.html</a></p><p></p><p>look at page ten of this kind, there is a small portable speaker to go with the system so if he goes to the library for story time or you want it to go to an after school program or they switch classrooms for some reason, the speaker is tiny and can be plopped down. it has patches for tv and other technology too but you probably dont need that now. This type of thing could really work for you if he wont tolerate the physical touch of head phones or ear level receivers. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cetaceasound.com/documents/brochures/cetacea_product_brochure_edu_2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cetaceasound.com/documents/brochures/cetacea_product_brochure_edu_2012.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>this is from : <a href="http://www.cetaceasound.com/orbiter/" target="_blank">http://www.cetaceasound.com/orbiter/</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>by the way, I think the person you were talking to was thinking of the old isense....even the classic one is now upgraded to be a small ipod like receiver (maybe thicker) with very lightweight ear bud type things, but open with that flexible tube I toldyou about that just kind of wraps inside thefold part of the outer ear, it is not like anything sold in stores so hard to explain but does not close up the ear canal like traditional ear buds or hearing aid ear molds. Q has the isense micro which are two very small hearing aids (which come in a ton of colors so of course he got bright green) again, can have traditional ear molds made for them but they come with the little plastic thing that just holds in in the ear near the ear canal. The wire from the aid to the little part that goes in the ear is longer than it needs to be. On traditional hearing aids that is ordered at a certain size and this comes in one size which is more for people with bigger ears (Q has smallish ears) but they are bendable and he also has a holder much like glasses holders so if he pulled them off they would not go flying. It is weightless and sits behind his head but it is not necessary, we just opted for it because of horseback riding. </p><p></p><p></p><p>oh, here's another called chatpack desk top sound field system:</p><p><a href="http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=19327&top=13438&ksectionid=19327&productid=74419&trail=0&discontinued=0" target="_blank">http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=19327&top=13438&ksectionid=19327&productid=74419&trail=0&discontinued=0</a></p><p></p><p>I dont know about any of these personally just searching for options ..... nothing is perfect sadly, the total for what we purchased was about $2700 with microphone and aids. We also got personal ear molds made at about $100 but they tore because this unit is not really made for them, so we used the ear molds from our school system and they are the more traditional outer ear kind and they worked well (Q likes to have outside sound blocked sometimes so we use that to give him the ability to only focus on the sound coming in the microphone.....that is not traditionally how an fm system is meant to be used)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 567732, member: 12886"] But Sound Field may be not be more expensive. When I worked in a small room I actually used a high tech boom box made for speech therapists/classrooms which had a microphone attached and I upped the volume on that by 20 db. But for wireless formal fm systems, the microphone is the same. It just sends a signal to a speaker instead of ear level speakers. The speakers are going to come in a variety of forms, from very high tech and classroom wide types to types that sit on the desk or floor very close to the student in need. The question is, will he end up not wearing them if they are ear level types? Of course then, it will do you no good. Teachers wont complain about having a speaker sit in a spot in the class. They do have to get used to wearing a mic and making sure they turn it off when they get phone calls, go to the rest room etc. So, the microphone is what they will likely complain about the most. But it really is not a big deal once they actually use it and see it works fine. Which do you think he would use more consistently? Headphones, "hearing aid" types of devices or having a speaker next near by? While I love the isense, we do have technical problems with the ear level ones that are not as common with others...the more sophisticated the technology the more issues. Wax can block the tubes and has to be cleaned out but you can get kits for that and the isense comes with a little tiny filter on the end and you purchase extra filters to swap out. They become blocked and all sound stops and he wont likely tell you so you have to make sure someone at school is responsible for checking that as well as daily checks of batteries (which are expensive by the way). We have an issue with one of them for some reason it does not connect to the signal on and off. There is a very good warranty so anything will be repaired. All of these things do have to go through a cooperative audiologist. They wont dispense to you privately. ( Q tends to like to wear one anyway and we put it on the ear that better processes when he needs the info and the one that is worse when we are working on boosting his use (because of his brain injury he has more issues on one side)). [url]http://www.phonak.com/com/b2c/en/products/more_products/soundfield/product-details.html[/url] look at page ten of this kind, there is a small portable speaker to go with the system so if he goes to the library for story time or you want it to go to an after school program or they switch classrooms for some reason, the speaker is tiny and can be plopped down. it has patches for tv and other technology too but you probably dont need that now. This type of thing could really work for you if he wont tolerate the physical touch of head phones or ear level receivers. [url]http://www.cetaceasound.com/documents/brochures/cetacea_product_brochure_edu_2012.pdf[/url] this is from : [url]http://www.cetaceasound.com/orbiter/[/url] by the way, I think the person you were talking to was thinking of the old isense....even the classic one is now upgraded to be a small ipod like receiver (maybe thicker) with very lightweight ear bud type things, but open with that flexible tube I toldyou about that just kind of wraps inside thefold part of the outer ear, it is not like anything sold in stores so hard to explain but does not close up the ear canal like traditional ear buds or hearing aid ear molds. Q has the isense micro which are two very small hearing aids (which come in a ton of colors so of course he got bright green) again, can have traditional ear molds made for them but they come with the little plastic thing that just holds in in the ear near the ear canal. The wire from the aid to the little part that goes in the ear is longer than it needs to be. On traditional hearing aids that is ordered at a certain size and this comes in one size which is more for people with bigger ears (Q has smallish ears) but they are bendable and he also has a holder much like glasses holders so if he pulled them off they would not go flying. It is weightless and sits behind his head but it is not necessary, we just opted for it because of horseback riding. oh, here's another called chatpack desk top sound field system: [url]http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=19327&top=13438&ksectionid=19327&productid=74419&trail=0&discontinued=0[/url] I dont know about any of these personally just searching for options ..... nothing is perfect sadly, the total for what we purchased was about $2700 with microphone and aids. We also got personal ear molds made at about $100 but they tore because this unit is not really made for them, so we used the ear molds from our school system and they are the more traditional outer ear kind and they worked well (Q likes to have outside sound blocked sometimes so we use that to give him the ability to only focus on the sound coming in the microphone.....that is not traditionally how an fm system is meant to be used) [/QUOTE]
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