- In this video I'm talkin' about the newest
secret weapon to help you hear better
in background noise,
the Phonak Roger Select, comin' up.
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Hi guys, Clif Olson, Doctor of Audiology
and Founder of Applied Hearing Solutions
in Anthem, Arizona.
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Hearing aids continue to get better and better,
but if you've seen my other videos
where I talk about hearing better
in background noise situations,
you know that even the best hearing aids
and cochlear implants in the world,
do not matter as much as
a great assisted listening device.
That's where the Phonak Roger Select
comes into play.
Not only does it help you hear substantially
better in background noise,
but it also helps you do a bunch of other things.
Imagine this, you're sitting at a restaurant
with five of your friends.
You have four main options
in this situation at this point.
Number one, you could just use your hearing aids
and try to follow along with the conversation
without any assisted listening devices at all.
The second thing you could do is actually put
a remote microphone on one of your friends,
but then you only hear that one friend
and you don't hear the four other friends.
You could use a table microphone,
set it on the table so it picks up sound
from all directions but primarily
from the people at your table.
Or you could use a Phonak Roger Pen
where you actually point it
at the person that you wanna hear,
that way when the conversation bounces
around from friend to friend,
you can actually point the pen
in that friend's direction.
All of these are decent options,
but none of them are perfect options.
This is the exact situation that the
Phonak Roger Select was designed to improve.
You essentially take this device.
You set it on the center of the table.
And it uses it's directional microphones,
and it has six of them,
and whoever is the main talker
speaking at the time,
it will pick up the voice of that individual.
And if that person stops talking
and another person starts talking,
it uses a different directional microphone
pointed in that friend's direction.
This way the sound is picked up from their mouth
and is sent directly into your hearing aids,
cutting through all of the background noise.
And you don't have to point a pen
at someone in order to get that benefit.
You can also tell the Roger Select
which direction you want it to pick up sound from
that way if you're in a conversation
with someone who's sitting next to you,
and you don't want to hear the people
who are across from you
having a conversation as well,
you can actually just click the selector
of whichever microphone is pointed
in their direction.
It's really that simple.
The Roger Select really accomplishes three main
things in this type of situation.
Number one, you don't have to inconvenience
anyone by actually pointing a pen at them
or asking them to wear a remote microphone
no matter how much that would actually
help you hear them.
The other thing is you don't have to worry
about where to position yourself at the table,
because you actually take this table mic
and you set it in the center of the table,
so it can do all the work
and you just sit back and enjoy.
It also helps you reduce background noise
substantially because of
the directional microphones
that are inside of the Roger Select.
This way when it's picking up sound
from one particular direction,
you're not bringing in all
of the background noise
from every other direction.
If you do find yourself in a situation
where you want to hear one of your friends
at the table but not your other friends,
all you have to do is click the microphone
in the direction of the person
that you want to hear.
You can talk with them and not be distracted
by the voices of your other friends at the table.
And if you want to rejoin the group conversation
all you have to do is hit the center
and it will go back into functioning
like it normally does.
However the Roger Select is more
than just a table mic.
You can actually snap it onto a lanyard,
so if you're walking with someone,
you can hang this around their neck.
It will pick up their voice and send it
directly into your hearing aids
or you can use the clip on magnet
and you can fasten it to their shirt.
It can also be used as a Bluetooth transmitter
to connect your hearing aids
or your cochlear implant
to a Bluetooth enabled device.
In the case of a smart phone,
you'll actually be able to stream phone calls,
music, audiobooks, or even YouTube videos.
But it doesn't end there.
You can even plug the Roger Select
into its base stand and connect it to your TV,
so you can directly audio input the sound
from your TV into your hearing devices
at your full prescription,
which is the absolute best way for you
to hear the television again.
The Roger Select does require a receiver
to communicate with your hearing aids
or your cochlear implant,
and there are three options for this.
Number one, you can get an integrated receiver
that attached to an Advanced Bionics Cochlear
Implant battery or exchange the battery door
on a hearing aid for
an integrated receiver version.
Your second option is to use a Roger X receiver.
This can plug directly into
a compatible accessory
for nearly every brand of hearing aid.
Your third option is to use the Roger MyLink.
As long as you have a telecoil
in your hearing aid or cochlear implant,
the Roger MyLink will be able
to communicate with it.
Alright guys, there you have it.
If you wanna hear better in background noise,
or you wanna hear the TV better,
or hear on the phone better,
or you just wanna stream audio directly
into your hearing aids,
whether you have a Phonak hearing aid
or an Advanced Bionics Cochlear Implant,
or any other type of hearing aid,
the Phonak Roger Select might
be worth a try.
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