| First, I'll say this to everyone: Get hearing aids if you need them. They can change your world. About music, this is getting much better in hearing aids. I've been from analog thru digital over 15+ years of hearing aids, and my latest (3 months ago) pair from Phonak (no affiliation) is an honest leap forward. It has a built in Music profile that disables all sound optimizations in general, while still attempting to correct the hearing ranges that you have a deficit in. I was on the verge of no longer being able to hear with hearing aids, that has probably been extended by 3-5 years with these new models. At that point I will be approaching cochlear implant level hearing loss. I happily embrace my cyborg future! On top of Music, I have a Walking profile that attempts to focus on the person that is walking to the left or right of my and can pick with side on the fly. And they make great ear plugs when things are loud. The Normal program, auto-magically selects between 8'ish profiles to pick the best one for the environment. And it has finally got it right. Older models I would daily need to force it into the best mode because it guessed wrong. The latest model I only have to tell it what to do once every few weeks. And to the original topic, noise cancellation, hearing aids bluetooth'ed to the phone/PC for conference calls is hands down the best possible audio experience. Built in noise cancellation, amazing microphones that can be used for your voice portion of the call, tuned to your hearing, with some of the finest sound output possible. Just amazing. These things are so good these days that they are finally being labeled as assistive devices for people without hearing loss. They can give someone with normal range hearing essentially bionic hearing. Tinnitus? They play customized white noise to make the ringing less noticeable. Doesn't help everyone, but it's really nice for me. I hear more ringing when I take my aids out. Oh, and it does all of this on a device that fits in your ear with a battery the size of a few grains of rice and all in a few milliseconds so your brain sees the mouth move at the same time it actually hears the audio. Again, get them if you need them. |
I just got a similar model I assume (M90-R) and it's definitely not switching to music mode automatically when I play music. (Maybe it's different for listening.) I just had the audiologist add a music mode that I can switch to manually, but getting acceptable timbre for the instruments I play (accordion, melodica, and piano) is work in progress. Making an expensive instrument sound like cheap trash is disappointing, though of course I can take them out.
Having Bluetooth is nice, particularly for phone calls, but I find the sound quality is unsatisfying for listening to music, so it won't be replacing speakers for me.