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Nope, it doesn't work that way. When you use a streaming box, it connects to the hearing aids via blue-tooth. Blue-tooth overrides your audio system and sends the sound directly to those hearing aids instead of through the TV's speakers.

What you can do though, is have her /not/ connect via blue-tooth, wear her hearing aides, and adjust the sound on the hearing aides instead of the TV. She should be able to adjust the volume, clarity, background noise, treble, bass, midrange. There's probably also a "custom setting" option, so she can set it all up for the TV, save it to a new setting called "mom's TV" and whenever she's watching a show with you all, she can just press that button and the sound will be audible and clear enough for her.

When she's alone, she can connect to the streaming box.

This is how I do it when hubby and I want to watch a show together.

Sounds a whole lot like an issue I encountered a couple of years back. I have headphones for viewing as my wife is not wild about the sound when it is loud enough for me to hear. It is a "box" that plugs into the TV and that transmits the sound to my headphones. Not Bluetooth. Anyway I had purchased a new QLED TV (Sony Bravia) that worked great except that when the headphones were working, the sound from the speakers wouldn't, unless I unplugged the transmitter box from my TV--which was dead-center in the BACK rear of the TV; a 65" set on an entertainment center, which meant that I had to move the TV to unplug the box whenever we had company who actually wanted to hear the TV. There was no remote function that would toggle between the two. Very annoying. I called Sony and confirmed that that was just the way it was designed.

Anyway, as the TV was a Costco purchase I was able to return it and use the refund towards a set (Samsung) that DID have the toggle function.

You might want to call your TV manufacturer and explain your issue. They may be able to help. But if your mom's device is not Bluetooth, there's a chance that you're looking at a problem like mine which is designed into your TV.

Best of luck.

OP, you might look into a surround sound system that has and auxiliary output that could be used for the hearing aids. In this case, I would go to Best Buy, and explain to them exactly what you want to do and have them verify that you can have the surround sound speakers on at the same time as the auxiliary output. NOTE: the volume control will most likely control both outputs, so the hearing aids will probably need to be adjusted separately with their own control.
IMHO, I do not believe you will find a TV set that will do what you want, we have 3 in the house, all different brands and all assume that if you are using headphones you do not want the speakers on, and the adapter you are using plugs into the headphone jack. The only other option would be to see if there is an OPTICAL output on your TV, and then find an OPTICAL to headphone adapter. It appears that the optical output is always on.
Hope this helps.

I'm confused. Most TVs have an "audio out" plug-in on the back of the TV, where you can plug in the hearing aids. The audio out can be either an optical connection or a 3.5 mm stereo connection or both. You can go to the TV settings options and select "external speakers" from the audio menu. This will send the sound to the hearing aids, but not to the TV speakers. I think this is pretty typical for most TVs.

Note that, if the hearing aids are bluetooth compatible, you can buy a bluetooth transmitter from Amazon for about $20 that will allow the audio out connection to serve as a bluetooth transmitter.

My LG tv allowed the tv speaker and connected speakers can output sound simultaneously.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qTIhiN_gVUc

My Samsung allow the internal and Blue Tooth headset to work independently. My surround sound is connected via Optical if I choose to use it... But that only replaces the TV Speakers and still allows for independent control for the headset.

My father-in-law uses these: SIMOLIO Dual Wireless Headphones for TV Watching

It's connected to Optical Out jack. He can adjust his own volume and others can adjust the TV speakers. Since this has 2 units, one is always charged.

What about just using a splitter on the external audio line?

Google "Tv Ears" ..

TV Ears(R) Official Store - TV Headphones & Hearing Aids

Toshiba-Link
 

Amazing thread. Learned a bunch. Now even know a bit about the history of Toshiba-Link. :-)

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Resound streamers at ReSound hearing aids and wireless accessories | ReSound US and the Tunity app.

I believe this is the problem the OP currently has, he can send audio to the bluetooth OR he can send it to the speakers but not both. He wants both.


This bluetooth transmitter (or one like it) might do the job.

On my current TV and the last few I have owned, there is a digital audio out that is active at the same time the speakers are active. If I use the digital output to my stereo I need to turn the speaker volume down so that I don't hear both the TV speakers and the stereo speakers. If the device above was connected to the digital audio out then it looks like it would send a bluetooth signal at the same time the TV speakers were playing. I think this is what the OP is looking for.

EDIT: The Resound Streamer from post #12 appears to be the same type of device.

I have hearing aids that will do both. Sound adjustment for my wife and I can hear separately with my hearing aids.

If they are bluetooth, depending on your TV model you could all have a bluetooth connect to the audio.