[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I think that is only true if you use the bluetooth feature on the streaming box. But, you can buy an external bluetooth transmitter for about $20 on Amazon. It's a small 2-inch device that works great.

That's what I have. It's a streaming transmitter I got with my hearing aids. It's velcroed under my computer desk and plugs into the computer. I don't have a streaming box on my computer, and I don't use a TV set to watch TV. My computer doesn't have speakers. I use my hearing aids, and if I need to charge them, I switch to my headset which is always plugged in to the USB port.

I can use my transmitter on the TV instead of the computer, but it would override the sound and the speakers on the TV would automatically mute.

[nn0wheremann]

Originally Posted by Philipd411

My 92 year old mom is moving into my house. She needs hearing aids to hear the TV. She has a box that plugs into the TV that transmits to her hearing aids. But to use it I have to disconnect my sound on my TV so my wife and I can not hear. Does anyone here know of that tv that allows two differ audio sources to be used?

Just get a “Y” connector dongle, plug her device into one side and some computer speakers or a sound bar into the other, and plug that into your TV external speaker socket.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by nn0wheremann

Just get a “Y” connector dongle, plug her device into one side and some computer speakers or a sound bar into the other, and plug that into your TV external speaker socket.

Bluetooth streamers don't go into speaker sockets. Her hearing aides receive sound via bluetooth, not wifi, using a device designed for the purpose. These devices plug in to a USB port and the sound will transmit directly into her hearing aids as long as she's less than 60-ish feet away from the device.

[retiredguy123]

Slightly off topic, but I have found that, if you have a surround system, connecting the TV optical output to your receiver will provide digital sound that is as good or better than using an HDMI cable. I had my receiver connected to a TV HDMI output for a few weeks, and there was always a delay when I turned on the TV and sometimes it wouldn't even connect. Some people will tell you that HDMI provides the best sound, but it is actually not true.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

But then she would be hearing the sound directly in her ears AND the sound coming from the TV speakers. The TV speaker sound would sound muted, or unintelligible, or even screechy if her hearing aids are set certain ways.

Which is exactly what the OP asked for:

Originally Posted by Philipd411

My 92 year old mom is moving into my house. She needs hearing aids to hear the TV. She has a box that plugs into the TV that transmits to her hearing aids. But to use it I have to disconnect my sound on my TV so my wife and I can not hear. Does anyone here know of that tv that allows two differ audio sources to be used?

There are generally two types of outputs on televisions these days, External Speakers and Digital Audio Out. Using External Speakers requires a choice - sound either comes from the internal speakers OR the external speakers. Digital Audio Out does not require a choice - sound comes from BOTH at the same time. Use whichever works best for you but the OP will want the Digital Audio Out connection.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Bluetooth streamers don't go into speaker sockets. Her hearing aides receive sound via bluetooth, not wifi, using a device designed for the purpose. These devices plug in to a USB port and the sound will transmit directly into her hearing aids as long as she's less than 60-ish feet away from the device.

You can plug a splitter into the audio output on the TV. Connect an external bluetooth transmitter (for the hearing aid) to one side and connect the other side to a soundbar using a cable. You can buy a splitter for an optical cable or for an analog cable.

[mrkorn12@aol.com]

The "box" is called a Transmitter. We have one for several years. BTW-- more than one pair of hearing aids can be synced to that Transmitter. The Optical Cable from your television's Audio output plugs into it. The television audio should still work-- just like before your mom moved in. That should be all this is to it. If your mother is alone, and the television audio is bothering her-- just mute the television's audio. If your television's audio is connected by an Optical cable to a sound bar-- that is no problem either. Buy a Optical cable splitter from Amazon for about $15. Connect it to the television's audio output. Then, one optical cable is attached from the Splitter's output to the sound bar, and the second Optical Splitter's output is attached to the Transmitter. This is exactly how we have it hooked-up, and it works perfectly. Any questions-- send me a Private Message.

[SteelGator]

My Oticon blue tooth device that came with the hearing aids has a cable that connects the two analog ports of the blue tooth device to the single audio out port of my Samsung TV. I operate the blue tooth function from my hearing aids, and it works independently of whether the TV is providing sound to the room or is muted. In other words, the other listener in the room is unaffected by my use of blue tooth. It also worked with a Sony TV in my previous house.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by mrkorn12@aol.com

The "box" is called a Transmitter. We have one for several years. BTW-- more than one pair of hearing aids can be synced to that Transmitter. The Optical Cable from your television's Audio output plugs into it. The television audio should still work-- just like before your mom moved in. That should be all this is to it. If your mother is alone, and the television audio is bothering her-- just mute the television's audio. If your television's audio is connected by an Optical cable to a sound bar-- that is no problem either. Buy a Optical cable splitter from Amazon for about $15. Connect it to the television's audio output. Then, one optical cable is attached from the Splitter's output to the sound bar, and the second Optical Splitter's output is attached to the Transmitter. This is exactly how we have it hooked-up, and it works perfectly. Any questions-- send me a Private Message.

Not all TVs work that way. On my Samsung, if you want to use the audio out or the digital audio out connections, you cannot also use the internal TV speakers. My TV is about 7 years old, so I don't know how the newer TVs operate. But, I have found that, a lot of posters asking for help on TOTV have old TVs.

[dpmers]

Get an optical splitter, I have one and it works great

[Rzepecki]

Originally Posted by ROCKETMAN

I got my devise from the v a. Plugs into tv and comes into my hearing aids where I can adjust the volume. Television sound is completely independent and can be adjusted and makes no difference to my hearing aid sound.

This exactly how my husband’s hearing aids work. The television sound is independent.

[klc1923]

Originally Posted by Philipd411

My 92 year old mom is moving into my house. She needs hearing aids to hear the TV. She has a box that plugs into the TV that transmits to her hearing aids. But to use it I have to disconnect my sound on my TV so my wife and I can not hear. Does anyone here know of that tv that allows two differ audio sources to be used?

Samsung has a TV where mom can listen either through her hearing aids or a headset to whatever level she comfortably needs at the same time you and anybody else in the room and listen to the TV at a normal sound works well for everybody we had to get this it made much easier when my husband and I tried to watch her TV program

[Heytubes]

I have Phonak hearing aids that allow the speakers and the box work at the same time. Must be a cheap tv.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Heytubes

I have Phonak hearing aids that allow the speakers and the box work at the same time. Must be a cheap tv.

Not necessarily, just not a feature in that particular model. (it would be interesting to know when bluetooth capabilities started to appear in televisions - but not interesting enough to do the homework myself)