I have the same problem in a restaurant so would like to know how Phonak’s users feel about using accessories in noisy background noise. When I up the noise reduction button I hear even less. Yes, please advise and thank you!

healthnut76….I have Phonak Bluetooth hearing aids that are 1 year old. I love Bluetooth for pairing to my phone for calls and music. I would agree that restaurant settings do not work well for me either. If I try adjusting background noise it always affects speech volume. I try to place myself on outside walls and have the person directly across from me. Phonak makes a microphone system that I tried using with my last set of hearing aids which was tied in with the Compilot II necklace piece but did not see great results with that either. I am still learning how to deal with these situations. Hope this helps!

I have the Rogers microphone and I don't feel it helps much in noisy environments. I have pretty much quit using it. I don't think there is much that can help in this case. I use an app on my phone that transcribes where someone is saying across my screen but that works only when there is a speaker talking. Again not good in restaurants.

I also find noisy restaurants almost impossible to converse in. My Phonak Marvel hearing aids have a Speach In Loud Noise setting that does little or no good. My audiologist did his best adjust my hearing aids to make them more compatible with noisy restaurants but there has been no improvement.