Signia Streamline Mic and Rexton Smart Mic

The Rexton’s Smart Mic and Signia’s Streamline Mic is a remote multi-use devices.  Hearing loss affects your life in ways many people do not understand.  These devices will allow you to live your life, hear the things you want and need to hear better by increasing people’s speech over the noise in the background, hence, keeping you in touch with friends and family.

The Rexton’s and Signia’s Remote Mic both Use Bluetooth:

1. As a remote headset for smartphones. Sounds (music, calls, podcasts, etc) are streamed directly to your hearing aids through the mic.  Your voice is also picked up and transmitted to your phone since there is a mic on the remote mic!
2. As a remote microphone, the voice of a specific speaker is sent directly to your hearing aids and works for up to 60 feet, which is sometimes out of the range of your hearing aid mics, improving your signal.
3. As a remote control. When not streaming, it can serve as a discreet remote control for your hearing aids.

All of these functions are hands-free for ease of listening through your hearing aids for your specific hearing loss.  The opportunities are endless:  go for a walk or a bike ride and listen to your favorite music; clean the house and listen to your favorite podcasts without disturbing others.  Go to a theater play or religious service and be able to hear what is said easier, eliminating the background noise.  If you are using the Smart Mic as a remote microphone, ideally, the featured speaker should wear the Rexton’s Smart Mic or Signia’s Streamline mic as a lapel.  This removes all the noise between you and the speaker.  If that is not possible, place it on the top of the lectern or on top of a conference room table.  What is being said will stream directly into your Rexton or Signia hearing aids tailored just for your hearing loss.  And again, it eliminates the background noise of people opening up candy wrappers, coughing, and chit-chat around you.

One of our patients can hardly function without it on the phone because his hearing loss is so severe.  His hearing loss is significant, and even with his strong BTE hearing aids, he could not hear on the telephone very well.  Now, with his Smart Mic, he can have long and meaningful conversations with his grandchildren and other loved ones.  It is not hard to understand how much this means to him.  During the COVID pandemic, this was his best way to communicate with his family.

Set Up Microphone to Hearing Aids

Once you receive the Rexton or Signia Streamline Mic, you will need to charge it.  That typically takes about two hours in any USB port.  Then you will need to pair your hearing aids to the streamline remote mic, and then to your phone via Bluetooth.  To start pairing the remote microphone, boththe Signia’s and Rexton’s mic, need to be paired with the hearing aids.  Start by turning on turning on with the function button.  Push and hold it for a second. Then turn your hearing aids on.  Either open and close the battery door or put the Rexton hearing aids and or Signia Hearing aids into the charger for a second, and then remove them from the charger.  This puts the hearing aids in pairing mode to accept the mic.  To confirm that it works, you will see the remote microphone green light turn to a flashing yellow and will go solid yellow when it pairs. If you have your hearing aids in your ears, you will hear a pairing tone.  You have now connected your Signia or Rexton aid to the mic accessory!

Pairing the Microphone Accessory to the Smartphone

Once you have paired the mic to your hearing aids, you need to pair the microphone to your phone.  To do that, you need to hold down the function button of the microphone at the same time holding down the + button on the mic.  The remote mic will start to flash blue.  Now go to your phone settings, find your Bluetooth Settings and scan for a new device.  Once you see the Remote Mic show in your available to pair devices, you may select the remote mic and pair!   You are now ready to make or receive calls and listen to music.  There is a status indicator at the top of the device that tells you what mode you are in by the color it is showing.  When in streaming mode to your phone, the light will turn from yellow to a steady state blue, indicating Bluetooth mode.

Setting up Microphone Mode

To get the microphone hearing aid accessory to go into remote mic mode, you will push and hold the function button for 3 seconds.  Counting 1 1000, 2 1000, 3 1000.  The light indicator will turn a beautiful pink!  Now you are in microphone mode.  Test it out to ensure you can hear at a good volume level.  This will depend on the loudness of your speaker’s talking and how close they hold it to their mouth.  For best results, you do want your speaker to hold it to their mouth or clip it as close to their mouth on their shirt as possible.  You are good to listen easily now in microphone mode.  If the speaker doesn’t talk for 30 minutes, the microphone will drop back to a solid yellow.  To activate it again, you may press and hold the function button for 3 1000s of a second or activate it via your app.

The Battery life of these Microphone Hearing Accessories

In general, the rechargeable lithium-ion hearing aid accessories last for 10 hour talk time.  In general, a 3 to 5 day idle time.  It is wonderful that these accessories charge and doesn’t take too long to fully charge, 2 hours. When the power indicator turns red, you have about 30 minutes of streaming time remaining.

In the Remote Microphone Box (Rexton and Signia)

The device comes with a lanyard, a carrying pouch, charging cords, and an instructional guide.  It came with a comprehensive warranty from the manufacturer (except for the battery).  All covered parts received for warranty service will be repaired or replaced, without charge, to meet the specifications of the model.