Product review: Oticon EduMic

The Oticon EduMic is compatible with Oticon Opn, Opn S, Opn Play, Xceed Play, Engage, More, Exceed and Siya hearing aids and with the Oticon Medical Ponto 4 and 5.

Price: £310
Available to buy from Connevans
Ages: 0 to 25

Reviewed by Sofia (11), who is profoundly deaf in her right ear and uses a bone-anchored hearing implant (commonly known as a BAHA) which sends sound to her left ear. 

I’ve really enjoyed having the EduMic, it’s so much better than my old streamer. Being profoundly deaf in my right ear, it has helped me to hear more in lessons.

The best part about having the EduMic is that I no longer need to wear a streamer around my neck, since it uses Bluetooth technology and connects directly to my bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA). The teacher wears it on a lanyard or clips it on to their top. This makes a big difference, especially in lessons like PE, when the streamer used to bounce around and sometimes I even had to take it off.

It’s easy to use and pairs quickly. I pair it when I get to school, then mute it when moving from lesson to lesson, and give it to the teacher when I go into each classroom. I love the fact that I can connect it to my laptop or phone too, so I can listen to music directly through my BAHA and no one else can hear what I’m listening to!

However, I’m still working on persuading my mum to get me an iPhone since that would connect directly to my BAHA without using the EduMic at all! For now, with my Android phone, at least I can use the EduMic to connect the two devices.

The only disadvantage of the EduMic is with some teachers it clanks against anything else that they may be wearing. If they don’t mute it, the clanking begins to get frustrating for me, and I get distracted by it. The battery lasts well all day, but you do have to remember to charge it every night!