TV Hearing Aids: Which TV Streamer Works With Which Aids

What a TV streamer does

A TV streamer, which Phonak calls a TV connector, is wired to the television's audio output and sends its sound over a wireless link to the hearing aids. The aids then work as wireless headphones for the TV.

Phonak puts it this way for its TV Connector: the wearer controls the streamed sound on the hearing aids, separately from the TV's own volume. ReSound says its TV-Streamer+ streams to the aids "at the volume you prefer."

A streamer only pairs with the aids its maker lists, so the first question is who made your hearing aids. Widex's user guide for a MOMENT behind-the-ear aid lists its TV accessories and sends the wearer to the hearing care professional to find out whether they suit them.

TV streamers by hearing aid maker

Here is what each maker's own page or guide said when we read it in November 2026. The table above sets the same fields side by side.

• Phonak TV Connector. Phonak names its Infinio, Lumity, Paradise and Marvel families for direct connection, and elsewhere on the same page says the TV Connector works with all Phonak hearing aids. Our Phonak page covers the brand's aids.
• ReSound TV-Streamer+. ReSound lists the Sensia, ENZO IA, Vivia, Nexia and Savi families as compatible.
• ReSound TV Streamer 2. The ReSound TV Streamer 2 sends TV, computer or music sound to ReSound hearing aids; the page gives no model list for it.
• Signia TV Sound. Signia calls it a TV Bluetooth transmitter and says it works with all Bluetooth-enabled Signia hearing aids. Signia's accessories page also lists StreamLine TV, which sends TV sound in stereo to the aids.
• Widex TV PLAY and TV-DEX. The MOMENT behind-the-ear user guide lists TV PLAY for direct TV streaming and TV-DEX for listening to TV and audio. That guide covers one model family, so it doesn't tell you about other Widex aids.

A maker's list can change with new models. Ask the professional who fitted your aids before you buy a streamer, and keep the receipt in case it doesn't pair.

Proprietary link, Bluetooth or Auracast

The makers describe the wireless link in different terms, and some don't name it at all:

• Phonak says the TV Connector uses a proprietary 2.4 GHz streaming protocol, and gives a transmission range of up to 15 meters (50 ft).
• ReSound says the TV-Streamer+ supports Bluetooth Auracast, and that several people in the room with compatible hearing aids and smartphones can each connect to it. For the TV Streamer 2, ReSound gives a 22-foot range.
• Signia describes TV Sound as a Bluetooth transmitter with optical and analog audio inputs, able to connect to more than one pair of hearing aids.
• The Widex guide we read names TV PLAY and TV-DEX without saying which link they use.

These ranges are each maker's own claims, measured under its own conditions, and the two figures can't be compared with each other. Where a page gives no link or range, the table says so instead of filling the blank.

What a TV streamer costs

The maker pages we read for this table show no price for their streamers; your hearing care provider or the seller sets it. The one dollar figure we have is a promotion: in October 2026, Jabra Enhance's product page offered a free TV Streamer+ with its Enhance Select M3 aids and called it a "$299 value." That's the seller's own figure for a bundled item, not a price we saw for the streamer sold on its own, and promotions end. Our Jabra page covers that seller's aids.

Who pays is a separate question: our page on hearing aid accessories sets out the billing codes sellers use for accessories and what Medicare and Medicaid say about them.

TV listening without a streamer

A streamer needs compatible hearing aids. Minnesota's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services describes other kinds of listening device that also serve the TV:

• Infrared systems. Minnesota notes that some infrared devices are made just for home television listening. The transmitter sits on the TV and the listener wears a headset receiver with its own volume control, so the TV can stay at a level that suits everyone else. Infrared works indoors only, and sunlight may interfere.
• Personal amplified systems. A portable unit carries sound through a microphone and transmitter to headphones, an earphone or a neck loop; Minnesota lists TV listening among its uses.
• Bluetooth systems. These work directly with hearing aids that have Bluetooth.

Our page on assistive listening devices covers these systems in more depth, including hearing loops and the ADA rules for theaters.

Can a state equipment program supply one?

The two state equipment programs we read for this page are built around the telephone, so ask before counting on one for a TV device. Both were read in November 2026:

• New Mexico. The Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program states that its primary purpose is telecommunications and its secondary purpose communications. Its device list names amplified telephones, iPads, speech-generating devices and neck loops, among others, and one of its requirements is a household income of $50,000 or less.
• Oregon. The Telecommunication Devices Access Program lends specialized communications equipment at no cost and with no income guidelines to eligible residents aged 4 and older. Its examples are phones, tablets and speech-generating devices.

Neither list names a TV streamer. Each program reviews its own applications, and only it can say what it will lend you. Other states run their own programs; our assistive listening devices page covers more of them.