Can Hearing aids that are Bluetooth capable be used on a Windows 11 laptop?

I don't ask stupid questions! & that bridging device cost about $300 & is NOT covered by any health insurance I know of! Both my hearing aids & my self-built PC have Bluetooth as I use an AKG Bluetooth pair of headphones on my PC. I also don't like your comment about Tech Support people as I have been & still am a MAINFRAME TECH SUPPORT Programmer for over 45 years!

Oticon has a device call ConnectClip that costs about $250. You place it in a USB port on PC and you can pair through it. I bought the overpriced Oticon hearing aids because of this device. HOWEVER, I have purchased 2 of them and neither of them work well. I sent them back for refund. I bought the second one thinking the first one was just a lemon. It was worse than the first. I do not recommend the device. The sound would cut in and out so I would miss half of the Zoom or Teams conversation. Hard to follow whats being said when you get a few words, then miss a few.

You are partially correct. The issue is that most hearing aids use Bluetooth Low Energy Protocol to achieve long battery life. Support for this protocol is not implemented in most devices (computers, TVs, etc), although it is in Windows 11. This is why many people, including me, can see my hearing aids as a possible connection (Windows 11 support), but cannot connect to them due to their computer's lack of support (i.e. my Dell XPS 8950).

The "proprietary wireless audio" remark on the Apple website is referring to technology in the individual device. This is not a conspiracy. They are bridge devices created to make up for the lack of support from the computers. The same is true for most TVs, which is why a TV streamer is necessary to connect hearing aids to a TV.

As hearing aid wearers, we are a minority of the population, which makes our connection frustrations a lower priority for computer and TV manufacturers.

hi,

first off Aymeric doesn't know what he's talking about or is lying! Hearing Aids use a proprietary form of Bluetooth which no version of windows supports! MS stated that they will be adding it to W11 but there has been no updates or news since the original announcement. Some MAC computers\tablets will support them because they use the same proprietary Bluetooth drivers as iphones. Some windows pc's can see the Hearing Aids as a Bluetooth device but can not connect to them because of the proprietary Bluetooth drivers they use does NOT define them as audio output devices. If you want to waste about $300 you can buy a Bluetooth bridging device as described above, but my audiologist says they are not worth it and they are NOT covered by any insurance.