The SoniSleep Sleepbar is basically a Bluetooth speaker designed to be used while you are sleeping. The key difference between this product and other speakers is that it uses “bone conduction technology”. The idea is that you can place it under your pillow and the sound from the speaker is transmitted to you via vibrations so that those around you are not bothered by the sounds.
My Rating: 3/5 Stars
Introduction
I have mild to moderate hearing loss and wear digital hearing aids in both ears during the day. The hearing aids help tremendously, but one thing I do struggle with is tinnitus.
Tinnitus is when you experience ringing or other noises in one or both of your ears. The noise you hear when you have tinnitus isn’t caused by an external sound, and other people usually can’t hear it.
(Source: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tinnitus/symptoms-causes)
For me, this means that I hate silence. If it’s too quiet I hear a throbbing sound that feels like a pounding headache. During the day when I’m in my room I usually have an audiobook or soundscape from the Calm app playing. At night I like to fall asleep listening to to a movie or story/soundscape from Calm. But the problem is that I can’t wear my hearing aids when sleeping. Therefore I need to have the volume up pretty loud; to the point that my parents can usually hear it in the hallway outside of my bedroom. I’ve seen a variety of pillow speakers and wondered how they would work for me. They can be expensive though so I’ve been hesitant to try one. Enter the Michigan Assistive Technology Program which part of Michigan Disability Rights Coalition. Through the AT Program, Michiganders with disabilities are able to trial products from their loan library at no charge. I recently saw a post about one such product they have: the SoniSleep SleepBar. Below is a review of my experience trialing the SleepBar.
Bottom line
I would give the SoniSleep Sleepbar a 3/5 rating.
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