Solved! Looking for a hearing aid system : microphone(s) input(s) and bluetooth output

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Dear Tom's Guide experts

My 89 year old mother suffers from hearing deficiency. She has a hearing device consisting in a necklace which can receive bluetooth signals from her smartphone or computer and which communicates with the in-ear speaker in a proprietary wireless technology (the brand of the hearing aids is Widex). This system is fine for handling telephone or computer communications.

There are some situations where she feels very frustrated, like being among her family members sitting at a table and not being able to hear the discussion properly. The in-ear amplifier-speaker are very often not enough, particularly when there is a lot of background noise.

I wonder if there is a device which would consist basically in a microphone (possibly several microphones) serving as sound input, and which could be paired with her bluetooth necklace as auditive signal output, so that she can hear better what people say. We could have the microphone circulate between people as they speak, if there was a possibility of several microphones it would be even better. Of course the device needs to be rather small, portable, preferably battery operated.

If you happen to know of such a device, please provide the information. I have been searching a lot on Internet but so far I have not found anything convenient. Thank you in advance
 
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Whoever she uses for a doctor for hearing should be able to help with this, especially if the hearing aid she uses is not enough. What you are asking or is basically a walkie-talkie with an ear piece, which are available. There are systems like that for bikers to use that form a private internal network, and some other devices. This one seems interesting and cheap but I have not used anything like it so can't say how well it works https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mini-Wal...Powered-1-86-0-62-Mile-Distance-ABS/189745836

And of course the standard ones...
Whoever she uses for a doctor for hearing should be able to help with this, especially if the hearing aid she uses is not enough. What you are asking or is basically a walkie-talkie with an ear piece, which are available. There are systems like that for bikers to use that form a private internal network, and some other devices. This one seems interesting and cheap but I have not used anything like it so can't say how well it works https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mini-Wal...Powered-1-86-0-62-Mile-Distance-ABS/189745836

And of course the standard ones https://www.amazon.com/Charging-400...+talkie+with+headphones&qid=1633369183&sr=8-8

https://www.terranosystems.com/terrano-store/?campaignid=6765117762&adgroupid=79947784695&creative=533810213737&keyword=2 way bike radio&gclid=CjwKCAjwzOqKBhAWEiwArQGwaE9pL90hvGrQWnUAQUP2N9n8TQBmiufvbvGt_ynnnnWsfrZDnUI1DxoC1gwQAvD_BwE
 
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Thank you for your suggestions hang-the-9, but the devices you propose do not correspond to the need I have exposed. The walkie-talkies do not work with Bluetooth but probably with some radio like waves. The Terrano system might work with the helmet microphone but having people pass the helmet to each other would not be very user friendly !
What I need is a device with a microphone input and ability to pair with a bluetooth device and send it the microphone signal. Still thank you for your suggestions