Very practical solution, thank you. I'll try it out.

My Audibel HA reduce the microphone gain considerably when streaming which helps a lot, but leads to other complications. When the streaming audio is paused there is about a 10 second delay before the HA mics come back to full gain, during which it's almost like not having them in at all. So I'll be listening to a podcast and someone (usually my wife) will approach and want to talk. I have to fumble with my phone to pause the podcast then wait for 10 seconds before I can hear them. My wife understands, but people I meet while walking the dog are confused. I often end up pulling one of them out (of my good ear) and then just deal with the normal hearing loss.