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Hi everyone. I'm new here, and joined on behalf of my mother-in-law.
She has two hearing aids and has so much difficulty hearing the tv that she uses the subtitles all the time. She has difficulty reading them so tends to sit watching tv without a clue what's going on. The hospital has advised getting a tv with front facing speakers. This is proving to be quite difficult, and at the moment I am looking at soundbars. I wonder if these are more for amplifying the sound for music lovers, to enhance all the different beats, and would they make the speech clearer for my mother-in-law. I have seen tv earphones, wireless, but her hearing aids irritate her what with her glasses as well, so am wondering if there is a better option. Would be grateful for advice.
 
I don't understand why she has difficulty hearing TV when she wears HAs. Did she lose hearing due to age? If so, most of the times HAs help old people with hearing loss hear better.
 
How does she do in the real world? Does she understand what is being said to her and etc?

is it the TV that is only thing she has problems with?

If that is the case, sound bar might help. If she does have problems all the time, not just tv.. then sound bar might not help. Do you have a radio that has input? I would try the radio and see if it helps. if it does.. then a sound bar would help for sure.
 
Thanks for the answers. My mother-in-law is 87 and hearing lss is down to age. Hearing aids help in conversation but she complains that the TV echos all the time, so it's clarity she needs, as opposed to volume . Hence the hospital's advice to get front facing speakers. This is as much as I can get from her own words. However, my husband is starting to have difficulty hearing too, and in fact is waiting to have his hearing aids fitted. He has been assessed. He tells me that he has the same problem and the TV words run in to one another and he can't make out what they say. I am lucky....I can hear the grass grow....so of course I cannot understand what they both mean. This is why I have come here, to see if anyone can understand the problem
 
Gill149 said:
Thanks for the answers. My mother-in-law is 87 and hearing lss is down to age. Hearing aids help in conversation but she complains that the TV echos all the time, so it's clarity she needs, as opposed to volume . Hence the hospital's advice to get front facing speakers. This is as much as I can get from her own words. However, my husband is starting to have difficulty hearing too, and in fact is waiting to have his hearing aids fitted. He has been assessed. He tells me that he has the same problem and the TV words run in to one another and he can't make out what they say. I am lucky....I can hear the grass grow....so of course I cannot understand what they both mean. This is why I have come here, to see if anyone can understand the problem
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It's depending on what kind of TV she have, sound bar may help but as you mentioned that TV echos all the time, with sound bar may product the same result. What I suggest is to purchase small speakers that sit on both side of chair (or couch) and run the wires under and around to the TV. That way the speakers will be more direct toward her ears instead of sitting out front of the TV. When the sound travel across the room will bounced off the walls before it reach to her ears, that what's make it echo. The speaker closer to her ears she will hear it first before it hit the walls. You know?
 
Gill149 said:
Thanks for the answers. My mother-in-law is 87 and hearing lss is down to age. Hearing aids help in conversation but she complains that the TV echos all the time, so it's clarity she needs, as opposed to volume . Hence the hospital's advice to get front facing speakers. This is as much as I can get from her own words. However, my husband is starting to have difficulty hearing too, and in fact is waiting to have his hearing aids fitted. He has been assessed. He tells me that he has the same problem and the TV words run in to one another and he can't make out what they say. I am lucky....I can hear the grass grow....so of course I cannot understand what they both mean. This is why I have come here, to see if anyone can understand the problem
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Oh, her TV's speakers are not front-facing, that's why she hears echos (sounds bouncing off the walls due to side or rear-facing speakers). What the doctor said is a good advice. I think a sound bar is the best option. The ones with 2 or 2.1 channels are the cheapest. If it doesn't help, you can always return it for a refund and try another option but I believe it will help (make sure the setting for TV speakers is disabled). Make her happy as soon as possible. Good luck!
 
Thanks very much for the help and advice. I will see what I can get. I can understand better now so will go to our local family run electrical dept. thanks all.
 
Gill149 said:
Thanks very much for the help and advice. I will see what I can get. I can understand better now so will go to our local family run electrical dept. thanks all.
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Let us know how it works out as other people might have the same questions in the future.
 
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