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Simon T

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Hi, I myself am not deaf or have impaired hearing but my mother, who is 80, has. She is not completely deaf but is very hard of hearing. She does use in ear hearing aids but she has not found them very successful, however she does persevere. My advice is in relation to mum being able to listen to the TV. At the moment she can hear the TV if she has the volume turned up very high, this causes two problems in that the loudness is very uncomfortable for anyone else in the room and she is finding that the TV speakers become damaged.

I have tried her with surround sound which did not seem very succesful and I have tried her with headphones which seemed to work ok, the only problem with that is that no one else can then hear the TV as the headphones cancel the TV speakers.

My question is does anyone know of any cup type headphones on the market that have their own volume control but at the same time allow anyone else in the room to be able to listen to the TV through its own speakers.

I would just like to say that if I have written anything here that anyone finds politically incorrect I apologise profusely, I have just tried to state the facts as they are.

Thanking anyone in anticipation of any help

Simon
 
Have u tried closed captioning?
 
Does she have the volume on high while wearing her hearing aids?
 
Shel90,
Yes she has tried CC but she finds it distracting, but thanks for the suggestion.

Freaky Cat,
Thanks for the link, I will have a look at it.

VamPyroX
Well yes and no really. Yes she does but she has a lot of problems with the hearing aids due to the fact that there has been so much deterioration within her ear canal, she has problems with keeping the hearing aids in her ears, so she actually prefers leaving the aids out and turning the TV up even louder.

Thansk to you all for your responses

Simon
 
Simon T said:
Shel90,
Yes she has tried CC but she finds it distracting, but thanks for the suggestion.

Freaky Cat,
Thanks for the link, I will have a look at it.

VamPyroX
Well yes and no really. Yes she does but she has a lot of problems with the hearing aids due to the fact that there has been so much deterioration within her ear canal, she has problems with keeping the hearing aids in her ears, so she actually prefers leaving the aids out and turning the TV up even louder.

Thansk to you all for your responses

Simon
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No problem. Hope you will find something. :)
 
Simon T said:
no one else can then hear the TV as the headphones cancel the TV speakers.
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I thought there was a separate connection for headphones for your mother which allows anyone to hear the TV at the same time?
 
At the age of 80 years old, I don't know if she is very new to the hearing aids even she used to be hearing before. Which meant she has become late deafend. She is not used to losing her hearing, that is my guess. Like my mother who has passed away two years ago, she is not use to new things to try out and she can be stubborn when she don't want to do things that are new to her. So, my guess is that your mother don't want to try out new things like close caption which is important to understand what the program is saying. As for hearing aid not kept in, yes we do have that problem when we feel uncomfortable wearing the mold in our ears, but if she want to hear the sounds or noise from the T.V. but probably not be able to pick the words up very well. All I am saying is that being 80 is too old for her to learn new tricks of being in a new world of silence. Just tell her that she have to deal with her hearing loss and if she want to hear the sounds and make sense of what the programs say. Only solution is close captioned which is number one priorty. I just hope that would work that out for your mother. Best of luck to your mom and to you, too. :fingersx:
 
Oh, one more thing. :welcome: to AllDeaf forum, Simon T. Hope you enjoy our threads and chatting away with us and have fun. Just ask any questions that you are curious about. We are here to help you anyway with your mother's hearing loss. See you around. :wave:
 
Just want to add my 2 cent worth.

Does your mother hearing aid have T - Loop as one can put a loop around the room and turn the hearing onto Loop and she should hear the tv well and still others can hear the tv as it doesnt affect the sound with the loop around. Maybe you can find out more from your local audiologist who fitted your mother's hearing aid. Just a thought or get an FM system or something.

here is a link that yu might find interesting.

hearing impaired equipment| sound amplifier| hearing amplifier - SoundBytes

Good luck
 
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