My father will be staying with us for a month starting in August. He has terrible hearing and often wants the volume louder than the rest of us can handle. He refuses to get a hearing aid so that's not an option right now. Please suggest some earphones that allow the wearer to turn up the volume for themselves without turning up the volume for everyone else in the room. I hope it exists.
gofar99 Messages: 1950 Registered: May 2010 Location: Southern Arizona
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Hi Check into wireless ones that have a sending unit that attaches to the speaker terminals if you have that type of system. Better ones connect to a line level output that is available on many newer TVs. Many home theater amplifiers as well.
Seems odd to object to a hearing aid if he's willing to use headphones. Does your TV or Hifi have multichannels that allow a speaker to be set at a different volume than headphones, as that might be a quick fix?
Hi Check into wireless ones that have a sending unit that attaches to the speaker terminals if you have that type of system. Better ones connect to a line level output that is available on many newer TVs. Many home theater amplifiers as well.
My home theater amplifier actually has this option but I've never come across earphones with this capability. I hope you get a solution to this and that your father finally accepts to use a hearing aid.
Thank you all for the tips! You've given me a lot more to work with than the folks at Best Buy or the search results from google (my fault because I used the wrong key terms).
I considered buying a soundbar, but a personal amp is definitely the more affordable and easier solution. I'm embarrassed that I didn't think of that in the first place!
vhfspeeks wrote on Thu, 15 June 2017 09:52
Seems odd to object to a hearing aid if he's willing to use headphones.
Part of his problem is that he can "hear" people and carry on a conversation, but a lot of it is a matter of watching the speaker's mouth, facial expressions, and any hand gestures to piece it all together. Another issue is that he hates the way earbuds feel and believes a hearing aid will be just the same. My father will wear over the ear headphones because our kids will be back in school, so they'll need quite to study and will have an earlier bedtime. My father adores his grandchildren so that was the angle I took.
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