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Hearing the TV with hearing aids
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Aug 17, 2025 | Replies (72)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for answering yes I will hear again and I have no I didn’t mean it while the TV is also TV doesn’t work for me. It’s just to watch people walk by and now if it just like my sister, she has high tone, which is the officer that other people have trouble with but I have trouble with it and I can’t understand anything that she says it usually sounds all garbled
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Communication is a two-way street, with shared responsibilities. The burden should not be on the person with hearing loss, e.g., "just try harder." The person WITHOUT hearing loss needs to understand that technology helps (see @tonyinmi post for hearing aids and others for TV equipment) but doesn't cure hearing loss. The person WITHOUT hearing loss has a responsibility to slow down, face you, and rephrase things. Definitely turn on the captions.
Hearing loss with friends and family members takes adjustments on both parties' accounts. There are lots of articles and books/book chapters on this subject.
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@suesue22 thanks for clarifying. There is no cure for hearing loss. Hearing aids and cochlear implants (CI) only help. Captions or subtitles should be used to also help, especially for listening to TV. There are apps for the smartphone that will give us captions but they sometimes fail, especially in noisy environments. They would probably help you to understand your sister better. It's important that the hearing aid or CI is properly programmed for your loss. Ask your audiologist to make sure they use Real Ear Measurement to fine tune the hearing aid or CI. I suggest you use communication strategies. Here is a link for what you need to tell those that are talking to you as well as what you need to tell people https://www.hearingloss.org/understanding-hearing-loss/hearing-loss-101/communication-tips/
. I wish you the best in exploring technology to help.