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What I've heard people (who know much more than me) say: Hearing aids amplify ALL sounds and in some spaces that is counter-productive - causing distortion, reverberation and overall, a lack of clarity for the sounds that you DO really want to hear. Some hearing aid manufacturers offer "apps" that offer options via your phone and these may help - letting you control the "direction" of the hearing aids. The hearing loop solution discussed here isolates the audio signal produced by a PA system, or local microphone, from all background noises and pipes it directly to the telecoil in a hearing aid, implant or loop listening device. The local microphone could be a "boundary mic" or a few of them, placed on a table used by a group such as the book club, that links to the loop system. I hope this helps but if not, please let me know.

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@pegbell
Hi
Hearing aids are not suppose to amply all sounds leading to distortion. They can be programmed to suppress loud noise and amplify speech to replicate as near as possible what the hearing person experiences. If they are too loud and distorting then they were not programmed properly and should be adjusted. There should be no need for apps to do what the audiologist should
have done. These aids today are sophisticated and smart. Apps are useful as assisted devices and as an enhancement or in cases where the aid may be limited to what it can do.

Regards from FL Mary