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Hearing the TV with hearing aids
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Jun 6 11:47am | Replies (44)Comment receiving replies
Yes, the Pocket Talker requires a wire from the headphones to the desired sound. There are wireless ways to connect that require hearing aids equipped with BlueTooth or telecoils. Both can be adjusted to allow less than 100% reception from the TV or other sound source.
With telecoils you need to have what is called an M/T setting. That allows sound from both the hearing aid microphone and the telecoil input to enter the hearing aids. I personally prefer having 100% when in telecoil mode because the M piece allows background noise as well as the direct sound. Sometimes we just can't have it goth ways!
I have a friend who refers to the M/T setting as his 'marriage saver'. His wife wants to be able to talk to him when he's listening to TV.
We all have to make some adjustments. Also, it's about clarity, not just amplification. Do you have a hearing healthcare provider who shares information about these things?
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I tried the comfort duet hearing devise. the audio quality was far, far better than my octicon excite (digital) hearing aids. problem with comfort duet was limited range of audio reception due to tethered mic, & probably range of mic. I keep asking my audiologist why my hearing aid perception is poorer than analog.
best answer i get is hearing aids amplify & compress the various frequencies. all this digital tweaking often distorts some of the frequencies. bottom line audiologist cant or wont do any more. says its my severe loss thats limiting any more fixing.
why listening devices sound better to me is never answered.
I use octicon excite hearing aids. they have a program called genie, which allows for fine tuning programming octicon aids. I download the program but dont know enough about audiology programing to use it. where can I find a tutorial that a layman can use on the genie / octicon that would give me a shot at subjectively finding a fix? If I cant get help any other way, perhaps some trial & error tweaking is worth a try.