I have hearing loss and have dealt with difficulty hearing television for the last couple of decades.
I had TV Ears at one point but found them to be both uncomfortable and unreliable.
But then I found Sennheiser.
Sennheiser makes amazing headsets for television. They have an older discontinued model that’s still available with some retailers and can often be found for under $50. It’s the Sennheiser SET 840. I’ve been using one of these for a decade now. And just bought a second set for a second television.
My guy had these hearing aids he adjusted with his smart phone. He did well for a while, but they were frustrating. After the foster dog did in one of them he opted for the more old fashioned type and is happier with them.
I myself have little hearing in the right ear, but "enough". Or as I say to the doctor," I hear much more than I want to ".
Long and short of it, as a nurse, was I never saw a patient with a hearing aid he or she didn't have a problem with. They virtually used to whistle and sing A Capella. Like vacuum cleaners, it is so hard to find hearing aids one can love. I sure wish you luck. And if it happens I sure hope you post them here!
Try one more time. Go to Costco and get fitted for their Kirkland best. You have a long trial period (years) and can return them for a full refund. Suggest staying away from smart phones and the like. Have the Costco hearing specialist work their magic in the booth so when Dad comes home all he has to do is change the batteries every 5 days. Wishing you and Dad all the best.
My DH is 76 and has worn hearing aides since about 4 yrs old.
How long has Dad had his hearing aides? Has he been back for adjustments? When my husband has to switch to Digital from analog it was very hard. It was only a few years back we found out why. Analog sounds like the person who is talking, digital sound is more mechanical. My husbands hearing is caused by damage to the ear not hearing loss as we age. So this mechanical sound was not good for him. They found a digital one close to analog.
Digital hearing aid's volume is set by computer. So there is the baseline the person hears normally and then up or down but in a certain range. So, if that baseline needs to be adjusted so does the up and down. The analogs you could turn as high and low as needed. Not so with digital. They are set to go only so high or so low.
Then its the mold, does it fit right? They have had to shave some of my husbands off for the mold to fit comfortably. If he doesn't like the mold, there are little tubes that go in the ear.
Cleaning, little beads of wax can get caught in tubing. This will effect hearing. Wax in the ear too can cause problems. Seniors tend to want things immediate. Doesn't happen with these digital aids. Your need to go back to have things tweaked. My husband is deaf in one ear and maybe 20 or 30% in the other and that's with an aid in. If completely deaf, an aid will not help. TV he needs closed captioning. There are TV ears and headsets that can be used if he hears at all. Telephone, my husbands lights up when ringing. Dad may like the Captel that shows on a screen what the person at the other end is saying. The phone is free but u pay for the service.
Call your County Disabilities dept and see what is available for the deaf. But I suggest you take Dad back to his Audiologist to find out why his aids are not working for him.
My mom could never wear hearing aids(not exactly sure why). Her hearing has dropped significantly. To solve the tv problem we put a small speaker, a Wonderboom, by her chair. It seems to be working and I don’t get blasted out but by the volume.
I don' t know if anyone mentioned already....could you hook up the tv to bluetooth and he could wear earbuds?
also, there are call centers that can translate words into type so he could read messages on a phone (an old fashioned type phone, not a smartphone) ...I don't remember the names of any of them right off the top of my head.
My mom is basically deaf in one ear and has maybe 40% in the other. We did finally get her a hearing aid which she will wear sometimes but she is so used to not hearing things that being able to hear overwhelms her. For the TV we have a splitter that allows her to hear it with an earbud which she really likes. The sound can be on or off in the room. The phone and the TV can be hooked up to her hearing aid too and she also likes that however she isn’t able to put it in on her own the way she can the earbud and she can hear everything else going on in the room too which she doesn’t like, lol. She will tell us the hearing aid isn’t helping anymore which means it needs to be cleaned so if your dads aids helped at first perhaps they need to be cleaned, it’s amazing how much difference a little wax makes!
I had TV Ears at one point but found them to be both uncomfortable and unreliable.
But then I found Sennheiser.
Sennheiser makes amazing headsets for television. They have an older discontinued model that’s still available with some retailers and can often be found for under $50. It’s the Sennheiser SET 840. I’ve been using one of these for a decade now. And just bought a second set for a second television.
I myself have little hearing in the right ear, but "enough". Or as I say to the doctor," I hear much more than I want to ".
Long and short of it, as a nurse, was I never saw a patient with a hearing aid he or she didn't have a problem with. They virtually used to whistle and sing A Capella. Like vacuum cleaners, it is so hard to find hearing aids one can love. I sure wish you luck. And if it happens I sure hope you post them here!
How long has Dad had his hearing aides? Has he been back for adjustments? When my husband has to switch to Digital from analog it was very hard. It was only a few years back we found out why. Analog sounds like the person who is talking, digital sound is more mechanical. My husbands hearing is caused by damage to the ear not hearing loss as we age. So this mechanical sound was not good for him. They found a digital one close to analog.
Digital hearing aid's volume is set by computer. So there is the baseline the person hears normally and then up or down but in a certain range. So, if that baseline needs to be adjusted so does the up and down. The analogs you could turn as high and low as needed. Not so with digital. They are set to go only so high or so low.
Then its the mold, does it fit right? They have had to shave some of my husbands off for the mold to fit comfortably. If he doesn't like the mold, there are little tubes that go in the ear.
Cleaning, little beads of wax can get caught in tubing. This will effect hearing. Wax in the ear too can cause problems. Seniors tend to want things immediate. Doesn't happen with these digital aids. Your need to go back to have things tweaked. My husband is deaf in one ear and maybe 20 or 30% in the other and that's with an aid in. If completely deaf, an aid will not help. TV he needs closed captioning. There are TV ears and headsets that can be used if he hears at all. Telephone, my husbands lights up when ringing. Dad may like the Captel that shows on a screen what the person at the other end is saying. The phone is free but u pay for the service.
Call your County Disabilities dept and see what is available for the deaf. But I suggest you take Dad back to his Audiologist to find out why his aids are not working for him.
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also, there are call centers that can translate words into type so he could read messages on a phone (an old fashioned type phone, not a smartphone)
...I don't remember the names of any of them right off the top of my head.
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