Dealing with Hearing Loss Can be Hard – These Ideas Might Help.
Dealing with hearing loss can be frightening. Often, the change happens slowly – and you may notice that you begin to struggle more and more with everyday things such as talking to people or watching TV. If you haven’t already, you should get your hearing checked – it is always better to address any signs of hearing loss early.
Hearing loss often results in the need for hearing aids. However, some people find them uncomfortable or find that they just don’t work for them. Luckily, there are alternatives to hearing aids that you can try. But whether or not you wear hearing aids, for people with hearing loss, these ideas might help.
Invest in a Personal Listener
A personal listener is a must-have for many people with hearing loss and is suitable for both hearing aid and non-hearing aid users. It is a compact and portable device that can aid your hearing wherever you go. Point the microphone towards what you want to hear and you can choose to then transmit the sound into your hearing aids or separate earbuds. The sound is amplified and made clearer.
Our personal listeners come with different microphones, both omnidirectional and unidirectional. The unidirectional microphone allows you to pick out one specific noise, while reducing background noise, even over a distance. While the omnidirectional mic can pick up surrounding noises such as in a meeting.
They also come with Bluetooth so you can connect to your phone in order to speak to people on the phone or listen to music and watch videos.
Make Adjustments to Your Home
Kitting your home out to ensure that you are not restricted by your hearing loss could be life-changing. Our home alert systems include telephones, alarms, doorbells, or alert systems if you live with a vulnerable person. These systems then alert you through a flashing light, a loud noise or a vibration. You can place them around your home so that you never have to miss the door, your alarm or the phone again.
If you care for someone then the alert system can also let you know if they have fallen from a chair, or motion sensors could alert you if they start to wander.
Consider a Wireless TV Listener
If you disturb the people you live with or your neighbours with a loud TV then you may want to invest in a TV listener. A TV listener will connect to a media device via Bluetooth. (If your media device doesn’t have Bluetooth then you can use a Bluetooth receiver to give it Bluetooth capabilities). The sound will then be transmitted into your hearing aids or separate ear-buds.
Our TV listeners allow you to control the volume, the tone of the sound, and you can adjust these things individually in each ear.
Don’t miss out on your favourite TV shows, music or radio. It is important that despite hearing loss, you can continue to do all the things that you want to do.
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