So my father is always hogging the TV downstairs in the family room, so mum never gets to watch her DVDs. I had the idea that she could use the 20" TV I used to have in my bedroom when I lived in Monterey, in the living room. This was a bad idea. She has it so loud, I can hear it in my room with the door closed, which means I have to turn my music up louder to drown it out - which is far louder than I like to listen to it. And I can almost guarantee my sound machine won't come near to drowning it out at night, as it barely covers the sound of when she's downstairs watching TV. And to add insult to injury, of course my father is now UPSTAIRS, because far be it for him not to be the center of all when mum finds something to do on her own. GAH!!
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Date: 2012-01-14 11:43 pm (UTC)From:no subject
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Date: 2012-01-15 03:18 am (UTC)From:(An inductance loop is used to transmit from an audio source, such as a TV, to the loop coil within a hearing aid. Hearing aids typically use the loop to receive the audio from a telephone handset. Many churches and airport terminals have room sized inductance loops so that people who use hearing aids can hear announcements clearly. A better description can be found here (http://www.disabled-world.com/assistivedevices/hearing/hearing-loops.php).)
Anyway, after looking at Radio Shack, I found a web site dealing with Hearing Loss Issues (http://www.hearinglosshelp.com/products.htm).
There I saw, a still somewhat pricey, Passive Neck Loop (http://www.hearinglosshelp.com/products.htm#pls) which can be plugged into that earphone jack of a television to provide a single person access to clear sound via their hearing aids. These run about $50 to provide one person with a hearing loop.
The whole room system runs a bit under $300. A description can be found here (http://www.hearinglosshelp.com/products/univoxdls50.htm).
As I said these items are currently pricey, but I expect their price to go down as more Baby Boomers start needing them. The price of the systems installed in churches and airports have gone down as the market size has grown.
I'll drop you a note if I find out more information.
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Date: 2012-01-15 03:23 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-01-15 03:57 am (UTC)From:More information about inductance loops can be found here (http://hearingaidforums.com/showthread.php?t=7480).
Its a pity she can't use it.
A lot of weird stuff was stuff was done in the name of medicine back before the serious antibiotics became available.
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Date: 2012-01-15 06:24 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-01-15 06:50 pm (UTC)From:Something like this--> Linky linky (http://www.healthykin.com/showproduct.aspx?ProductID=1708&SEName=tv-listener-j3-rechargeable-wireless-infrared-headphones&gclid=CPGfptnY0q0CFW-HtgodnE6Wlg)
The only time there was a problem was once in a while she would pick up a neighbor's wireless phone during the day