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| W. eWatson... |
 Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 2:54 pm |
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I have an elderly neighbor who has difficulty with his hearing aids. It's
fairly common at his age. I think he and others would profit greatly if he
had a listening device he could hang around others, so that he could hear
them speak. RShk sold one a few years ago, and I've even seen one person
wearing one. Are there others? It was somewhat bigger than a matchbox, maybe
like an Ipod.
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W. eWatson
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/> |
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| webpa at (no spam) aol.com... |
| Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 2:54 pm |
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On Feb 21, 11:54 am, "W. eWatson" <notval... at (no spam) sbcglobal.net> wrote:
[quote:77b706715f]I have an elderly neighbor who has difficulty with his hearing aids. It's
fairly common at his age. I think he and others would profit greatly if he
had a listening device he could hang around others, so that he could hear
them speak. RShk sold one a few years ago, and I've even seen one person
wearing one. Are there others? It was somewhat bigger than a matchbox, maybe
like an Ipod.
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W. eWatson
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/
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See these:
http://www.heartlandamerica.com/browse/search.asp?GUID=F7E47847-57E3-4B8E-9860-C41F5DA44B22&storefront=1 |
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| W. eWatson... |
| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:43 am |
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webpa at (no spam) aol.com wrote:
[quote:7b5723171b]On Feb 21, 11:54 am, "W. eWatson" <notval... at (no spam) sbcglobal.net> wrote:
I have an elderly neighbor who has difficulty with his hearing aids. It's
fairly common at his age. I think he and others would profit greatly if he
had a listening device he could hang around others, so that he could hear
them speak. RShk sold one a few years ago, and I've even seen one person
wearing one. Are there others? It was somewhat bigger than a matchbox, maybe
like an Ipod.
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W. eWatson
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/
See these:
http://www.heartlandamerica.com/browse/search.asp?GUID=F7E47847-57E3-4B8E-9860-C41F5DA44B22&storefront=1
It shows zero found. I see turbo ear, but that's like a hearing aid. The[/quote:7b5723171b]
device I saw was a box that hung around the person's ear, and had an ear
piece that went to his ear. The benefit is that it's not so easy to lose and
the volume could be adjusted easily.
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W. eWatson
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/> |
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| JeffM... |
| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:35 pm |
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Michael Black wrote:
[quote:5def468f35]The problem may be that the hearing aid(s) aren't configured for the
person. Nobody loses their hearing at the same rate or the same
frequency loss as anyone else. A proper hearing aid allows for
configuration for the specific person's hearing.
Cheap off the shelf "hearing aids" are mere amplifiers, and all
a mere amplifier will do is amplify the sounds, which won't deal
with lousy high frequency response (by the time it's loud enough
up there, a straight amplifier will supply way too loud low frequency
sounds), or the loss of dynamic range in the ear[...]
Stuff we don't tend to think about.[/quote:5def468f35]
We certainly didn't think about it when we were young and stupid
and went to rock concerts without earplugs.
I went looking for spectral plots
http://google.com/images?q=hearing-loss+graph
and found dramatic data about guys who use percussive tools all day:
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noise/pubs/images/hearingloss.jpg |
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| W. eWatson... |
| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:31 am |
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Been traveling for four days. I've found a walkie-talky very effective with
him. I don't need my end to listen to him, but do need it to talk to him.
However, casual visitors that see him just don't see it that wait. Instead
they fall into the habit, along with him, of shouting to make themselves
heard. If I could find the box I initially described in my original post, I
think it would be better than the walkie-talky arrangement. No fuss, and no
muss about getting it into his ear. He would just hang it from him neck onto
his chest. Hard to lose and no need for the other person to have a receiver.
When one reaches 80+ years, his case, then hearing aids are a continual
problem. The very elderly get very careless and forgetful. On top of that,
his case, fingers don't work well, so getting the aid in place is difficult.
He has very expensive aids. In my view, for him, they are worthless.
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W. eWatson
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/> |
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| W. eWatson... |
| Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:35 am |
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[quote:b9acf37f7d]I have a neighbor who has very bad hearing, and has probably gone some of the
same pains as you. He advised me of a web site that might be helpful to you.
Surf over to www.hearmore.com and download their catalog. It has a lot of aids
for the hard of hearing, including the around-the-neck units, ear buds,
headphones, radios, etc. Perhaps you can find something there that would help.
I noticed that a few of the devices have tone control. Maybe one of those would
help control the low frequencies.
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Thanks, but I don't have a hearing problem. It's my elderly neighbor. He
seems to be enjoying his Radio Shack Listen Up.
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W. eWatson
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
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| David... |
| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:58 pm |
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In article <b5Ynl.18338$c45.2252 at (no spam) nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com>,
"W. eWatson" <notvalid2 at (no spam) sbcglobal.net> wrote:
[quote]I have an elderly neighbor who has difficulty with his hearing aids. It's
fairly common at his age. I think he and others would profit greatly if he
had a listening device he could hang around others, so that he could hear
them speak. RShk sold one a few years ago, and I've even seen one person
wearing one. Are there others? It was somewhat bigger than a matchbox, maybe
like an Ipod.
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There is an app for the APple iPhone/Ipod Touch that amplifies sound -
handy gadget for hearing what the kids are up to, or just helping those
who have trouble hearing
David |
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