by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. August 28, 2009 You don’t want to be taken in by ads that claim you will hear well with the latest hearing device. NewsChannel 5 ( WTVF) recently wrote a story that begins: If you’re having trouble hearing, you might be tempted to buy a new product called the Loud […]
Automatic T-coils and Cell Phones—A Workaround
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady explained: If someone has an automatic t-coil on their hearing aid, they will have problems hearing on their cell phones if they want to do so in t-coil mode. They will need a magnet glued to the phone’s earpiece in order to activate the automatic t-coil. I don’t have […]
I Can’t Hear My Cell Phone Ringing—What Can I Do?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: I am somewhat hard of hearing. I can never hear my cell phone when it rings , even when it is my pocket. Do you have a remote little light that would blink when my phone rings? Sorry, I’m not aware of a portable blinking light device for […]
Hearing People When Riding in a Car
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady explained: When my husband and I are in the car and my daughter is in the back seat, I cannot make out what she is saying. I have lost most of my hearing in the conversational range and also in the high frequencies. Do you have any suggestions how […]
Voice Amplified Phones for People with Weak Voices
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A concerned daughter wrote: My mother is going deaf and also has a weak voice due to a laryngectomy. Is there a phone available that would amplify her voice so the person at the other end can hear her? Also, a devoted husband wrote: My wife has had breast cancer for […]
Control Your Hearing Aids from Your Cell Phone—You Gotta be Kidding!
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. June 18, 2009 What will they think up next? Did you ever want to change the settings on your hearing aids, but felt embarrassed, and didn’t want to be obvious about it? That is where a remote control comes in handy. I loved to be able to do this with […]
T-coils Have Been Around Since WHEN?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lot of people think that t-coils and loop systems are a relatively new invention. I’ll bet you’ll never guess just how long t-coils have been available in hearing aids. If you’re like most people, you probably guessed some time in the 1970s or 1980s. If you guessed that, you’d be […]
Hearing Discussions in the College Classroom
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A college student asked: What is the best method to hear the comments going back and forth between the professor and the students in a college class? Do you know of a digital recorder that can be paired with an audio transmitter/receiver loop system? Would this work for listening later? It’s […]
How Do I Eliminate Electrical Interference in a Vehicle When Listening Via My T-coils ?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: I just bought the MaxIT bluetooth neckloop and recently tried it in my 2003 Honda Odyssey van. The electrical interference from the engine was so loud that I couldn’t use it. As the engine went faster the sound got louder. I then tried the MaxIT in my 1996 […]
What to Do if You Are Having Problems with the Captions on Your CapTel Phone
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. One of the common complaints CapTel phone users have is garbled captions and missing words. Here are some “tricks” to improve your CapTel experience, and information on how to report problems by Pamela Holmes the Director, Consumer & Regulatory Affairs/CapTel Customer Service at Ultratec, Inc. She has the inside information on […]
Hearing the TV and People Talking at the Same Time—Another Perspective
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. In response to last month’s article “Room Loops—Hearing the TV and People Talking at the Same Time“, a man wrote: I am a huge fan of my home loop amplifier and thought I’d contribute my experience because what you said about listening to another person while watching TV. I agree […]
This New Handset/Headset Amplifier Is One to Die For
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Serene Innovations has just released what I have been looking for (and longing for) for a long time, namely a loud in-line amplified binaural hands-free headset for a standard desk phone. I have tried all the hands-free headsets I could find, but none of them had the volume I required. (In […]
Hearing Your Cell Phone Ringing at Night
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: I thought if anyone had an idea for this problem it would be you. My husband who is hard of hearing receives calls during the night from work on his cell phone which does not ring loud enough to wake him up. Any ideas on any alert systems […]
Special Voice Amplified Phones for People with Very Weak Voices
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: I thought there was a cordless phone out there that could do all the things that a regular phone could do, but could also amplify my voice as well as the voice of the person I am talking to? I’m not aware of any voice amplified cordless (or […]
Room Loops—Hearing the TV and People Talking at the Same Time
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: With a room loop system, will I be able to understand people in the same room at the same time if I’m listening to the TV through my hearing aids telecoils? The short answer is, “That depends” There are two ways you can accomplish this if you so […]
Singing on Key—Here’s One Way to Do It
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady asked: I am looking for a (small portable) device that would provide feedback when I sing to let me know if my voice is actually matching the note on the piano or the note sung by another singer. I know that there are computer programs to teach voice and […]
Captioned Telephone Goes Mobile
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Until now, captioned telephone service has been restricted to landline phones (CapTel), or to phones (landline or cell) used in conjunction with a computer (WebCapTel). Now, if you have Apple’s iPhone (cell phone) with 3G service, you can have CapTel captioned conversations where ever you are by just using your cell […]
Hearing in the Classroom: An Assistive Device for Hard of Hearing Teachers
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A hard of hearing teacher wrote: It seems to me that loop systems and FM systems are better for students than for teachers. How would either benefit a teacher? It seems that those systems are set up to have one person (usually the teacher) wear the microphone and the sound gets […]
Trouble Hearing on the Telephone
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: During the past few years I’ve found that understanding speech on the telephone has become increasingly difficult. I wonder if this issue has been addressed. 1) Are there certain types of phones that make this more of a problem (i.e. portable phones)? 2) Are people generally speaking much […]
Neckloop Microphones and Hearing Clearly
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: I read with interest about the lady who had trouble hearing her own voice when using the neckloop with her cell phone. I, too, had that problem and had 3 of my programs on my Freedom CI switched to M/T mode. I don’t use the neckloop often but […]
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