We know about the advantages of hearing aids, how they look and how they work. But many people have no idea of Television hearing aids and for what purpose these devices are used.
More about Television Hearing Aids
Regular hearing aids are not the best choice for watching television. As you set at a distance from the television set, it is likely that you do not hear your programs clearly and distinctly as you would like to. It is here, in such situations television hearing aids come on to play as they are specially designed to work while you are watching television.
Television hearing aids function on the same principle as large area listening systems but on a smaller scale. The sound is gathered up at the source and transmitted via radio, light or electromagnetic waves straight to your ear. In the normal model of television hearing aids you place the microphone by the TV loud speaker or plug a wire into the audio out put jack in the back of the television set. These wires, then, connect to a small IR or FM transmitter that transmits a radio or light signal to the same type of special receivers used with large area systems.
By using the television hearing aid, you immediately hear the television better and more clearly. You will hear the television properly and even keep the set itself at a decent listening level, visitors and family members watching the programme with you do not need to hear the television set cranked up.
When you cannot hear the TV properly, irrespective of having a hearing aid or not, the time has come for you to have a TV hearing aid. Ask your audiologist for further information when you meet him next.
Various choices are available in choosing television hearing aids. Ensure that you get the opinion of your audiologist regarding the best device for you. He will counsel you on the best selection based on the degree and level and type of your hearing loss.