helping an older person hear the TV better!

[addey]

Sorry for the rubbish subject title! So I have been tasked by my mother-in-law to find a solution for her mother (in her 90's) so she can hear the TV better . She is fine when she is sat near the TV in her chair but when she moves into her bed she can't hear very well. M-I-L was going to get a soundbar and wireless sub with a view to having the sub near the bed but I explained this wouldn't work as the sub will only transmit the low frequency / bass sounds. So is there an easy solution to this? I don't think the budget will stretch to amp and surround speakers, plus I don't think they want wires everywhere. Is there any way of using a Bluetooth speaker positioned near the bed then transmit the sound from the TV via Bluetooth? From memory the TV is a Panasonic plasma, probably 6/7 years old so unlikely to be too 'smart'. And before anyone suggests it, she doesn't want to use earphones!

[Mobile Chicane]

Age-related hearing loss affects higher-pitched sounds first.

You need to find some way of boosting these rather than a sub-woofer which will amplify the wrong frequencies.

[dtmpower]

Sainsbury's have this in stock.

www.sony.co.uk/electronics/wireless-speakers/gtk-n...

In store I turned up the demo unit and it was decent. Can be mounted vertically. Ignore the led lighting you can turn it off.

[jmorgan]

Oh hell. Deleted but on reflection, wireless headphones even though you do not want them. Made a scart to headphone socket. It did work. When not in use the headphones re charged on the stand/base station.

[addey]

dtmpower said:

Sainsbury's have this in stock.

www.sony.co.uk/electronics/wireless-speakers/gtk-n...

In store I turned up the demo unit and it was decent. Can be mounted vertically. Ignore the led lighting you can turn it off.

but how would we set it up to get the sound from the TV to the speaker? Is there some kind of dongle that can be plugged in to transmit the sound wirelessly?

[dtmpower]

This would do it.

m.ebay.co.uk/itm/221408215984

[belleair302]

My Mum who is 86 and suffers from poor hearing uses these and they are amazing....

http://en-uk.sennheiser.com/tv-headphone-stethoset...

[jmorgan]

I know headphones are off the preferred but we went through this and apart from expensive gear, the wireless head phones off the scart was the best option. The main speakers remain in use for other people, being that plugging in the headphone socket normally disconnects the speakers, unless that is not a problem.

[addey]

Thanks for all the replies. I think we are going to try a Bluetooth transmitter dongle thing coupled with a Bluetooth speaker positioned near to the bed.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Subtitles?

[addey]

I'm not sure her eyesight is any better than her hearing!

[FlossyThePig]

I am deaf and wear hearing aids. A trip to the audiologist should provide the ideal solution and let you know exactly which frequencies can and can't be heard.