helping an older person hear the TV better!

helping an older person hear the TV better!

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addey

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1,029 posts

166 months

Friday 28th November 2014
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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 shout. 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

20,737 posts

211 months

Friday 28th November 2014
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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

3,972 posts

244 months

Friday 28th November 2014
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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

36,010 posts

283 months

Friday 28th November 2014
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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

Original Poster:

1,029 posts

166 months

Friday 28th November 2014
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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

3,972 posts

244 months

Friday 28th November 2014
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This would do it.

m.ebay.co.uk/itm/221408215984

belleair302

6,835 posts

206 months

Saturday 29th November 2014
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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

36,010 posts

283 months

Saturday 29th November 2014
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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

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1,029 posts

166 months

Saturday 29th November 2014
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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

43,248 posts

149 months

Saturday 29th November 2014
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Subtitles?

addey

Original Poster:

1,029 posts

166 months

Saturday 29th November 2014
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I'm not sure her eyesight is any better than her hearing!

FlossyThePig

4,083 posts

242 months

Saturday 29th November 2014
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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.