XPost: alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.repair
In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:34:42 -0400, Retirednoguilt <
HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.com> wrote:
On 9/26/2023 4:16 AM, micky wrote:
This app came with the yoke-style sound amplifier I bought, but it seems
to work with a cell phone and earbuds too, and though it's not what an
audiologist would do, IMO it's pretty good, and easy, and includes more
than I would have espected** you don't have to buy the sound amplifier
if you don't want, though I've included the link
**It tests hearing at iirc 4 frequencies and goes up and down, and maybe
up and down again, narrowing in on the lowest level at which you hear
the sounds, for each ear.
Even for my the $150 yoke style that I got, it seems to apply the
results of the test to the amplification, though I didn't try this until
yesterday, so I have no idea if it changed anything. OTOH, mayyyybe
even for their fancier hearing aids, they use no more than this same
app.
But I'm offering this mostly as afun way to look at your hearing,
without even leaving your desk.
The manual, which I haven't read yet, and I should:
https://www.myhearingservice.com/app/soundwear/soundwear2manual.pdf
Here is the app,
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=SOUNDWEAR&utm_source=opensearch&pli=1&c=apps
Here is my product, but they make various kinds including behind the ear
with the little tube.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C3MDFNRB?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
These devices, with relatively unsophisticated electronics, are very
likely all you need if your problem relates to hearing dialog on the
radio, TV, or in the movies. Those environments are generally quiet
except for the audio information you are interested in hearing.
However, if your problem also involves comprehending speech when there's >interfering sound, such as at restaurants, dinner parties at a private
home, while talking walks with one or more people adjacent to a street
in an urban setting etc., they are often inadequate and true hearing
aids may be needed.
Yes, I'm usually alone listening to the radio or TV (which I can just
make a little louder) or with one person 80% of whom talk loud enough
that I have no trouble. Or on the phone**. But a couple days ago I was
in an informal crowd and noticed that with the Maihear yoke device it
was hard to hear one convesation because an other kept interfering. And
noises I would not have noticed, would have thought small, were just as
loud as the conversations. When I took the buds out of my ears, I could
hear the conversation I wanted without being bothered by the other
stuff. It's strange.
It's also strange, IMO, that voices only get a little louder but other
noises get far louder, like even the tapping of the keyboard keys or the rustling of paper. Maybe it's that logarithmic thing about sound, or
maybe the little noises don't really get more louder but they surpass
some level of loudness at which my mind doesn't ignore them anymore.
Maybe we learn to ignore little noises below a certain level.
(Footnotes become less interesting the more asterisks they have.)
**the phone is interesting. When they are on speakerphone I have no
trouble hearing them, but they sometimes can't hear me because my
speakerphone is flakey***. When I use the handset, I often can't hear
them. Sometimes I switch it on and off depending who's talking but I'm
working on a long term solution which is connecting a Western Electric
phone in the same location. I have a dial Princess phone from 63+ years
ago that I'm sure works perfectly. Hmmm. It pays to discuss this stuff
here. I also have a Western Electric handset that is hanging in the
bathroom, connected to a wall plate with an on/off switch, a neon light
to know when it's ringing, and a buzzer with a separate switch. No one
calls me when I'm in the bathtub anymore and that would take up less
space than a whole Princess. I hadn't thought of that until I tried to
explain things to you.
***I don't want to buy another speakerphone because I'm cheap and I have
a base station, 3 cordless extensions, and 3 spares with charging
holders I bought on ebay for when the extensions fail. (After on one the
on/off started failing, but after it failed entirely, I found the
speakerphone button is as good or better.)
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