daithelife
proper brummie kid
I will add to the comments about hearing aids, particularly in relation to TV watching. The problem is often not with the hearing aid but with the way broadcasters actually "broad cast the audio component Of their programmes. They will mix speech and sound effects into effectively a single channel. It is possible with some high end (ie Very expensive) TV's to Get some separation using Dolby interface, but not even then on all programmes and certainly it is restricted to the main channels.
Using a sound bar, home cinema set up with modern digital hearing aids directly linked by "Bluetooth" or through a digital streaming device may help but this becomes very expensive and my own set up runs to thousands rather than hundreds of pounds. Talking to my NHS Audiologist and then latterly a private consultant I understand that for most peope with moderate hearing loss simply broadcasting speech and background music/noise on two separate channels could alleviate the problems for more than 90% of them.
Not an expensive or complex fix, so why don't they do it? Maybe because it doesn't affect them, So why bother.
Using a sound bar, home cinema set up with modern digital hearing aids directly linked by "Bluetooth" or through a digital streaming device may help but this becomes very expensive and my own set up runs to thousands rather than hundreds of pounds. Talking to my NHS Audiologist and then latterly a private consultant I understand that for most peope with moderate hearing loss simply broadcasting speech and background music/noise on two separate channels could alleviate the problems for more than 90% of them.
Not an expensive or complex fix, so why don't they do it? Maybe because it doesn't affect them, So why bother.
