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Our Guide
to improving your
hearing of the television
The television is generally a challenging sound
source for the hearing-impaired viewer. Sound
levels change dramatically between programmes
on all channels and production values do not
necessarily mean dialogue will be clear.
It is not a good idea to judge your new hearing on how well
you hear the TV, however. . .
Our Guide
To make sure you have a good chance to hear, ensure everything is in your favour. . .
1.
Check that your TV is not obstructed in any way - ornaments and pictures should not be placed in front of the TV. If the TV is in an alcove where a wall or a curtain is in the
line of the viewer, or if your TV is in a television cabinet it will make it much harder for you to hear well.
2.
Try to have the TV directly facing you.
3.
Small flat-screen TVs have hopelessly poor speakers in them. It is unlikely that a typical ‘kitchen TV’ will ever sound good to a hearing aid wearer. Try to use at least a 32”
screen in all cases. Also, if your TV is very old, it may have distorting or faulty sound.
4.
Make sure there is no interference on the signal reception, i.e. if the aerial is mis-aligned, the picture will distort / pixelate.
5.
If the room acoustics are echoey, you will really struggle, i.e. wooden floors, lack of fabric / carpet, high ceilings.
6.
Do not sit at an unrealistic distance from the TV, especially if your partner (with perfect hearing) is sitting closer to it than you. Also, try to face the TV screen directly,
not at any angle.
7.
Make sure there is no distracting noise next to you, i.e. open kitchen door or aquarium air pump.
8.
If you have a severe-profound hearing loss, and you have used subtitles or a loop system / telecoil previously - try to listen to it without subtitles. The brain needs to
learn how to use its listening abilities again.
Next, set up the TV for a person with hearing loss. . .
This is a general guide. Ask your Audiologist to do this for you if you are not sure.
1.
Press the menu button on the remote control.
2.
Move the arrow keys to SOUND, usually the 2nd choice after Picture.
3.
Move the arrow keys down to MODE or EQUALIZER.
If the TV is flat screen, it will almost always have an EQUALIZER. It will usually be depicted in about 5 or 6 frequencies.
on mono,
adjusted as above, and facing you. Or try playing the sound through a PC speaker plugged into the headphone socket of the TV. Ask us to set this up for you. If necessary, we can
advise and set up a domestic loop system or a radio / streaming device compatible with your hearing aids.
Adjust the sliders to approximate that shown above, i.e. the lower frequencies steeply climb from a high start, and all the
frequencies over 1000 are dropped off very sharply.
OR, If the TV is older or small size, it may not have equalizer. In this case, select something like AMPLIFY or CLEAR VOICE in
the Sound menu. Or if you can access a screen where you can see BASS and TREBLE, try setting them as with the Bass very
high, and treble not as high (if 50 is the Mid- point, Bass 85 and Treble 65).
There are many alternatives for those with poor speech discrimination - play the sound through a good music stereo, with the
speakers on mono, adjusted as above, and facing you. Or try playing the sound through a PC speaker plugged into the
headphone socket of the TV. Ask us to set this up for you. If necessary, we can advise and set up a domestic loop system or a
radio / streaming device compatible with your hearing aids..
to improving your hearing of the television
The television is generally a challenging sound source for the hearing-impaired viewer.
Sound levels change dramatically between programmes on all channels and production
values do not necessarily mean dialogue will be clear.
It is not a good idea to judge your new hearing on how well you hear the TV, however. . .
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