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Listening to the TV FAQ
I am investigating options for my parents who both wear hearing aids but have difficulty listening to the TV. They use subtitles but these are not always useful for live programmes. I have seen the assistive listening devices on your website but am unsure about which would be the most useful. Is there one which can be used by two individuals, especially without too much wiring?
Inductive room loop systems are the most widely used equipment to help hearing aid users listen to the TV - click here for information on inductive loop systems. The hearing therapist at your local audiology clinic should be able to demonstrate a loop amplifier for you. Once installed and connected up the loop amplifier simply needs to be turned on for all hearing aid users in the room, with a 'T' pickup, to be able to listen to the TV. To install a room loop average DIY skills and two or three hours time are required.
Alternatively as you have mentioned 'Without too much wiring' we also supply range of wireless assistive listeners for use by hearing aid users, these have the advantage of requiring no installation just plugging into mains power and the correct SCART socket - alternatively you may just stick the microphone on the TV speaker, using the microphone is much easier but not with as good sound quality as via a SCART connection.
Additional receiver units may be purchased for the InfraLight and RadioLight systems - and of course all the systems will allow a mixture of receivers for hearing aid and non-hearing aid users. For the infra-red systems when considering purchasing an additional receiver can we suggest you consider buying two complete systems and have the second one the bedroom - this would give you a second charging station too!
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