Hearing

Charlie D. wrote:
Posting here as the RVing with disabilities forum seem to get few posts. I am aware that some of you may respond with something like "this forum is not the place to get medical advise":)

So here goes: I have tinnitus and hearing loss. I wear hearing aids that are several years old. I absolutely hate the back ground music on TV programs and it drowns out the voices. Because of that I can not hear or understand much of what is being said. So frustrating and turning up the hearing aid or TV volume does little to help.

Question for those who wear aids and have the same or similar problems. Have any of you come across a way or technology to reduce the back ground music? My aids do not have Bluetooth although I will soon be seeing an Audiologist and will ask that question. I can hear and understand live broadcasts better but of course they almost never have background music.

Here is the response from CBS about a program I couldn't hear well in 2015. This procedure does help. I have the Phonak ComPilot/TV-Link and that helps a lot also.

"Thank you for writing to CBS. We appreciate your comments about the audio mix on THE AMAZING RACE and will share them with the producers of the program. Occasionally, we have found that viewers who experience an overly loud background music playback sometimes have a stereo television and that the "front surround" feature is activated. This would move the rear surround, usually music and sound effects, information to the main speakers. We have found that some cable remotes have crossover signals (for instance their DVR button) which activate the "Front Surround" on the adjacent television set.

The "Front Surround" feature can be turned off via your remote control, accessing MENU, and then the audio or sound profile. Set "Front Surround" to "OFF."

We hope this information has been helpful. In the meantime, we will alert the editors and producers to your comments.

Cordially,

Ray Faiola
Director,
CBS Audience Services"

We full time and DH just got hearing aids a few months ago. He probably has the start of Minier's disease which runs in his family. The hiss was driving him nuts. He went to Sam's Club because he wanted to be able to get them serviced anywhere. That was such a good decision on his part because in the beginning, he did have several adjustments to make.

I just asked him and he said he background noises are not a problem for him. . . he doesn't notice them. He has several adjustments he can make himself. We were out to eat last night in a very upscale, but VERY noisy restaurant. So noisy I could not hear the friend next to me. He said he turned them all the way down and he was fine and he still could hear when I spoke with him. And best of all, most of the hiss is gone for him.

Dale