I have a hearing problem!!

Here's headphones with good reviews. Costco employee recommended this product. Sony MDRRF985RK Wireless RF (Radio Frequency) Headphones with Transmitter Base Station

If your hearing is fine other than the tv try a sound-bar
Our first flat screen had speakers on the front and all was good, the next one had the tiny one's on the rear and everyone had trouble hearing. We bought a good sound-bar from Best-Buy and that took car of it. The rear speakers enable the manufacturers to make the cabinet smaller but at the expense of sound quality. As others suggested some computer speakers will work well also.

For some reason, people who have poor hearing and have never had hearing aids seem to think getting them will make them old or not attractive. The astigmatism is unwarranted and once you get your first pair, you'll kick yourself for not getting them sooner. While hearing aids won't make your hearing like it was when you were 20, they will improve your hearing to the point that you can enjoy life more. As mentioned, newer hearing aids can be utilized with bluetooth and will transmit the tv sound directly to the hearing aids. Huge improvement.

However, I still have the older model (non-bluetooth) and also have DISH and use a TV head phone transmitter plugged into my DISH receiver so that the TV speakers will still operate and I can adjust the sound in my headset.

I'm in the process now of getting a new set of Costco hearing aids with bluetooth. The cost is around $2700 bucks for both, but health insurance now will reimburse you up to $3000 every three calendar years.

Ron

You could add a speaker close to where you sit. You could also add a small microphone near the TV with bluetooth output that will pair with some headphones for you. That's the same way the hearing aids work.

I plug my headset into the audio out andit does not stop tv sound. Have you thought about a newer tv.
also maybe check setting to see if it is set to turn off the tv speaker when headset is attatched.

before using headset, I used a a good speaker with volume control and connected to speaker out. Set it next to me and wife could hear it also

If you have a DVD/sound system, you may be able to connect the TV to that. I added an audio cable from my TV "audio out" to my sound system "aux in" and get far better sound than the TV.

Got my hearing aids 3 yrs ago. Don't know why you don't want them, but they are great. I hear sounds I didn't know existed before I got them. Music is especially better, hearing background instruments I could not hear before. After the first month or so, I began to forget they are even there. I also have the Phonak, but not the Bluetooth device.

If this a newer digital flat screen TV? If so, you likely can add a sound bar and have excellent surround sound pointed right at you!
If this is an old tube TV (19"?) then something like computer speakers or a separate wireless headset (2 pair) setup might be your best option. If you get a new TV, be sure it has front firing speakers but a sound bar is still pretty awesome.

Get a remote CB speaker and place it closer to where you sit. That's what I use at night so I don't disturb the DW when we are in the motor home and she is in the bedroom watching TV. Plugs in where your headset would.

Instead of the earphones try plugging in a pair of external computer speakers and point them your way, or next to you if the cable is long enough

Yea, well no one wants hearing aids, but until you get a properly fitted and programmed pair you will never know what your missing. For watching TV we both have what is called by Phonak a com pilot. It is a small bluetooth device that pairs to the hearing aids and connects to a device that sends audio directly to your hearing aids from your TV. Amazing the things I never heard before.
If your a Vet and use VA medical there free. If your a Costco member hearing aids are around 2500 dollars for a pair.