Hearing Impaired: My grandpa is hearing impaired and I was wondering if you could still listen to the tv while he has the headphones on?
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I am interested in knowing the same thing. My father wears hearing aids and still the tv is so loud you can't hear yourself think. I would like to know if I can sit in a room and watch the same program with him, have the tv at a normal level and have him be able to turn his headphones up so he can hear or does the tv itself have to be muted? No one mentions this information in the reviews.
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Mixed answers here about sound on the TV. I want something lightweight to listen to the TV while hubby sleeps. Can the TV volume be off while I listen to it thru headphones???
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Yes, but you may want to turn down the volume. Husband is hard of hearing so ours is turned up. He has no problem hearing and understanding.
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Yes, you can listen to the tv at the same time you husband has his headphones on. This is wonderful as the tv does not need to be full BLAST. Again, yes. Ours stays plugged in as the headset itself is wireless. Not need to unplug. We are just not able to "hear" DVDs blue ray or Netflix on our tv
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Yes, you can hear either. You just have to mute the TV speakers if you don't want to hear them.
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My suggestion is to simply go to a store like Radio Shack or Sears and purchase ears that are just for watching TV. My husband has both the Bellman, which he uses for church and social settings and ears for watching TV; not TV ears, but something else, as they were not so good and cost twice as much as a set of ears for TV listening at Sears. My husbands hearing is severe, so a $50.00 set should work just fine for your grandmother.
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I have hearing problem but my wife can hear very well, my question is, can I hear through head phone, same time other person hear TV from TV speaker?
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Yes, all others can hear the TV at regular volume. Headset works by line of sight so anything between headphones and transmitter base will block sound to headphones. Headphones have their own volume. They are fantastic.
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These earphones can be used both ways for both sound through TV and headphones or just headphones. It is all in the way you connect them. My dad was very hard of hearing and it had gotten to where we couldn't watch TV with him because the TV was so loud. These headphones were lifesavers.
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You can but those are not the best headphones for watching TV. They were made for studio mixing. You'll get too much bass frequencies. Not the sound quality you want for that purpose (Hi-Fi).
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You could also get him/her a pair of headphones designed just for this - $30 - $50 - that allows one to turn the volume up where the wearer needs it without blasting others in the room or neighbors. Or, you could wear the headphones which will block quite a bit but offer clearer sound. i have worn a lot of hearing protection - sleep with plugs always - and feel that plugs will deliver fuzzy TV sound.
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If you have an old amplifier laying around gathering some dust, you might hook your TV sound up to that then put on the headphones. Then you would have adjustable highs and lows for your sound. Since it's usually the highs that go first with problem hearing, you can adjust the treble to where you hear dialog best. I have done this for my own hearing difficulty (caused by listening to headphones in college with the volume cranked to 9), particularly when watching Downton Abbey. Them Brits can be hard to comprehend even with best of hearing. You might want to add a couple of speakers if your significant other prefers listening to TV rather than reading lips. Easy to do. If you have an old amplifier laying around gathering some dust, you might hook your TV sound up to that then put on the headphones. Then you would have adjustable highs and lows for your sound. Since it's usually the highs that go first with problem hearing, you can adjust the treble to where you hear dialog best. I have done this for my own hearing difficulty (caused by listening to headphones in college with the volume cranked to 9), particularly when watching Downton Abbey. Them Brits can be hard to comprehend even with best of hearing. You might want to add a couple of speakers if your... » Read More If you have an old amplifier laying around gathering some dust, you might hook your TV sound up to that then put on the headphones. Then you would have adjustable highs and lows for your sound. Since it's usually the highs that go first with problem hearing, you can adjust the treble to where you hear dialog best. I have done this for my own hearing difficulty (caused by listening to headphones in college with the volume cranked to 9), particularly when watching Downton Abbey. Them Brits can be hard to comprehend even with best of hearing. You might want to add a couple of speakers if your significant other prefers listening to TV rather than reading lips. Easy to do. « Show Less
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Can one have sound from the tv and the headphones at the same time. My husband likes more volume than I do and I am hoping this will work. If not can I wear another set of headphones that will pick up the signal?
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Yes but in a low volume..if your turn the TV volume down to zero then you also won't hear it in the headphones..that's what sucks
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Guess I'm wondering just what you mean by 'hearing impaired'.......I have congenital hearing loss and wear hearing aids, but yes, I use them and hear TV very well without hearing aids, and they do have excellent volume control. Drawback is that you have to face TV and not move your head or otherwise they 'cut out' and you CANNOT move about or leave room.....Semi-comfortable to use......
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My hearing loss is pretty bad. what I have done is place my timer on the countertop with nothing close by to absorb the vibrations, and therefore I can hear it just fine even with the wife listening to TV.I tested the signal while in the bedroom and was able to know it was running. It is small enough to put in my pocket if there are several people talking at once.
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yes both can hear the tv but if the person who is listening to the tv has the sound high the person with the headphones will hear a slight echo