MFJ makes some sort of device to assist the hearing impaired. I have no
first hand experience with it but I do suffer from hi freq hearing loss
due to jet engine noise exposure for 25 years and have considered it for
myself.
Eric Hilding wrote:
>Tom, W7WHY, wrote:
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>>With my hearing slowly getting worse every year, I noticed this year I had a
>>hard time in the SS. I am now wearing hearing aids and it is hard to get
>>them adjusted right without squealing or not being loud enough. Without
>>them I have to turn the volume almost all the way up on the receiver to
>>hear, and that distorts the signals.
>>
>>Does anyone use amplified headphones? I wouldn't be interested in some whiz
>>bang type I'd have to pay 4 or 5 hundred dollars for. I would need some
>>kind I could modify to use the Heil boom mike with. It would be nice not
>>having to mess with the hearing aids when contesting. 73 and TIA
>>Tom W7WHY
>>
>>
>
>Sorry to hear about your challenging situation there, Tom. I'm sure you are
>not alone in Contesting-Land.
>
>Umh, have you considered the possibility of just taking the hearing aids out,
>and CRANKING-UP-THE-VOLUME (I said: CRANKING-UP-THE-VOLUME) on your Radio???
>
>If you have hearing aids crafted for certain frequency range boosts, etc.,
>then what about getting an inexpensive outboard preamp or mini-audio mixer of
>some type, inserting that in your headphone line, and tweaking the frequency
>ranges where you may need either a boost or roll off? It would seem to me
>this might be a more comfortable approach, and possibly less expensive than
>trying to find suitable headphones with the widgetry and than having to figure
>out how to Rube Goldberg a Heil boom on them.
>
>Radio Shack might have something!
>
>Just some thoughts, OM.
>
>73...
>
>RIck, K6VVA
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