Enjoying a theater movie w/hearing loss

[trw]

I have very expensive Swiss made programmable [4 dif. programs] digital hearing aides, but they are generally more aggravation than not for many applications and they are independent of each other, requiring fiddling and adjustment & eat #13 bats.

What I have found is that Northern Hydraulics sells a small cigarette lighter sized amplifier w/a cord and two ear buds, bats included(!) for about ten bucks. It has a volume control on/off switch & a clip so that it may be attached to a shirt pocket or collar. It also has a small unobtrusive blue LED bat indicator light so you may see that it is 'on'. For going to a movie, it is simply great. It also works well for when you may need to have an intermittent need for having a conversation [pardon the wording, but its exact even if it sounds redundant at first*], but you must remember that it is an amplifier and not a hearing aide, so if you have the volume too high and there is a really loud noise, it is going to become REALLY loud, as in painful!

* like keeping in your range bag & using briefly when the "line is 'CLEAR' "

Anyway, thot to mention it for any who may benefit. I've no ties to the seller or maker. The one I have has been in use for over a year; much more 'off' than 'on', but does include three recent full length feature films and many short times for conversations and still has the original bats in it.

edit: I may have this in the wrong place, if so, please move to the correct spot. Thank you.

 

[Panzerschwein]

Sounds like a useful product for those with hearing problems.

 

[larry_minn]

WHAT?






Thanks for info. Sometimes simple, cheap will work.

My mom got fancy ones. Had issues getting both on right setting for situation. In hinsight a simple unit may have been better.

 

[MedWheeler]

BANG! I had a range officer call a cold line once to assist another shooter in clearing a jam. I pulled my muffs when I went back behind the "cold" line (I was the only other shooter.) Once the jam was cleared, he allowed the other shooter to take a shot without telling me.

I can see some uses for that product, but I'm glad I wasn't wearing one that day!

 

[old lady new shooter]

I'm already worrying about going shooting with hearing aids. I normally wear double ear pro, the squishy things plus a somewhat fancy earmuffs that supposedly only muffle the gunshots while letting talk through. Last time I went to the range I actually couldn't hear the person in the next lane when they were trying to talk to me but I didn't think anything of it. I suppose I might have neglected to max that volume out, but in light of my two recent experiences I'm now guessing that I just really couldn't hear them.

Do you guys wear your hearing aids together with your ear pro when you go shooting? Or how do you handle it?

 

[agtman]

Going out to a movie theater anymore is dangerous. It's hard to watch the film when you're constantly looking over your shoulder, whether you can hear sound or not.

Never know when a joker or scary evil clown will start emptying a magzine of BANG behind you.

Nope, if I want to see some recent crapola from Hollywierd, I can do it from the safety of my home watching NetFlix, and turn up the volume as needed.

Just a bowl of popcorn, a glass of tea, ... and a loaded M1 Garand within reach for any uninvited jokers and clowns.

 

[luffy100]

thanks for this thread i know a guy that needs this

 

[Drail]

If you go into a movie theatre today without ear plugs you will have hearing problems in short order. They just can't seem to get the music and explosions loud enough or turn the dialogue down enough. TV has become just as bad. Turn it up loud enough to hear dialogue and when the sound effects and music come on it you get to enjoy the sound of a speaker about to blow.

 

[MICHAEL T]

My theater has muffs for us hard of hearing. I can control volume to each ear. I tried hearing aids lost both in a month . Be paying for them for a while.

 

[jdh]

There are smartphone apps that do the same thing. Some have equalizer and filter functions.

 

[psyopspec]

Going out to a movie theater anymore is dangerous. It's hard to watch the film when you're constantly looking over your shoulder, whether you can hear sound or not.

Never know when a joker or scary evil clown will start emptying a magzine of BANG behind you.

Nope, if I want to see some recent crapola from Hollywierd, I can do it from the safety of my home watching NetFlix, and turn up the volume as needed.

Just a bowl of popcorn, a glass of tea, ... and a loaded M1 Garand within reach for any uninvited jokers and clowns.

Quite literally and without exaggeration, you're more likely to get electrocuted in the home watching Netflix than you are to get shot in a theater.

If it makes you uncomfortable, that's fine and no one will begrudge you those feelings. But "theaters are dangerous" is a contention one would be hard-pressed to back up with any objective data when getting shot in a theater is infinitisemally less likely than getting hit by lightning or eaten by a shark.

 

[Hanzo581]

Going out to a movie theater anymore is dangerous.

Unfounded paranoia like this is bad for so many reasons. Go out to the movies, enjoy yourself while contributing to your local economy. You'll be fine.

 

[medic15al]

I'm already worrying about going shooting with hearing aids. I normally wear double ear pro, the squishy things plus a somewhat fancy earmuffs that supposedly only muffle the gunshots while letting talk through. Last time I went to the range I actually couldn't hear the person in the next lane when they were trying to talk to me but I didn't think anything of it. I suppose I might have neglected to max that volume out, but in light of my two recent experiences I'm now guessing that I just really couldn't hear them.

Do you guys wear your hearing aids together with your ear pro when you go shooting? Or how do you handle it?

I take mine off as sweat and moisture under the muffs will; cause them to deteriorate fairly quickly. I also double plug and muff when rifle shooting. Now, if one goes off with them still in your ear, there will be less pain and damage as the hearing aid mold will block the sound pressure wave, which causes the most damage to hearing.

 

[medic15al]

If you go into a movie theatre today without ear plugs you will have hearing problems in short order. They just can't seem to get the music and explosions loud enough or turn the dialogue down enough. TV has become just as bad. Turn it up loud enough to hear dialogue and when the sound effects and music come on it you get to enjoy the sound of a speaker about to blow.

I have legal deafness now and can still function normally except for hearing TV and Movies. And electronic generated voice going into an electronic hearing aid is mushy to me, while a live voice is fine. I have to rely on Captioning and Subtitles for Deaf and Hard hearing for TV.

 

[Drail]

People do not seem to realize that they are going to pay for all of the abuse they place on their ears from "entertainment" from heavy metal and stupid movies and video games.

 

[TRX]

There are also some cellphone apps that will let you use a phone and ear buds or a Bluetooth earpiece as hearing aids.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Quite literally and without exaggeration, you're more likely to get electrocuted in the home watching Netflix than you are to get shot in a theater.

If it makes you uncomfortable, that's fine and no one will begrudge you those feelings. But "theaters are dangerous" is a contention one would be hard-pressed to back up with any objective data when getting shot in a theater is infinitisemally less likely than getting hit by lightning or eaten by a shark.

The last time I went to a theater someone spit soda all over the back of my head

 

[old lady new shooter]

The last time I went to a theater someone spit soda all over the back of my head

EEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!