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| Consumer Guide to Headphones | Headphones for Hard-of-Hearing People |
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Consumer Guide to Headphones and HeadsetsHeadphones for Hard of Hearing People
Most headphones built for people with trouble hearing produce sound at high volumes with little distortion. If you buy a pair of headphones under these circumstances you should listen to them both with and without hearing aids. Usually you can wear these headphones over hearing aids. Some hearing aids have Tcoils that are compatible with headphones that allow the listener to hear not only the music produced from the headphones but also outside sounds including the phone or visitors. Most wireless and cordless headphones sets in this category have built in amplifiers combined with true stereo transmission. Thus you can plug them into a stereo system to listen to music on loudspeakers if your guests are not hardofhearing. There are also many portable stereo systems available in this category, including the Sennheiser Audioport models that provide wireless headphone technology. For some adding a canal headphone or headphone amplifier and equalizer will help boost sound quality more, thus producing a good volume and sound quality. An amplifier is a good add on because it can boost volume enough for someone hearing impaired to hear the lowest ranges of sound without making the louder ranges too loud for comfort. A compressor or limiter can also limit the range producing a similar effect.
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