Speech-Adjust-A-Tone
Many
people with hearing loss are able to use the telephone- with greater or
lesser degrees of success. One of the things that really assist people
is amplified telephones. These amplify the sound before sending it to
the earpiece, so that it is perceived as louder. Amplified telephones
make a huge difference in the telephone use of many people.
A
variation on the amplified telephone is something like the Walker
Clarity, which amplifies all frequencies, but amplifies high frequencies
more. This is advantageous for many people, because the great majority
of people have a greater hearing loss in the high frequencies than in
the low. Telephones that amplify higher frequencies more tend to
compensate for that loss.
Now,
suppose your loss is primarily in the low frequencies, or the mid
frequencies. If you use an amplified phone or a Clarity, the high
frequencies may be just overwhelming. Can you get a telephone with
greater amplification where YOU need it?
Fortunately,
the answer is now 'yes'. A telephone amplifier called the
Speech-Adjust-A-Tone provides 6 separately-adjustable frequency bands.
So if your hearing loss is greater in the second band, you can increase
the amplification in that band; if you have no loss in the fourth band,
you don't amplify that band. The result is a telephone sound that is
tailored to your hearing loss. It should help you hear better.
