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Hearing Objective
Deals with limited or special hearing problems and the devices to assist in alleviating the difficulty in hearing. AT Devices and Preparation Have:
- Telephone amplifier, on handset
- Telephone amplifier, in line
- Mini phone bell flasher
- Amplifier/hearing aid with equalizer
- Amplifier/hearing aid without equalizer
- Audio ear piece
- Audio ear phones Procedure:
- Demonstrate the device by using it and explain what you are doing.
- Give examples of how others use the device and pass it around the group so they can see how it works.
- Share tips and things you can do with the devices. Permit sharing of additional ideas from the group or audience, if time allows. Detailed AT Devices/Materials: Telephone Amplifier, Telephone Amplifier, (on handset) (in-line) Radio Shack Radio Shack $12.99 $21.99 This battery operated device fits The telephone amplifier plugs onto the ear piece of the telephone into the existing phone. It has handset. It has a volume control volume control to adjust to adjust loudness. loudness. Mini Phone Bell Flasher Amplifier/Hearing Aid Radio Shack with Equalizer $9.99 Radio Shack The hearing impaired can use this $33.99 device to see the phone ringing. When hearing aids irritate the ear canal this device can be used. It uses any standard headphone set (purchased separately). This model allows the user to adjust the frequency to eliminate high and low pitch environment noise. Amplifier/Hearing Aid Audio Ear Piece (without equalizer) Radio Shack Radio Shack $1.99 to $6.99 $23.99 A small ear piece that can be See above description. This model used with the amplifiers listed Does NOT allow for frequency above. adjustment. Audio Ear Phones Radio Shack $11.00 to $35.00 Stereo headphones are used with the amplifiers listed above. Additional Tips: (Gathered from own experience or other presentations)
- You may want to attach bells or chimes to doors to alert you when someone is entering a room.
- If you buy appliances with alarms, be sure they are loud enough for you to hear.
- Many churches in Utah provide headsets that amplify the service for those who are hard of hearing. Check with your church to see if these services are provided. Almost all Latter Day Saints chapels are equipped with this type of system.
- If you live in a senior housing unit, the amplifiers are useful so you can hear your TV without disrupting others in the complex.
- The flasher can be attached to lamps throughout the house so when a person is watching TV with the volume up high they can tell the phone is ringing.
- The amphlifiers can be can be used in movie and live production theatres.
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