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My father listens to the TV at a volume too loud for me -- any solution?
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silvadel
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My father listens to the TV at a volume too loud for me -- any solution?
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We have reached the point where his viewing volume is uncomfortably loud to me(and I do not want to damage my hearing from where it currently is by listening at that volume). I am not looking for something the level of normal ear protection because I do want to be able to hear the tv -- but I would like to take it down 10 or 15 decibels. Are there any headphones or somesuch(comfortable for a BIG head) that would merely drop the volume somewhat as opposed to dropping it a ton? I dont particularly want to use something like earplugs (they would draw it down too much anyway also).
Yes getting him a hearing aid would be a better idea but he wont go for that.
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Sith_Mauler
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get him a nice quality headset.
like from bose or something, I have seen commercials for them on tv and they seem to be marketed towards the senior citizen crowd.
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GrimTempest
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*shrug* its as easy as getting some simple ear plugs to wear, they're not as bad as you seem to think they are. i wear -30decibil ones at night when i sleep but they make them in -10, -15s, etc.
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silvadel
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Sith_Mauler posted:
get him a nice quality headset.
like from bose or something, I have seen commercials for them on tv and they seem to be marketed towards the senior citizen crowd.
Point is he wont accept anything so I have to do it for myself not for him.
GrimTempest posted:
*shrug* its as easy as getting some simple ear plugs to wear, they're not as bad as you seem to think they are. i wear -30decibil ones at night when i sleep but they make them in -10, -15s, etc.
As for earplugs, I would rather not end up with ear infections etc. And those putty things are really annoying. I have tried earplugs for various things in the past and I dont do well with them.
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Caledric
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If it's too loud you're too old!
Steal the remote, turn tv down... hide remote? Short of that... Move the eff out of mommy and daddy's house.
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Ptilk
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Got my grandmother a personal speaker. She lived in an apartment and the neighbors were complaining. You could hear her TV 100 feet outside her house and she refused to wear the hearing aids she had.
Found a set of wireless headphones and tried that, but she wouldn't wear them. Said it wasn't her problem, the neighbors could move if they didn't like it (granny was awesome like that). Finally got a wireless speaker that that was self contained and had it's own volume control on it. Put it right behind her chair she watched TV from, right behind her head. It was tiny, but put out plenty of sound for her to hear, but it didn't blast thru the rest of the house.
She was able to watch TV with it and hear comfortably, and everyone else could hear the sound from the other speakers in comfort as well.
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GrimTempest
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i've been using ear plugs to sleep every night for nearly two decades. never had an ear infection. you can find them made out of cotton, foam, rubber, wax etc...so you can find a style you feel comfortable with.
these do -12 decibel - http://www.earplugstore.com/hehinasoearp.html
or a little stronger these do 18 - http://www.earplugstore.com/quietnrr14.html
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GrimTempest
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these are my favorite kind but would likely be too strong unless your dad is really blasting it...although considering the crazy volume my own dad blasts stuff at these would actually be perfect. so depending on how bad hes blasting the sound you might be underestimating how strong of a noise reduction you need. those are really comfortable though, you completely forget they're there.
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hmm...might be a knockoff of the ones i get now that i look closer. mine say "quite please" and not "quiet time" *shrug*
they look the same though so i'd guess they're just as comfortable, from the reviews maybe not as good as they claim noise reduction wise though.
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myxomatosis8
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You can get some of the noise canceling earphones for yourself, can turn the actual noise canceling on and off, depending on how much quieter you need it. Not sure what else to suggest since you can't do earplugs. I am the opposite, wearing earphones for any length of time (yes, properly adjusted, not too tight etc.) gives me a headache.
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