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My father listens to the TV at a volume too loud for me -- any solution?
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My father listens to the TV at a volume too loud for me -- any solution?
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Ungabhunga posted:
there ya go, put him out of your misery
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My father listens to the TV at a volume too loud for me -- any solution?
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Caledric posted:
You are 46 and your dad is still letting you live at home? Damn...
I might be crazy, but I think he might have said 43.
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I think once the dad tries the headset, he might not want to go back. Or the back of the couch speaker solutions.
It all depends on how it is presented to him:
- With the speaker, I would just set them up and surprise him one day (with a lower setting! no heart attacks geez). He might actually prefer the sound that way and hear things clearly without having a blaring TV yelling at him from half a room away. And the best part is he doesn't have to shove anything in his ears and still hear what else is going on in the room.
-The headset might be a bit more tricky. But if you pick a time when he really wants to watch something and there are "guests" coming over, (younger and louder, the better). Or maybe some of your friends are over and sitting not far talking about whatever...loudly. When he gets annoyed, say sorry you'll tone it down but meanwhile just try this on:
"for now" <---that's the important part.
Anyway make it feel like it was his idea to begin with and you'll be fine.
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Tipztoe
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silvadel posted:
Yes getting him a hearing aid would be a better idea but he wont go for that.
he's in denial
such a stupid thing to get all pissy about..
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WHAT?
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My father listens to the TV at a volume too loud for me -- any solution?
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Tipztoe posted:
silvadel posted:
Yes getting him a hearing aid would be a better idea but he wont go for that.
he's in denial
such a stupid thing to get all pissy about..
It seems that there is a certain age when adults revert back to acting like children.
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I am sure that the blaring loud TV isn't ideal for him either, it's just the only way he knows.
Rather than argue or try to "reason", just give him options, (by this, I mean actually implement the options and let him be in charge of which ones he really likes-he might even be surprised at things he didn't know were available).
Then let him see which ones actually do seem better than what he had before. If he gets to pick one, even better, he feels that he is still in charge of something. And you will both be happy.
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Registered: 2001-7-5 14:44:35
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Put in surround sound and put a turned up speaker right in back of his head just like Ptilk suggested. You both can comfortably enjoy the TV at the same time.
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sounds like the old man needs a hearing aid...If his hearing is bad enough to need the tv as loud as you suggest, it's not going to get any better when he gets older...might as well go ahead and get one and then he will be able to have "normal" conversations with people instead of being a dick and making everyone yell at him.
don't stand for the "but he won't go for it" crap...I'm assuming your Mom lives there as well? And he's making you both suffer through that?
the speaker next to a chair sounds like the next best thing...but he still needs a hearing aid obviously.
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My father listens to the TV at a volume too loud for me -- any solution?
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LadyMetropolis posted:
Tipztoe posted:
silvadel posted:
Yes getting him a hearing aid would be a better idea but he wont go for that.
he's in denial
such a stupid thing to get all pissy about..
It seems that there is a certain age when adults revert back to acting like children.
What's our average age here?
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