Know someone that has trouble hearing on an IPhone?

[Packard]

I am hearing impaired. I can hear, but in real life, I mostly read lips. I can’t do that on the phone.

I recently ordered a FOSI AUDIO in-line amp designed for IPhones and IPads. It arrived today. A tiny thing measuring 2”.x 3/4” v 1/2” (using a 6” ruler).

It does not require batteries or recharging, so I imagine there is some extra drain on the IPhone battery. I am a light user, so not an issue for me.

The clarity for music and voice is excellent. And it can be VERY LOUD.

I obviously have no data on durability, but the reviews were very good. So far, I give it a A+ review (if you require the amplification.

It appears to be machined from a solid block of aluminum. Nothing more I can say about it at this time.


Check out this image
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[Duckler]

I am hearing impaired. I can hear, but in real life, I mostly read lips. I can’t do that on the phone.

I recently ordered a FOSI AUDIO in-line amp designed for IPhones and IPads. It arrived today. A tiny thing measuring 2”.x 3/4” v 1/2” (using a 6” ruler).

It does not require batteries or recharging, so I imagine there is some extra drain on the IPhone battery. I am a light user, so not an issue for me.

The clarity for music and voice is excellent. And it can be VERY LOUD.

I obviously have no data on durability, but the reviews were very good. So far, I give it a A+ review (if you require the amplification.

It appears to be machined from a solid block of aluminum. Nothing more I can say about it at this time.


Check out this image
https://share.google/images/g4j7g9N83w0ayPDKS

Interesting.
Do you know about the bone conduction headphones?
I use the ones made by Shokz. They are NOT noise-cancelling. So you can still hear the sounds around you that you would otherwise be able to hear.

 

[Mini Me]

I am hearing impaired and if I am having trouble hearing a conversation on my phone I ask if they are using an Iphone and just about every time they are. What it is about Iphones I don't know but it happens and I have aways been puzzled as to why.

 

[kevinculle]

I have fairly severe hearing loss of 44-55dB across the spectrum. I used OTC hearing aids for almost a decade with OK but mixed results. Five years ago, my niece became an audiologist, and I got fitted by her with Resound One aids with bluetooth. My hearing is greatly improved...not great mind you but greatly improved. The best feature is bluetooth for phone calls, which I really used to struggle with! If you haven't already, do yourself a favor and get your hearing loss professionally evaluated.

 

[jonnyrocket]

Off-topic warning!

… if I am having trouble hearing a conversation on my phone I ask if they are using an Iphone … What it is about Iphones?…

I wager that if you follow up the iPhone question with, “can you switch the phone to your left hand, please?”, that the audio would improve.
As screen sizes have increased, placing the pinky finger under the phone, for extra support, has become very common. Unfortunately for iPhone users, this inadvertently covers the microphone port on the bottom. There is other microphones, but this is the one that is used for phone calls that are not using “speakerphone”.
By switching the phone the to left hand, their pinky finger will no longer block the microphone and only block the currently unused bottom speaker port.

 

[Packard]

When my hearing became a problem, I had heard that Bang & Olufsen, the high end audio manufacturer, made the best on the market. I bought one. Unfortunately, it was not very loud and it would not function with an amplifier. So I gave it to my parents.

Funny thing, when I spoke to them on the phone, it sounded like they were in the room with me. Both clearer and louder.

While there is some motivation for a phone maker to incorporate a good speaker in a phone, there is almost no motivation to incorporate a really good microphone in a phone. The buyer of the phone will never hear the benefit.

B & O seems to have stopped making land line phones, though their Beocom phones are still available on EBay, (used, I assume). My experience is only with their wired phones. They also made wireless land line phones.

At any rate, after I learned that the microphone made all the difference, I bought my sister and brother a B & O phone too.Back then, about $75.00–at a time when you could buy a serviceable phone for under $10.00.

In any case, if you can find one used at a good price and you have someone you want to speak with on the phone, it works as promised (if the phone is in good condition). Note: They make a wall mounted version (cheaper) and a desk top version.

This is the desk mounted version (note, the handset is very light weight and the perceived quality does not match the actual quality. Don’t let that fool you.