Assistive Listening Devices (not to be confused with Alternative Listening Devices) are designed to compliment a hearing aid prescription. Many of the current hearing aid manufacturers, along with having the latest and ever-improving technology, also have a range of A(ssistive)LDs andTV hearing aids available, designed to further enhance the effectiveness of your hearing aids in specific, more challenging situations. The most common situations which these devices can assist with are as follows:
- Listening to someone speaking on the telephone
- Listening to the TV
- Listening to a specific person within a noisy environment
- Listening to a multitude of people within a noisy environment
There are a number of different products which can achieve better hearing within the aforementioned situations; namely:
- Amplified Telephones and Mobiles (direct streaming)
- TV Streaming
- Mini Omni Directional Microphones
- Mini Multi Directional Microphones
- Remote Controls
