Are you noticing yourself talking less often on the phone due to your trouble hearing? You can feel isolated over time because of your hearing loss. It isn’t necessary to stop talking on the phone. There are ways to deal with it so you can remain in touch with your loved ones.

Communication is The key

With any relationship, communication is the key and the same goes for your phone. What can be done improve the situation is the important question.

• Bluetooth or headphones could be possibilities if you’ve already turned the volume up. It will make your phone sound better and it could be an affordable way to get what you need.
• Have you had an ear exam? Get a correct diagnosis because not all loss of hearing is permanent. It may well be something as simple as too much earwax or an ear infection.
• Do the voices seem too quiet? Perhaps the volume needs to be turned up.

You can have a look at more in depth resolutions to get you back on the phone once you eliminate the more obvious problems.

There’s an App For That

There are actually several potential apps. There are many apps you can download that work to get you, and your phone back on the same page, some of them are pretty cool.

Some apps turn what the other person says to text you can read. These apps are far from perfect, but you should be able to work with them. Brands to look up include:

• Hamilton Mobile Cap Tel
• Note, Listen for Deaf
• Live Caption

Most voice to text apps are reasonably priced though not all are free.

Phones Made For The Hard of Hearing

You can also get a landline phone that does the same thing as an app. By amplifying the sound an the other end, they make it less difficult to hear. High pitched sounds on the other end become clearer because they can equalize the sound.

A captioning phone is yet another alternative. You need to have a special phone that has a screen if you want to use the captioning service. Captioning works with an operator that either repeats the spoken words so speech recognition software can translate them into text or types them directly into the system. The words are then displayed on the screen of the phone. Most captioning devices need to have internet service, as well.

Text-to-Voice Teletype (TTY) is an old-school phone system that is still around and works in a similar way to the captioning phone. You will need a TTY device that sits near the phone to show the text, though.

The Best Way To Go Are Hearing Aids

The days when you would get ear piercing feedback anytime your hearing aids got near a phone are over. There are hearing aid compatible phones which get rid of background noise and other interference to improve sound quality. Current hearing aid technology is compatible with these phones. Even when you are not on the phone these wireless hearing aids still work.

Modern, high quality hearing aids can also have a more advanced program that allows them to be compatible with nearly any phone whether it’s a landline or smartphone. The technology functions by holding the hearing device up to the phone and streaming the sound from the one to the other.

Lots of digital hearing aids are also Bluetooth compatible. Pairing your hearing aid up with your smart-phone is exactly the same as pairing your phone with any other Bluetooth device. When the phone rings, the sound goes directly to your hearing aids.

Don’t permit hearing loss to wreck your friendships and other relationships. Do what you must to make up with your phone, and start talking again. You can check out the newest hearing aid technology by making an appointment with a hearing care specialist.