My 86 year old mother has some significant hearing loss and can't hear the TV unless the volume is really loud. I have been wanting to get her a personal speaker so it's only really loud near her. I doubt she would wear headphones because she still wants to be aware of what's happening around her. Does anyone know if something like this exists and where to find it? What to search for etc. My internet searches so far have only turned up wireless headphones and expensive sound systems to make my house sound like a theater.
I had this advantage. He knew I needed to work. He needed to cooperate so that I could be at home with him. The earphones were not negotiable. I didn't make many demands, but that was one.
After losing the battle of getting the TV OUT of the bedroom, I moved out. He then discovered Bluetooth headphones, which he puts on the moment he walks in the door from work. He HAS to hear the TV all the time--I DO feel shut out of his life, but at least I'm not shouting at him to get him to hear me.
I do not know if a woman would be happy with the big type headphones hubby has--it would mess up your hair, and it does block out every other sound.
Oh, and hubby added a "sound bar" to his TV system so he can always hear the low tones....my gosh, he was watching some WWII movie the other night, I sleep (with earplugs) in the room below him. It still sounded like the entire German army was rumbling across his room.
(No...I don't work for them! LOL)