After an audiologist has determined how well an individual is able to hear speech in noise, tolerate loud sounds, and understand rapid speech, three potential solutions for hearing better in noisy places can be explored. These solutions are:
- Digital hearing aids with highly developed digital noise suppression
- Bluetooth accessories
- FM Systems
FM Systems are designed to help people with or without hearing loss understand speech more clearly in noisy environments. Some FM systems wirelessly transmit volume directly to an individual's hearing aids. Other types of FM systems are used by people with normal hearing who struggle to accurately identify speech due to ADD or ADHD-related issues.
Phonak (a major hearing aid manufacturer) describes how FM systems work the following way:
The person you are speaking with wears or holds a transmitter microphone (or places this in the middle of your group). This transmitter picks up their speech and uses harmless radio waves to send this to one or more FM receivers, which are worn behind the ear or connected to hearing aids.
For more information on FM systems, click here.
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