Life, like a symphony, is filled with a complexity of sounds and voices. Assistive listening products work with or without hearing aids to help improve hearing and screen out background noises. Assistive listening devices include amplified telephones, infrared listening systems, and personal communication devices.

Amplified telephones help to increase sounds beyond normal phone volumes, heighten high frequencies or pitches that are important to understanding phone conversation, and also eliminate annoying hearing aid feedback that is common with regular phones. Several of these products are compatible with cochlear implants.

Infrared and FM listening systems help improve hearing in places where background noises or poor sound acoustics make speech difficult to understand. These systems can be used on an individual basis or in a group setting.

Infrared and FM listening systems can help you hear the television or radio without disturbing others. Sound systems in many public facilities are compatible with these devices, so you can enjoy the theater, movies, religious services, and other events. Personal amplifiers offer help in more intimate situations where a sound system or speaker system is not available.